Ms S Boudoir: The Gift for Him

What was supposed to be a cool idea to get pampered and have some fun, turned into something more meaningful and uplifting for Ms S.  After booking her boudoir appointment with me, her husband was hospitalized for weeks.  Without going into personal details, Ms S reluctantly followed through with her session.  During the session, Ms S admittedly was “not feeling very sexy.”   She did force a few smiles as she keep her husband in her mind the whole time.  I decided to focus on capturing her playful fun side.  Near the end of her session, she was finally able to share a genuine smile.  About a month after her photo shoot, her husband was finally released from the hospital and is in now in recovery.  On a recent date night out, Ms S shared her photo gift with her husband, and the look on his face is absolutely priceless (see bottom image here).  I am no honored to be able to bring joy to this family and celebrate their love.

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Julie & Travis’ Wedding: Long Beach Museum of Art

I’ve never been to a wedding before, were the number of guests wearing white, out numbered the bride 6 to 1.  Julie and Travis celebrated a sweet brunch wedding last weekend at the Long Beach Museum of Art.  Travis, the groom, is a pilot in the Navy and wore his dress whites.   A few of his military friends also wore the same, and everyone looked sharp!   This wedding had a couple of firsts for me, being a morning wedding as well as the first one of the year.  For some photographers, shooting in all natural lighting sounds easy because you don’t have to mess with lighting, but I took the opportunity to use a blend of all natural settings as well as fill flash.  I think it really helped some of the images pop, especially with the processional sword arch.  That might be my new favorite image of the year.

After Julie and Travis saw all of their images, I received a wonderful message from Julie that I’d love to share.

“Thank you so much for everything!  It was such a pleasure getting to meet you.  I am usually such a disaster and am so awkward in front of a camera and you magically got some amazing shots!  You were really, really awesome to work with and I hope that we get the opportunity to work with you again some time.  We feel truly blessed and so fortunate to have someone as amazing as you photograph our wedding.  The pictures are absolutely amazing.  Thank you for all the time you spent with us!” ~Julie & Travis

Yeah, my job is pretty awesome.  =)

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Lauren & Nick’s Engagement

Lauren and Nick are getting hitched this December.  For their engagement session, they decided to have some fun with their Yorkie “Sugar” and bring Nick’s collection of vintage mopeds out into a beautiful field in Casper’s Park.  When we arrived at the park, we were a bit surprised they did not allow dogs, so we made the best of our time and worked with a couple different locations.  I love how many different moments we were able to capture.

casper's park engagement mopeds

casper's park engagement mopeds

casper's park engagement mopeds

orange county engagement

orange county engagement

orange county engagement

orange county engagement

orange county engagement

orange county engagement

orange county engagement