Katie + Alex are tying the knot this weekend so I wanted to get their engagement pics up to share with you guys! Katie and I went to high school together and I am so excited to be shooting her wedding to Alex … it was pouring down rain on the day of their engagement session and we were fighting with a rapidly setting sun but since they were in from out of town we did our best to make it work and make it work we did! I’ll write more about how much I love this girl in the post that will contain her wedding images – for now, I am in full recovery mode from Kentucky so…. onward!

Lisa + Hans= love

Since Lisa lives in Santa Monica and Hans lives up here at the moment we decided to do their shoot in LA since their home is impeccably decorated! We fit it in during one of my many trips there in April and I’m so glad we did. We started out inside with attire to match the decor and then ventured to the beach. These two are simply made for each other and were such a joy to photograph.  Looking forward to their wedding at Thomas Fogarty Winery coordinated by the lovely Janece Shellooe next month!

A bit behind on blogging and hoping to catch up before I am over taken by wedding season-  so I am just jumping into images this evening!

Annemarie and Michael : Engaged!

Considering Tracy and Nick are tying the knot this coming Saturday at Holly Farm in Carmel, CA I wanted to share their engagement images! After rescheduling their session due to rain twice, we ended up with a beautiful afternoon to run around the campus at Stanford and the gorgeous surrounding rolling hills. Tracy rolled up with a car full of picnic props and we staged the most romantic picnic spot I’ve photographed to date.

Can’t wait for the wedding this weekend, you two! xoxo

So Tim and I are house-hunting…. while it’s really exciting to be walking into houses and picturing our little future family running around it’s also really stressful to be thinking about all that could be wrong with the biggest purchase we’re likely ever to make! We rent the craftsmen charmer we live in now and it’s pretty awesome to get the benefits of a house but not have to stress about the foundation. But! We’re ready to start making payments towards something that is ours… It’s been pretty funny to see how differently Tim and I approach this process- I am very much an emotional buyer. I see, I feel, I picture …. “Over there- that’s where the Christmas tree will go, and over there? A rocking chair with the quilt your mom gave us… oh and here! a little table perfectly positioned for the morning sunlight!” … Tim is more like this,  “Hm… I wonder what those cracks mean? Does the floor feel sloped to you? Those windows will need to be completely replaced.” When I beg, “Can’t you just hear the little pitter patter of feet in footsy pajamas running down the halls?” He rolls his eyes, “Yes, and then seeing them fall through the rotting hardwood right into a leaky basement!” I’m an optimist- perpetually seeing the bright side of things.. Tim well, he’s a realist to the fullest extent. Even from those two different sets of eyes we’re both really exciting about this new endeavor and can’t wait to have a place to call our own.

Wish us luck!

In photo news…..last month I hopped on a plane and headed to Washington DC to shoot Erin and Scott’s engagement session, Capital style! Erin lived in DC when they first started dating and although they are getting married later this year at Kohl Mansion they wanted to revisit the place where their love blossomed for their engagement pictures. We had so much fun running around town, even if it did end up being overcast, taking advantage of everything this awesome city had to offer! It was, and always is, refreshing to be using a new backdrop for shooting and I want to thank Erin and Scott for having me out there to document their love!