This week I had the honor of capturing the engagement session of Lauren and Stephen.  I felt all warm and fuzzy inside while photographing them….their love just oozes out.   Lauren & Stephen, you guys are awesome and the pictures gave me chills to see how you are together.  Your love for each other is so obvious and I really can’t wait until your wedding.  It will be so awesome!  Love all the emotion you showed…..

Enjoy!

This past weekend I had the privilege of photographing Olivia and Steve’s wedding at Morgan Creek Country Club in Roseville, CA.  It was gorgeous and the weather held up for us, thank goodness.  Olivia, you looked AMAZING!!!  Here is just a sneak peak…..  Enjoy your two weeks of honeymoon time together!

This year I had the pleasure of second shooting some weddings with friends like Hana Chung, Tori Wible, and Fara Smith to name a few.  Here are a couple of pictures from some of those weddings.  So many more to post but here are a handful to share for now.  Thanks so much for looking

This past week I had the opportunity to attend a one day workshop with Beverly Hills Wedding Photographer, Roberto Valenzuela.  He was just named one of the Top Wedding Photographers in the World for 2009 by Junebug Weddings.  What an honor to be part of a very small group of people to attend.  Thank you Roberto for your invaluable teaching.  You were awesome!  Thanks to Gustavo for putting it all together.

Enjoy these pictures of the beautiful Jessica who volunteered to model for us.

Last week during the holiday I had a chance to get together with some photographer girlfriends of mine to photograph the kids.  Some kids wanted to participate, others didn’t  So lots of great one’s of Alana, Alex’s daughter, who was a great model for the afternoon.  Thanks Alana.  You did wonderful.  Could have photographed all day and there were lots of places we didn’t even get to, so next time.  Enjoy!

Last week Nicole asked me to take her maternity pictures.  She is due in just three short weeks!  Nicole, you look amazing, and thank you to Jimmy for helping us out.  You two are wonderful people and I’m honored that you thought of me to take your pictures.  These are so special and I hope you treasure them forever.

Enjoy!

This one is my favorite shot of all….. love the wind blowing Nicole’s hair… very serene.

Yesterday for Thanksgiving we got together with my husbands side of the family.  There are 8 siblings and 6 of them made it so it was a fun filled day.  There was even a jam session with Chris and Mark playing guitar (and I mean playing like John Mayer kind of guitar, unbelievable!), and drums.  Fun times!  My husband even busted out the skateboard and was doing rolling handstands like he was 15 again (I won’t disclose his real age  Ha!!!)  While all together I grabbed some shots of my brother-in-law, Jim and his wonderful wife Trish, and of course all the girls.  Thanks you guys for a wonderful evening of family and laughs.  It’s always fun to get together!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!  We are off to celebrate and give thanks with family today so no post is complete without a picture.  Here are my girls……love them so much.

Last weekend I had the opportunity to photograph Denise and her daughter Christina.  Christina’s boyfriend, Ashad, also joined us for some sweet pictures of him and Christina together.  I thought this Thanksgiving morning would be a good time to post a family session. So many more to post and still four more sessions before the season is over.  I just love this one of Denise and her daughter.  They have such a connection and love for each other.  It was one of my favorite sessions.  There are tons more to post…..  Thank you Denise for letting me capture these moments.  They are priceless…..

When Alma contacted me from Florida I was so excited.  She was coming back to California to get married to her High School sweetheart and asked me to photograph their wedding.  Alma looked amazingly beautiful on her wedding day and was so relaxed and laid back…. what a joy to work with.  You could see how comfortable Alma and Jacob were together and it was awesome to be part of their day.  Thanks you guys for allowing me to capture your day.  Thanks to Tori for second shooting this day and Angela for assisting.