Erica and Deven

I recently had the pleasure of shooting Erica and Deven's wedding in San Diego, and wow what a gorgeous day! Erica is a wedding photographer as well, (Acres of Hope Photography) and so I once again found myself shooting for a photographer friend and absolutely enjoyed every minute :)

These two are such a perfect pair... they are both adventurers, passionate about life and enjoying the outdoors, and just are really engaging and wonderful to be around. You can't help but feel excited for their future together, because you know that when two people like this find each other the rest of the world will be better off because of it. It's such a beautiful thing. And while we are on the subject of beauty.. just take a look at this bride...









Whenever I show up on the wedding day, it seems like once the dress is on it starts to actually hit that THIS is the day...








She was absolutely STUNNING.










Beautiful bridesmaids...




And some good-lookin' groomsmen...








Ok so fast forward to the ceremony... Here is Deven as he sees his bride for the first time walking down the aisle...




And Erica mouthed "I love you!" as she walked towards him, with the biggest smile!















They did it!!




And then we had some photo time..






















Congratulations and thank you so much for having me! I hope Hawaii was absolutely amazing :)

Rachel and Mark...

Hey folks, I'm baaaaaack! I hope you can forgive my blog hiatus, it was a crazy summer and I can't wait to catch this little blogger up to speed. The wedding that I'm choosing to bring my blog back to life with is the one of my dear friends Rachel and Mark.... Rachel is one of my closest friends and I respect her so much as an amazing photographer, and she just has one of the warmest and sincerest hearts EVER. When she asked me to shoot her wedding I think I just about died. I mean, when one of your close photographer friends asks you to be the one responsible for capturing their day, its such a big deal that it compares to the feelings I had when I shot my very first wedding. Super excited and super nervous. It was so much fun though and I wouldn't trade it for anything! Here are some of my favorites so far...

(and there's a LOT!!)


The dress..



and oh my gosh Rach was a GORGEOUS bride...



love this one the best...



The handsome groom Mark!




Right after the first look...




they couldn't stop looking at each other... so stinkin cute :)











They're pretty much models.




A little stop on the way to the beach..







One of their flower girls workin' it...






a fave..



another fave..













They got married at Mariners Church in Irvine...





SUPER touching ceremony...



They did it!!



Prayer over the newly weds...








hearts!



Rach and I :)



Sunset...



And they are off to Hawaii...





CONGRATULATIONS!!! I love you both!

New Site is UP!!!

Huge smiles on my face right now. Last week I killed it trying to get it live, and then this week my hosting company saved me a couple tears by bringing it back to life! I had hoped to get it up in time for the Pictage PartnerCon in LA these past couple days but its better late than never I guess. I'm still finishing up the galleries section so you'll see some improvements on the way but I was just too excited to wait and share it all. Go check it and let me know what you think? Thanks so much! www.kareymichelle.com







P.S. I have a lot of awesome weddings to post here in the near future; this last weekend I had a wedding at Hume Lake on Saturday and another one at Rancho Capistrano on Sunday! And now my head is spinning from the greatness of the PartnerConference with Pictage in LA... so much to post! Some day I'll catch up :) Until then, check out the new site!!

Dan and Angel

Shooting Dan and Angel's wedding was such an absolute blast, I just felt so blessed to play a part in their beautiful day. I am lucky to call these two friends! Here are some of the fave's from the day...


This was in Angels car :)





We did the "First Look" before the ceremony and had a couple hours to play around and enjoy the day. It was so fun to see them see each other for the first time, to feel the joy and excitement just spill into every moment. The two of them have so much fun together, I love it!!
































And here is their slideshow...



And this was my absolute favorite from the day:






Thank you Dan and Angel for just being the amazing friends you are, congratulations!