I have so many favorites from their wedding!  It’s Friday, and I have such a busy weekend with photo shoots, meeting with brides coming in for Memorial weekend,  and some bbq’s with friends — I just could not get ALL of my faves posted today.  I also want to give a “shout out” to my fabulous second shooter and friend Kristin Cheatwood — she gets the shot every time,  and super fun to pal around with while we were in Mexico!!!  I know Lauren will be checking the blog and wanted to share a few from their beautiful wedding day and the setting at  Zihuatanejo…..

Have a wonderful 3 day weekend — 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

– it was an AMAZING wedding — I have so much more to share from Travis and Lauren’s incredible day VERY SOON!

I love love love Sun Valley,  but our weather and forecast is cold here and still snowing for the next 10 days.  This is why I want to specialize in destination weddings… warm weather,  incredible people,  beautiful tropical colors with fabulous light!!!   — happy me at the rehearsal dinner 2 days ago….

XOXO

I only offer digital images for my clients now.  They are in complete creative control getting their photos framed from any company they love and how they will use their images!  I came across Dragon Fly Frames and wanted to give everyone a heads about this company and design your own frames to fit your style and home!

Okay you photographers who send me emails asking about my post-processing — you will LOVE this DVD tutorial from a photographer that has a similar stlye of color pop that I love!!  Uno is a one hour photoshop tutorial by Lauren Clark.  It is filmed with a screen shot program so that you will see, up close, what Lauren does in Photoshop. It’s like a mini seminar on photoshop with no secret left untold that you can view over, and over, and over again! If you have CS Photoshop and some basic knowledge using it — this is a must!!! She covers Bridge, actions, retouching, liquifying, her secret actions to make color pop — she is also super cool lady and photographer!

I LOVE to cook and use simple and tasty ingredents.  I eat anything, but Presly has your typical 4 year old palate,  and Mark is like feeding a 4 year old at times too, (he likes his man food + beer).   BakedBree.com is my new inspirational blog for simple summer time treats and meals — she also is a wonderful photographer  (I need photos of what it’s supposed to look like when I am finished).  Here are 2 recipes I just recently made….

I love to wear necklaces and I LOVE this handmade jewelery website by Lisa Leonard.com I have 2 of her necklaces — one that’s custom with Presly’s name,  and one I wear when I am shooting weddings…

My HAPPY place for color and ideas for my home and studio.  Jonathon makes you believe that your home should make you happy and minimalism is a bummer. — he makes me smile and be inspired to go for it!

- here is a new wedding blog I really like called Every Last Detail Blog! and we just had Katy and Doug’s engagement photos posted on….

Things have been a bit slow for photo sessions because of all the rain we have been having.  I wanted to let you know we are going to Mexico to photograph Lauren and Travis’s wedding and have another little vacation time.  I will be back in the office next Tuesday.  Have a wonderful week and there will be some AWESOME  events/sessions to blog in the coming weeks… stay tuned — XOXO

Wedding digital photography has been so fast and furious with so many changes, ideas, and competition of wonderful photographers - so I have been trying new things to stand out. Photography will always be my profession, but I want tell our clients’ complete story with VIDEO, audio, and photos! So here is our first ‘mini video’ attempt that we did of my good friend Meghan and Matt’s wedding. It’s just a small teaser of her getting ready with her girls (definitely will be using a second photographer for the rest of the day not to miss a thing!) Please check it out and let me know what you think, I’m pretty pumped on this! XOXO

Matt and Meghan they truly had an fantastic wedding day in Palm Desert!  You two are a fabulous couple and I wish you a wonderful and FUN life together!  See you guys soon for some summertime bbq and good times with our fabulous friends!    Click Here to watch their slide show  — XOXO

It was so great to have Vanessa and Jason over for a mini-session (I photographed their wedding 6 years ago)  and now I finally got to meet their beautiful Sylvia - 8 months old and such a cutie!  She never stopped smiling or moving!  Congratulations you two — she is a keeper  (;

XOXO

My mom is SUPER TERRIFIC — she had my twin brother Billy and I  “double trouble”  is what we were growing up,  and liked to call us.   Our mom is always there for us and we will always need her!

Mom you are wonderful for advice, witty, hilarious and always really great for a laugh,  you are determined and a stubborn Taurus,  so generous,  (she bought me my first digital SLR camera and laptop when I wanted to seriously be a professional.  She didn’t have a lot of money,  but always said to me  “you do what you have to do to make it happen” also “spend money to make money”  these are still my sayings every time I am afraid to take a chance!),  the best cook I have ever known,  you make everyone around feel happy and care,  super fun to go shopping with,  drink wine and talk about men,  I always can count on you for an amusing blog post,  watch dancing with the stars or some type of romantic hallmark movie,  rearrange the furniture around your condo,  go through ALL our photo albums when we visit (my mom is the real photographer in our family, she says,  “I am the one with the passion,  you are the one with the talent”).

Seriously mom THANK YOU for all that you do!  We can’t wait to see you soon,  we all really miss you,  and hope you know how much we LOVE YOU!!!!

Every time I ask my mom what she wants for a gift,  it’s always  “make me something,  a good book,  or photographs.”  I asked Presly what she wanted to do for Mother’s Day — “plant flowers for Grandma, mommy, and auntie Sam”  (her gardening muse).  Of course I photographed it for us….

she thought it was cute to throw some dirt at mom…

spring Monarch butterflies and kisses…

Presly you are adorable, I love you, and so thankful you are my funny-beautiful little monkey!   and Mom THANK YOU for being you and FABULOUS!  Lot’s of love, hugs, and kisses from Presly, me, Mark, and Buddy — XOXO

p.s. Happy Mother’s Day to all you AMAZING mommies too!!

Ummmm,  probably NOT acceptable to choose this as one of my all-time favorite weddings — but it was!!!  Not only did I get the amazing time to work with my friends Matt and Meghan,  but I was a guest as well……and we had the best time lounging by the poolside with friends,  sipping Margs, and share in the weekend festivities too!!!  Their wedding day was a perfect-colorful-sun-drenched-day! and besides being incredible HOT couple, they are both lucky parents too have their beautiful 1 year old Nola, wonderful families, AWESOME friends, and to find each other…. this was an AMAZING day!  Also a BIG SHOUT OUT to Meghan’s parents Neil and Jenny for making this an incredible wedding!!   Okay, now on to the photos….

Jimmy from Saks…”we love you”…..

Meghan is a girl who is always smiling. I saw this look of deep thought for a brief moment, it’s one of my favorites…

you’re GORGEOUS!……STUNNNNNNNNNNNING!!!!!

the ladies…they were more than fabulous!

da boyz chilling, wearing classic Vans and cuties too….

Matt before the first sight……

the camera LOVES Meghan,  and so do I!!

super swanky 1940’s Mojave boutique hotel — where we all stayed for the weekend,  it was RAD….

Work-It-Out  in the hot desert….

so stoked to work with all their friends…..

CUTEST flower girl….Matt and Meghan’s miss Nola

We are MARRIED!!!

father and daughter dance, another fave from the day!

Meghan and Matt you two are soooooooooo great together!  THANK YOU for sharing your wedding weekend with us  (and playing some Lady GaGa for me)!!  I can’t wait to see you back in Sun Valley for BBQing,  and hear about the honeymoon — XOXO