Recently, I spent a few days watching Orange County photographer Jasmine Star on a 5-day CreativeLIVE wedding photography course.
That girl is all kinds of awesome, and I want to have her and JD over for dinner sometime.
Over a 5 day period, Jasmine taught 5 students (who flew into Seattle from all over the WORLD) about [...]

Can you believe that it is almost September?
I recently booked a wedding at A Chair in the Garden in Altadena. I had never heard of it before … sounds FANTASTIC!
I think we’re going to spend a weekend at the Ace Hotel in Palm Springs in a few weeks.
I’m ridiculously excited. I pretty much just want [...]

My sister-in-law Kaitlin got married about a week ago!!!!
They’re back from their Bahamas honeymoon and I think they’ve started looking for a bigger apartment (need room for all those wedding gifts).
It’s really amazing how many photos I managed to take, considering I was IN the wedding ….
But, here’s a little sneak peek.
All these images are [...]

My mom, aunt and grandma are coming into town this weekend
Because we’re going to go see Harry Connick Jr at the Hollywood Bowl
with his big band and the LA Philharmonic
I love HCJ
If you didn’t see it – my friend Maggie launched her portrait photography site
Andrew and I took 5th anniversary portraits last week …. can’t [...]

I may be addicted to X-Files
I love Harry Connick Jr – I can’t wait to see him at the Hollywood Bowl!
I really love to learn, but these free William Faulkner lecture audio might put me over the edge
Having a Wii (or Roku) to live stream Netflix is pretty much the best thing ever
I only drink [...]

A few weeks ago, we visited Hearst Castle for a weekend trip …
sidenote: If you are ever visiting central California and have the time, Hearst Castle is SUCH an interesting place: William Randolph Hearst’s over-the-top “vacation” home he built on his vast acres on the CA coast.
Amazing.
Fortuitously, I also got my newest camera – Fuji [...]

Sometimes I feel like such an *observer* while shooting a wedding – it’s nice to have some images of me working and involved.
My friend Maggie shot a wedding with me a couple weeks ago ….
a nice, long 10 hour day for me to watch, observe and capture the love in this family…
a nice, long 10 [...]

For the 2nd part of our Just Because styled portrait shoot … we had given up on the balloons.
Which reminds me, I have another idea for a styled photo shoot, but it would be a NIGHTMARE for a windy day … so I have to get up the courage
My friend Maggie had come [...]

I am so excited to announce the launch of my newest website and venture : Lemon and Raspberry!
Lemon and Raspberry is a website/blog that will be updated regularly (daily, possibly) on a variety of topics that fall under the umbrella of arts, crafts, inspiration and photography.
I have a lot of fun things planned – included [...]

Finally! Time for some more photos from that just for fun, styled photo shoot I did a month or so ago …
First of all – SUPER HUGE thank you to my friends and family who helped me with this. Just for fun! So so so so grateful to you all!
To Maggie – for shooting with [...]