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Laura & Kyle: San Francisco Engagement Session

August 24, 2010 – 1:17 pm

Laura and Kyle were the perfect tour guides. We decided to meet up at their San Francisco apartment for their engagement session and then headed up to Buena Vista park. It’s always exciting for me to learn a new location and even better when I get to experience it with some locals. So we basically walked up to the top of the park and back down, all the while finding fun spots for snapping beautiful portraits. Our stroll was filled with laughter, smiles, scenic views, and the perfect amount of silliness.

What a playful pair!

I love the interaction between Laura & Kyle in this photograph.

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It’s always fun to try these type of photographs.

What was even more fun is when we tried to get Laura & Kyle’s dog Daisy to join the photographs.

This was definitely the way to go for including Daisy….I LOVE this image.

Buena Vista park is so diverse. I really enjoyed the variety of photos I was able to capture.

This is a gorgeous portrait. Laura, you are simply beautiful.

Love is sweet.

Another gorgeous image. I love the shallow depth of field in this portrait and the dreamy effect it creates with with the light coming through the trees.

Some more beautiful light.

There’s something I love about this image. It feels like such a candid moment.

Fun composition.

Great Family Portrait! I love how Kyle and Daisy are both looking away from the camera. It’s kind of silly.

San Francisco Perfection.

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Michelle & Ryan: Sacramento Engagement Session

June 4, 2010 – 12:00 am

It doesn’t get much easier than this! Michelle and Ryan are truly in love. And what a gentleman Ryan was throughout the entire engagement session….holding open doors and carrying Michelle over rough terrain (well rough when you consider she was doing it in heels). They work so beautifully together. It’s obvious to see why they have chosen to spend their lives with one another.

Since they live in Sacramento, we decided to photograph in and around the area. The majority of these photos were taken along a bike/walking path that runs along the river. It was such an idyllic spot and made for some sweet images.

This is the spot where Ryan proposed to Michelle.

These next two shots remind me of the closing scene in the movie Notting Hill, where Hugh Grant is sitting in an English garden while Julia Roberts is resting her head on his lap and has her feet draped over the edge of the bench. There is something classic about this scene.

I am in love with the color pink in Michelle’s dress.

This is when the light is perfect.

Seems kind of fitting to sit in a field of our State Flower in our State Capital.

See what I mean? These two work well together!

Can’t wait for the Wedding!

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Cori & Ricardo: Lafayette Reservoir Engagement Session

June 3, 2010 – 11:31 pm

These two have a fun story. Ricardo is from Panama and he met Cori while she was working at a resort in Costa Rica. Now they are living in California and working on starting their lives together. While hearing about their lives I was reminded of how things were when JP and I first got married. I had just graduated college and he was working on his teaching credential. We were both just starting out in our adult lives and I will never forget that feeling of contentment I had the first year we were married. Life was so simple…no real careers to speak of, just the two of us, with so many opportunities at our fingertips. It was a great beginning. I wish Cori & Ricardo all the best and hope they feel that same happiness.

Alright, now on to the photo details: This is the type of engagement session that I just LOVE. Tall green grass, warm sunlight, and a couple very much in love. It was perfection. And how can you not adore Cori’s golden locks? Simply gorgeous.

Just love the way He looks at Her.

Cori is going to make an amazing bride.

This is romance.

The sun makes this scene look like it’s stolen out of a fairy tale.

More gorgeousness.

A little bit of playfulness.

I am really digging these photos where the guy is the focal point of the photograph.

You two are perfect together!

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Kristen & Jeff: Engagement Session at Bodega Bay

April 16, 2010 – 1:06 am

Last night I met up with Kristen and Jeff to go over some details concerning their wedding photography and it occurred to me that I hadn’t posted their engagement photographs. March was quite the busy month…trips to Vegas, Sacramento, and San Diego, along with a horrible bout of the flu. Oh, and I shot a wedding as well! Definitely glad that life is slowing down a bit and I can focus more attention on this blog…well that’s the plan at least.

So back to Kristen and Jeff – We met last January at Ted (Jeff’s brother) and Kari’s gorgeous winter wedding. While I was photographing the family portraits, Debbie (Ted and Jeff’s mom) was very adamant about including Kristen in the family shots. At that point I knew a wedding was on the horizon! Fast forward to 2010 where Kristen and Jeff are set to be wed in June.

Jeff wanted very much to have the engagement photographs taken in a beach setting. I let him take the reins on finding the location and he certainly did not disappoint. I still can’t believe how amazing the sunset looked as we stood photographing on some cliffs jutting into the ocean. Here’s how our session turned out:

I am just loving how natural this photograph feels. This laughter is genuine.

I’ve decided that the light in this next series is Beachy Romantic (my own special term).

Some playful candids.

As we were walking back to the car, I looked at the sky and remarked at how blue it appeared. I couldn’t miss capturing Kristen and Jeff against this backdrop.