Love is in the air:)

Wow!!!!! This week has been super crazy. First go HERE...........
All I can say is Love is definitely in the air:)

My other friend Laura also got engaged last week and then yesterday I found out that my really good friend Kendra is pregnant. I feel like it was yesterday that I was in her wedding but then I realized that she got married over three years ago. Wow, time flys when your having fun:) I did a bridal session with kendra awhile ago and here is one of the pics. I am so excited for her, she is seriously going to be the best mom ever, and her kids are going to be adorable:) hehe

Then there's me....... HAHA!!!!!!!!! To be continued.........

Something to look forward to:)

This morning Amber finally left Janey and I, and it was sooooooooooo sad. It took everything in us not to cry when we dropped her off at the airport. The one thing that we keep saying was "see you in September". Amber and her amazing husband Nathan are both coming out because they are going to be speaking in LA at PartnerCon:) They are going to rock because they are seriously the cutest couple/husband and wife team out there:)


Amber, we love ya, miss ya and can't wait to see you in September. It definitely gives me something to look forward to:)


Here are a couple of pics that we took of each other before the wedding started on Saturday:)

Amber Don't leave:)

Janey and I have had the most amazing time hanging with our friend Amber the last several days. We have seriously been inseparable since Wednesday and it's so sad because Amber has to leave tomorrow:( Ok, I'm not gonna think about that right now.

Anyways, we all shot a wedding together on Saturday and we seriously covered every angle. we had soooooo much fun and laughed throughout the whole day. It was hilarious. Here are a coupld of images from Saturday's wedding:)

Yaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!

I can't believe it, Amber finally made it:) Janey and I have been so excited for months and the last week was the hardest. We met Amber on OSP (opensource photo) and right away we knew that we had been separated at birth. We must have been because we are all so simular and get along so well, just like sisters. We are hoping and praying that she'll move to Santa Barbara with her amazing family very soon:)


So here you go Nathan:) Your beautiful wife made it here safe and sound, and we promise to take great care of her:) Thanks for letting her come out to visit us:) Your the best:)

More pictures coming soon!!!!!! So stay tuned:)

Night:)

Referring Brides:)

This weekend entailed alot of shooting and each couple was referred to me by my amazing friends/photographers Dane and Janey. As I was sitting here about to post some images from this weekend I started to think how blessed I am to be in an industry where the people in it are my closest friends.


On Friday I got to hang with the most amazing couple and shot their engagement session. The couple was referred to me by Dane Sanders and I absolutely love them. They have a lot of energy and they both just light up when they are with each other.



Here's their slideshow:)



Then on Saturday I shot a wedding in Santa Monica with a couple who was referred to me by Janey:) We had a lot of fun and after shooting for 14 hours I'm positive that we captured everything under the sun:) LOL.............









Thanks so much Dane and Janey for referring these amaazing couples to me. Over a year ago I would never have imagined that other photographers would be referring brides to me. I'm very thankful for you both:)

I have the sweetest best friend ever:)

I just got back from an engagement shoot and have to download my cards, pack my bags, pick up Kara and head to Newbury Park and Janey calls me and says "make sure you go through your front door". So I approach the front door as I'm on the phone with her and I see an ice box. I opened the ice box and she had put my favorite things in there, Zone bars, cherries, and flavored water. She also had a card in there with the cutest note:) I almost cried because the gift was soooooo thoughtful and she knew that I had been running around all day today and probably didn't have time to grab anything for tomorrow.

Thank you soooo much Janey it was the best gift I could have gotten and you seriously are the bestest friend ever:) Love ya tons and I'm gonna miss shooting with you tomorrow but I am definitely looking forward to shooting with you and Amber on Saturday:)

CHALLENGE US!!!!!!! LOL

I'm ready:)

This week I had Chinese food and when I cracked open my fortune cookie it said...........



BE PREPARED TO RECEIVE SOMETHING SPECIAL:)

What do you think that could be:) Lets see if what you think matches up with what I'm hoping for:) LOL......

Newbury Park, Santa Monica, then Newbury Park

WOW:) I have an exciting wedding this Saturday, and I 'm gonna cover almost all of Southern California shooting it:) LOL......... The getting ready pictures are going to be in Newbury Park and because I have to start at 7:30 in the morning I decided to go up Friday evening because getting up at 4 just didn't sound very fun. I'm so not a morning person so every bit of sleep in the morning definitely helps. After the getting ready pictures we'll be driving all the way to Santa Monica for the ceremony, luncheon and all the fun/intimate pictures. Then we make the drive back to Newbury park where the reception will be held:) wahooooo!!!! The couple is super aweome and I've spent a couple of days with them over the last month and they are amazing. They are so cute together and I can't wait to hang with them on Saturday:)

I'm also excited to have Jenn Santos and Kara Singleton shooting with me. They too are going up friday night with me so it's gonna be a girls night out:) Ok girls, get ready for some fun shooting:)

P.S. Janey you'll be missed:)

Too funny:)

When I was going through the images from the last wedding that I shot with Janey I came across this image:) Too funny!!!!! Gotta love those self portraits:)

Does anyone else take self protraits when shooting a wedding?? LOL

My best friends:)

This week I was so blessed to be able to hang with two of my best friends. I am incredibly thankful every single day that I have them in my life because I know that I am investing into a friendship that is going to last forever. Even when we have our own families I know our friendship will still be there. I can't wait for all of us to have kids and then they can play together and be best friends:) LOL..... hehe!! Ok, I'm a dork:)


Janey is the most level headed, patient, sweetest, calm, amazing person I have ever met. Life is never stressful and she is always positive. I have learned so much from her and I am her biggest fan. I want to be more like her every day. Girl, I am soooo excited in what God has instore for us:) Love ya tons......


Alicia is the most energetic and determined person. She goes above and beyond and that's what I love about her. We are very simular in so many areas. Such as we both overreact, stress, worry, you name it, but we love to make fun of each other and laugh about it all the time. She is also one of the most honest people I know and I love that most about her.

I wanted to post this about them because sometimes I don't thank people enough or tell my close friends just how thankful I am to have them in my life. I know how important that is because to feel appreciated is huge and so important in a friendship.

Very Contagious:)

Last weekend I shot a wedding with Mary Jane and the couple was unbelievable. It was one of the first weekends that the Biltmore had reopened. It was beautiful:) The bride had the cutest laugh that was so contagious, you couldn't help but laugh. The Groom was very sweet and was such a gentlemen. When it was time to take the bride and groom away for their pictures the groom looked at his bride and said "pictures with just me and you, I like that". It was the cutest thing I have ever seen.

Things to look forward to :)

I can't believe this is really happening:) For those of you who know me, I love musicals and one of my favorite musicals is Phantom of the Opera, which I was listening to today. As of lately I've been wanting to go to a musical really badly and when Janey came over tonight we went to the Pantages Theater website and saw that The Lion King is going to be playing in November. I've always wanted to see it, but I missed it the last time it was in LA, and I was really bummed. So we couldn't let this oppertunity pass us buy so we bought two ticktes for the Lion King on November 30th:) I can't wait!!!!!!! Uhhhhhh, now that I think about it, that's kinda far away:o....... Oh well, it gives me something to look forward to:) LOL

If anyone hears about the Phantom of the Opera playing will you please contact me????? It's my all time favorite Opera and I am dying to see that as well:)

Happy 4th of July Everyone:)

Happy 4th of July everyone:) Janey and I drove down to Santa Monica to celebrate the 4th of July, since Santa Barbara was getting pretty crowded:) I heard that Santa Barbara is one of the number one destination spots for the 4th, and I believe it:) Why wouldn't it be???? Tonight we met up with Keats, Marisa, Tracy and Gary for dinner at this super awesome restaurant, but I can't remember the name:) Anways, Keats treated us to dinner which was so nice of her, thanks Keats:) Afterwards we all walked to her new place which is a half a block away from the beach and she gave us the tour:) Her place is so cute:) So now Janey and I are sitting in Gary's condo watching the movie Titanic and we both agree that we are so thrilled that we came down. We are excited to have a low key day with Gary tomorrow. His eyes are still bothering him so we are going to be his see and eye girls:)

We haven't even been here for 24 hours and Gary, Janey and I had the craziest thing happen to us. We seriously thought we were going to die. I'll let Gary tell the story because he saw it all:)

Gary's Blog

Janey's Blog

BLOGS = Getting to know people

This last friday I got to photograph an engagement session with one of the most amazing couples. I had never met them before but after talking to Ronnie on the phone I couldn't wait to meet her. Before Ronnie and Eddie even booked me she read my blog and got to know me a little bit through my daily posts. When she told me this I was very impressed and wished all my brides would do the same. That is one reason why I have a blog because I think it's so important for my couples to get to know me. Exciting news is that I gave Ronnie information on how to start a blog and soon after she started her very own:) Ronnie I think it's so exciting and I can't wait to start following your blog:) Post the link girl when it's all ready!!!!!!!!

Here are a few images from this last week:)

SLIDESHOW:)