Annie and Dan

Last week (I'm behind blogging I know!!) I headed down towards a favorite beach spot again with Dan and Annie for their engagement session. We had so much fun hanging out, I forgot I was supposed to be taking pictures! That makes me look forward that much more to their wedding next February on the beautiful island of Oahu in Hawaii!


Enjoy!

Starbox Lunch

My apologies for a quick post, but today I had a great time attending Jasmine Star's "Starbox Lunch" here in Irvine alongside some other awesome photographers. As I've started this photography journey it's felt a bit lonely at times trying to navigate through everything but taking the time today to sit down for lunch, pause, and get into conversation with other photographers really filled my cup. Jasmine is not only an awesome photographer, but an awesome person who I really enjoyed getting to know and I am so thankful for her willingness to put together a lunch like this. Thank you for sharing your passion and your knowledge Jasmine, you are quite the encouragement!

Pizza Partaayyy

This week I went to Leather Craftsmen's Pizza Party up in Universal City with my friend Rachel Williams and had so much fun! Leather Craftsmen is my album binder and they do such an amazing job of not only making a super great product but also creating opportunities for photographers to generate community. I met Jessica Claire there who is a freaking awesome photographer that I admire, so that was pretty cool. AND I ran into Becker, another awesome photographer, who's Party of 5 class I took earlier this summer and he helped me out SOOO much it was incredible. I kind of "borrowed" this picture off of his BLOG :) That would include me, Robert Evans and Rachel. (sidenote about his site: the intro includes his studio and looks how it does as if you were to walk into it.) Robert did a seminar at the Pictage conference in LA that I attended and he blew me away with his knowledge, generosity in sharing that knowledge, and ability to produce breathtaking images. He was the gracious host for the get-together at his studio, and I was going through every album of his I could find! They were all just beautiful works of art and simply inspiring.

I'm working on redoing my album designs for this next year so stay tuned!! There will be some fun new options in the works :)

Hasta Luego!

Happy Birthday to me!

This weekend I brought my new bday present with me so that I could actually be IN some pictures and have something fit in my pocket :) It was also super easy to just take pics out the window of my car when the sunset was phenomenal as I was heading towards Hume Lake.


I promise I had my eyes on the road the whole time.



I think this was off of the 210 somewhere...



Here is the view of the lake as you drive in on the Hume road... (I love this view!!!)






This is on the way to Look Out Rock that we took Jeremy and Michelle to for some of their pictures!



And here are two of my favorite ladies ever, Jayne and Emily. We were all nice and warm right there :) It was SO COLD that I believe one of the nights it was only ten degrees outside!!





I miss those two so much! And I miss Hume. If anyone ever wants to go there I will take you in 2.4 seconds :)

Ciao!

Casey and Laura Part 2

It has been a crazy month or so but I'm finally getting almost caught up with my slideshows! Casey and Laura's wedding was posted earlier HERE, but it was a quick post and I promised that more was coming and so here we are :)

I had an amazing amount of help from some friendly photographers for this wedding, including Jered Scott, Mark Brooke, and Jon Woods! These guys were such a blast to work with! This is me with Jered and Mark...






I'm so bummed I forgot to get a picture with Jon! He was awesome, here he is at work..






and here I am at work:






Thanks for taking those images Jered! So fun.

Ok so more about the actual wedding... probably one of my favorite parts during the day was when Laura had just finished getting ready and she hurried excitedly over to the mirror and exclaimed, " I LOVE HOW I LOOK!!" Everyone in the room exploded in laughter and agreement, and joy just permeated the air. It's moments like those that really stick with me and inspire what I shoot. It's my prayer that when you see my work, you feel those same emotions and are drawn into the day and it's unique movements even if you couldn't physically be there. Here is their slideshow, ENJOY :)

(P.S. Just be a little patient as it loads!)

Jeremy and Michelle

For my last wedding of 2007 I headed up a hill to the place where it all started for me, Hume Lake. Hume Lake Christian Camps was where the amazing and talented Josh Smith taught me the ropes of photography on the job for the 15 months I got to call Hume home. He even came to second shoot! There are so many people there that I still consider my closest friends and family so I've been looking forward to this wedding for awhile. It's been over a year since I've lived there but it will always feel like home in one sense or another. Shooting Jeremy and Michelle's wedding was the icing on an already densely rich and beautiful cake, since there is a lot of history with these two for me. I actually got to watch them begin their relationship together two summers ago when Michelle was my roommate! She was such a gift to me to share a summer and Bible study with, for she had (and has) such an incredible character and passion for God. I knew Jeremy only by acquaintance before Michelle, but to watch him pursue her and love her was such a beautiful thing. Their wedding was an awesome celebration of over 200 people one of which came as far as Honduras! Here are some of my favorites from the day:


Here is the amazingly beautiful Hume Lake...






And the excited bride!









We did their first look up at the Joshua Lodge...









And then we headed towards Look Out Rock where Jeremy proposed to Michelle...






The ceremony was beautiful. Jeremy's dad Jerry Root married them and he did such an amazing job, probably one of the best I've ever seen. Make sure to check out the slideshow, there will be more shots of the ceremony in there :) How beautiful are the flowers?? Pam Phillips did a great job with the arrangements!






Mr. and Mrs. Root!








It was such an incredible day, and I just felt so thankful to play a small part in it. Jeremy and Michelle, I hope you both enjoy your images and have a wonderful time on your honeymoon in Hawaii and then Chicago!


Here is the slideshow you want to check out, including some of Josh's perspective too: www.kareymichelle.com/Slideshows/Root

Enjoy!