Meet the extremely awesome duo Donnie and Marie! I am really soooooo lucky to have clients like them!  They have such crazy chemistry…it was perfect…their home is going to be an amazing place for their wedding….and yeah, they are really this CUTE  (:

seriously….. D&M you are fabulous!

our Presly is 4 years old…she inspired this pose.  Donnie thanks for playing airplane with Marie, this was really fun to watch and photograph (;

Marie you are beautiful! I had to pick both….

maybe this one is my fave…gorgeous!!!

I love photos and moments in-between our sessions

hmmmmmm……could this be their save the date??!

Marie and Donnie, thank you for letting us into your lives today!  We had so much FUN on this engagement shoot…thanks for being you and your wedding is going to be incredible!!  Can’t wait to share more,  your slideshow is coming soon!  XOXO Hillary

Hi…I’m finally back on the internet…don’t even ask…it was a totally pain in the bum! Yes…I am very behind on my blogging, but I must share an amazing and FUN couple that I photographed on Tuesday. Rick and Katie are from NY and getting married tomorrow - it’s going to be fabulous!  Love these two!  I will share more of their story next week…but for now I am catching up and stoked for their wedding!

XOXO…everyone have a wonderful weekend!

A lot of my couples love to get photos during summer/winter for their engagement sessions to share with friends and family that don’t live here. (And it’s always a really cool way to display in their sign in guest book for the wedding day!)  Colleen and Jack crack-me-up and again I had a blast with them!…great chemistry…period! Oh yeah, and they are a hottie couple with an adorable lab…Keela…

Ha…you have to work for it to get to the goods (:  Collen rocks!  beer in hand, couture in the other, and wearing flip flops bush-wacking it…..

so stinkin’ cute…love…..

that’s what labs do..stick..retrieve..stick..retrieve..stick..retrieve..stick..retrieve…the happy life of Keela, she’s their baby  (:

Colleen you are beautiful and I am so lucky to have you as a client and friend….

and Jack…I am just lucky girl…RAWR…

again you guys I am so EXCITED to be photographing your wedding in a couple of weeks!  I adore you two and see you very soon! love Hillary, XOXO

Love this couple and this session.  Morgan and Bray are a ridiculously good-looking couple, which makes my job very easy! They wanted simple and outdoorsy photos — this is the perfect time of year for that! So I took them to a favorite location #1…..

Isn’t she going to be a beautiful bride?….

favorite location #2…..

seriously….you two are so HOT…….

and cute! They have so much fun together….

love…..

yeah, yeah,  they make a totally gorgeous couple

favorite blue wall location #3….

Bray and Morgan, I am more than excited for your wedding coming up late August.  — you two are going to make awesome wedding shooting for us! Can’t wait to see you soon.  XOXO

I am stoked to be photographing this beautiful couple this coming Saturday!  What makes me so happy about them, they are a very easygoing couple, they love photography, and they have chosen some of the top vendors here in Sun Valley to make their day amazing.  The word is…. details are going to be fantastic…location…weather…of course beautiful couple…etc….

Attitude. Think confidence. Think hot is my advice I give couples when we shoot (and yes have lot’s of fun too)!  We started the session out with a fabulous pair of Christian Louboutin’s…. “think fierce!”….love it….

anyone who has ever shot with me knows how much I love  “wind-in-hair”….

Check out their slideshow + video and how they met…..

XOXO

These two are an amazing couple and are truly in love and ADORABLE together! They flew me out to their home in Boston for a day of shooting at all their favorite places. I am so excited and lucky to to be photographing their wedding in Massachusetts at the beautiful and historic  the Crane Estate it’s a stunning seaside mansion!!  Katie and Eric are the kind of couple that makes me thrilled to go out and photograph with…..easy and fun!

Horses are pretty much Katie’s life….meet Batman….he has been with Katie for many many years competing in eventing and dressage. He is now retired and living on a beautiful farm….

Here is one girl who would rather clean a stall than her own room…
Here is one girl who would rather wear chaps than a party dress…
Here is one girl who would rather go to the barn than the mall…

one of my Faves from the day (:

“time to start bringing it in tight you two”….

…..and some more horsing around (:

a quick change, and we went into the city

HOT couple, hot legs…..and what girl doesn’t LOVE a pair of classic Manolo Blahnik’s…

We went to the Boston Public Garden (the light was amazing) and this is where Eric had proposed down on one knee…

a fun, colorful martini in a swanky restaurant…

Katie…I am a HUGE fan……

you two are just stinkin’ cute….

a little Sex and the City moment…. a FAVE of mine….OHHHHHHH I cannot wait for their wedding!!!!!!!

Eric and Katie — THANKS for the wonderful day!  Much love, Hillary XOXO

– all I will say is this  “Lauren and Travis you are two very HOT tamales!”   and of course they are extraordinarily engaging, beautiful, and sweetest couple you will ever meet! …… we started at their AMAZING hotel  The Tides….

Lauren you are stunning…….

so crazy good-looking……Rawrrrrrrrrrr……

Love…love…love… these two are so much FUN…..

….and they know how to work it in front of the camera!

they make each other laugh….. they really love the ocean…… and another favorite FUN moment of many…….

one of my FAVES….

off to another AMAZING hotel for some sunset photos, cocktails, and their rehearsal dinner at the  La Casa Que Canta….

“te quiero”

some of the best and funniest toasts I have heard at a wedding….Lauren thanking everyone…..

I must say this is one of the most beautiful, not crowded, very safe, friendly, and clean places I have been to in Mexico  — we are already planning our family vacation.   I want to go back so bad!    Photos of these two getting married very soon –  Besos,  xoxo

- meet my beautiful and wonderful friends who are getting married soon!   Miss Meghan and Matt are the best match!  Seriously,  Meghan is crazy good-looking, sweet, stylish, and super bright!  Ohhhhh….Matty,  I have a secret crush on him (aka Clint Eastwood).  He is a go-with-the-flow-laid-back-guy  who finally enjoys to work-it-out in front of my camera!  Meghan and Matt you two have ‘just the right thing’  that makes your relationship amazing together!  (I know that Meghan has been checking the blog like a stalker — so I am short on words and big on lot’s of photos)…..

hey pretty lady…..

this is one of my FAVES…..

I LOVED this session and this old house!  Matt and Meg’s are the best best best –we are standing on piles of  ‘cow poop’   they are true professionals…..

another fave…adorable….

here is their beautiful one year old Nola,   just as attractive as her parents….

could be the most CUTEST flower girl….ever…..

Matt + Meghan + Nola = absolutely fabulousness!  I can’t wait for your wedding in Palm Springs in just 10 days!!!  XOXO

I am finally moving into a new direction with my photo slideshows – VIDEO!  I know, I know – I’m a photographer, but I love the look of adding about 20% of raw footage to share the moments in-between getting the shot.

I want to start focusing on the vows and speeches of the wedding day and  give my clients the gift of memory and language, that will become valuable over time!  I also will include in my kid packages capturing the sound of your kids and babies with audio track to our photo sessions.  SERIOUSLY PRICELESS  — these moments will be amazing for you as a parent, bride + groom, your family,  this will grow in value over time!

This is all new to me, but I am excited,  learning,  and I am ready to tell your story in a new way — XOXO

p.s. miss you Katy and Doug, SF….you two ROCK!