Matt and Carissa

What a gorgeous wedding! Carissa and Matt got married at a stunning small family winery in Sonoma. Their seven year courtship led to this beautiful union and I was honored to be a part of it. These two were absolutely wonderful to work with...fun, relaxed, happy and completely photogenic ;) Their families were equally awesome! There was so much love and life at this wedding that me and my assistants left all giddy!

Carissa and Matt, thank you so much for having me and I hope you enjoy your show. To view larger, click HERE

Gorgeous Mazie

What a fun and relaxed family to work with! When I first arrived, I was showed a collection of beautiful images that Mazie's dad had from when he was a kid. His mom had hired a photographer that shot in a very similar style to mine. The images were amazing and completely inspired me for this session. Remember those images from the 70's that had really strong black shadows and bright white highlights...they were totally unposed, used only sunlight and had that gorgeous rich film contrast? Those were the images I grew up loving and while I'm always inspired by those, today I shoot with a bit more modernization. But, for this session, I threw all that modern stuff away and tried to create images that compared to the one's her dad had. It was great...I let the family just go about their day with no (or very little) scene setting, embraced all the dark shadows I'm usually cautious of, and we had a great time! Of course, the deep blacks and sharp contrast really show up more on the prints but I think you'll see a bit of it in the show :) Thank you so much to Mazie's parents for having me over...can't wait to meet her new little sister! To view the show larger, click HERE

Beautiful Meher

I've worked with this beautiful family since before Meher was born. They are an absolute joy to work with and I love watching their little girl grow up! The last time I saw her, she was this petite little newborn and now she's starting to crawl and talking up a storm. Her little personality's coming out and it's so cute! This is one of the best parts of my job..thank you so much for letting me a part of this special time! To enjoy the show larger, click HERE

Is There Anything Better than Family?

You know that old saying about the cobbler's kids having no shoes...yep, that applies to my poor daughter (not to mention the rest of my family). They're horribly ignored by my camera because I just never want to take it out when I'm not working...that, and I know that we could always do it tomorrow, ya know? The sad news is that my sister in law and her amazing family are going to be moving far far far away soon (okay, not that far but definitely not 5 minutes from us anymore). The good news is that it got my bootie into gear and I've taken some much needed portraits. The first is the beautiful family that we'll miss seeing nearly every day and then we've got my little girl that's getting too big, too fast. To enjoy the shows larger, click HERE
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