Backyard Wedding and South Coast Botanic Garden
Full attention was given to detail for this beautiful, intimate wedding held at a private residence followed by bridal portraits at the gorgeous South Coast Botanic Garden. Tracy and Michael met during their employment at a gardening super store which made the backyard of their home and the SCB Garden perfect locations to pay homage to their romantic beginnings and marital union. They worked tirelessly to bring their special day together and I am beyond grateful that I was asked to be a part of it! xoxo
Long Beach Plant and People Portraits
After a Naples family session, I had arranged to pop over to Lisa’s house, from Succulents for the Soul Instagram fame, where we met for the first time! I photographed her amazing yard and met her adorable grandson named Dean. Lisa has poured hours into landscaping her beautiful front and back yards! She has created an oasis to surround her home. <3
Lake Sequoia
Lake Sequoia Family Camp has me heart! “Just living is not enough… one must have sunshine, freedom, and flowers…” -Hans Christian Andersen And really BIG trees. I love being surrounded by nature. In fact, to say I love it is probably an understatement. My family (aunt, cousins, and sister), have gone up to the Sequoias together for a total of four years now. We camp around Lake Sequoia, spend time with some really amazing families, eat our hearts out, hike, kayak, zip line, play in waterfalls, and watch stars shoot across the sky after dark. I absolutely love our summer tradition. What is your favorite vacation?
Arlington Garden Engagement Session
This Pasadena engagement session at Arlington Gardens was filled with lush landscapes and native California flora. I loved exploring the garden with this sweet couple! Notable details included a plethora of passion flowers, (ooh la la!), an agave larger than us, and a super cool walkable meditation labyrinth!! (Insert heart eyes here.) Enjoy! xoxo
Happy 4th to my Blog!
As I begin to write my traditional April blog anniversary commemoration, my mind is reflecting on last year’s post…. It included images from a trip I took to Joshua Tree with my dear friend KC. He and I would probably make a joke about this picture I’m posting today– For those of you who haven’t seen this plant before, the blooms are called Shrimp Boats. We would start laughing about “shrimps”, have a tickle fight, and then go grab some lunch and talk about life. I usually make a special effort to do a full visual post in honor of my blog, but this time around I’m feeling too blue. I’ve been doing a ton of gardening this week to try and distract myself– I wish I could go into further detail. For now, I’ll just say happy birthday lil’ bloogy poo. May we all create conditions for greatness in our professional and personal lives this year! xoxo
2 year anniversary of my blog
april 8, 2013
Another year has passed and my blog is now 2! This fills me with excitement! Why? Because I’ve concluded, after hours of research (aka blog stalking), that there is something magical that happens to photographers in their 3rd year of business. We come into our own. After wading through the trenches of portfolio building, finding a stylistic voice, and allowing the bruises from inevitable learning curves to heal, an irrefutable switch is flipped. We become visually sound (and hopefully financially as well!) To celebrate another year older and wiser too:), here are a few pix I took while visiting the L.A. Arboretum in February. Enjoy!
