Engagements

Jeff and Danielle are wonderful. They arrived at my doorstep with a thoughtful gift of a bottle of Zin-a shared favorite among us.  We took off to Lake Tahoe for their engagement session and with the help of my new friend Jaime from Rose Street we embarked upon a super cool place to shoot our session. Jeff admitted that the “purple” shirt was little out of his comfort zone but was fine with giving it a shot:)(or two or three…) These two are in love and so comfortable with each other. For me, it is so much fun to shoot…

John & Elisha are getting married on July 10, 2010 at the beautiful Fausel Ranch in Placerville, CA. They were referred to me from Gretchen & Matt‘s wedding last August at Fausel last year (apparently they have a groomsman in common). John and Elisha make each other laugh and truly have a zest for enjoying life. John brought along his 13 year old daughter Maddie as well as Trixie, their Pitbull/Boxer mix dog! Trixie and Maddie were fun additions to the shoot not only because of the dogs inate ability to make everyone laugh and feel relaxed but also because…

Courtney and Josh are total opposites they say – and it seemed to be a bit true. Courtney is really out going and loves the camera while on the other hand Josh is a bit more reserved and probably couldn’t care less about the camera. 🙂 He was wondering why he was both dressed up AND down at the river…Courtney of course assured him that it was a perfect plan. These two were fun and playful to photograph and clearly in love. Their wedding is in January of 2011. Thanks to Jen and Jeff for the great referral! Here is…

The upcoming weather forecast for the date of my shoot with Brielle and Trevor started to look bleak – it said rainy & overcast. I’m good with shooting in the rain-it can be fun, it adds a new element to work with, plus the almighty “umbrella prop”- so romantic!  Many brides would want to reschedule,  (having just had their hair and make up done) and I understand that, and would be fine with that,  but not Brielle and Trevor, they were up for “whatever the weather brings us on that day” ! I was so pleased  … it was going…

Vivian contacted me last year while looking for someone to photograph her wedding. She explained via email that she was very musical and had this song in her head for weeks and she couldn’t quite put a finger on WHAT song it was. As she was looking at the wedding slideshow on my website, she realized that the song I used with my wedding images was the song she had in her head, “Let’s Fall in Love”. She said at that point she knew it was meant to be and she called me…I love little stories like that! I met…

Alright, so maybe we were just a little scared a stampede of bulls were going to come charging over the hillside-it wouldn’t be the first time I survived a stampede– but the big blue sky and the white rocks (behind) the barbed wired fence on the hill were calling my name and Kim, Vern, Cassie and I were ready to check it out. Kim and Vern are a fun loving and sweet couple- can’t wait for their wedding at the Sequoia in May! Here is your slideshow~ enjoy!

Spring weather and the arrival of daylight savings time means to me that my season is again beginning. After a couple months of mostly working on my new website(to be released soon-yippee), wedding albums from 2009, well, and a little skiing too, it felt great to be back in the saddle and shooting again. What better place than the beautiful Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe to meet John and Mandi for the first time. John was a gazelle as he jumped from rock to rock and Mandi was certain to not be outdone in her skirt and boots…and she wasn’t!…

Real Weddings is a Sacramento based magazine that has featured two of my weddings. The Issue that is out right now (Winter 2010) has an editorial about Nicole & Treb’s wedding – a couple whom I photographed at the Citizen Hotel in Sacramento this summer where their wedding was held. Here is a link to their online article which includes more photographs. Go grab a magazine and check it out !

Nicole & Keith are getting married in Rhode Island this summer and wanted me to shoot some personal engagement photos for them. We shot at Keith’s family’s farm in El Dorado Hills – it is a beautiful property! Lots of unique buildings, tractors, and old machinery. Cassie and I had alot of fun with Nicole, Keith and their 14 year old dog Mason in the late afternoon sun! Enjoy and Happy Holidays- You can view your slideshow here !