Details and a Sneak Preview...

Recently I helped out the Fabulous!! Greg Bumatay for Bryan and Maura's wedding at the St. Regis in Monarch Beach, and it was one of the most amazing days and I just felt completely blessed to be a part of it. Every detail was carefully considered from the black chandeliers to the one-of-a-kind orchids found in Maura's bouquet. The weather forecast was to be rain and grey skies but *of-course* what do you think we got?? Blue sky and white puffy clouds. Sweet! Here is a little sneak peak from a BEAUTIFUL day...













What I loved the most about this one was that Bryan was singing from The Phantom of the Opera the whole time... it was so romantic!





If that's not cute enough, these two are phenomenal dancers and it just so happens that they met on the dance floor. Here they are practicing for their first dance Salsa style!





There will be more to come later, for now I'm off to Amy and Eric's wedding in Santa Cruz! Another beach wedding, SO EXCITED :)

Kathy and Ryan

This past weekend I had the pleasure of hanging out with Kathy and Ryan at a fun museum in LA! The morning of our shoot I woke up to some rain and grey sky, but it passed and left us with some beautiful weather with blue skies and white clouds. Loved it. Ryan lives on the East Coast right now so he flew out for the Memorial weekend to spend time with his bride-to-be. I don't know how they do it, but my hat is off to them for being able to handle the distance! When we met up for their engagement session it was really fun to see them just enjoy their time together and explore a new place that they've always wanted to visit. They are getting married at Rancho Capistrano in September and I can't wait for their day, it's going to be so much fun! Here are some faves...







































Thanks so much you two for the fun times! Hope you had as much fun as I did!

Message of the Day

James and Megan

Thursday I headed up to Santa Monica's Jonathan Club at the beach for an engagement session with James and Megan (pronounced Mee-gan), and I had so much fun with them! When I arrived, James greeted me to a beach front oasis that was a welcome site after the 405 freeway's unruly traffic. This was where they had met and so it made perfect sense to meet here for their engagement pictures. It was a gorgeous location, on the beach (totally my fave!!), and with a couple that couldn't be more in love. I can't forget to mention that they are super good-looking too! :)








Can you guess what James does for a living? :)









































I'll be posting up the slideshow a little later, so enjoy for now and have a great day!

**James and Megan, thank you SO MUCH for dinner and for a wonderful time with you both. You two are absolutely perfect together and it was so refreshing to see how much fun you have! Can't wait for the wedding!

Ryan and Mattie's Slideshow

Mattie at 1 year

And here is Ryan's older cousin Mattie! The last time we went out for a shoot she was Ryan's age and couldn't move around much.. this time she was on the run! It was so fun... there were a couple times where it just turned into a game with her and she would think she was being all sneaky running away from the parents, she'd get caught, and give the greatest smile and little squeal! It was absolutely precious. Everything was such an adventure, whether it was the flowers that looked like good food or the crazy looking cactus that... well, looked like good food too! She is at such a fun age!


Two shoes are totally overrated...









This is when the flowers looked like good food but something about them just didn't look quite right! Love her expression.



Run run run!



Mattie has the greatest cheeks..



She may be super hungry but being thrown in the air never fails a smile!



This could sum her up for me, all smiles!





The happy fam...



The break-away!!



I just love this one..



cuteness!





Thank you so much for having me Jenny and Saudri, you are the greatest and it was fun to see you guys again! Happy Birthday Mattie!!

Ryan

This past weekend I had the pleasure of shooting my friend's little Kiddo's together since everyone was in town! Amy, Jason and Ryan came out for Mothers Day from Arizona and so we got Ryan and her cousin Mattie together for some pictures. Each one of these cuties is going to get her own post because there were too many favorites to choose from and I can't quite narrow it down. To have all of them in one would have been ridiculous!

Here is precious little Ryan at 9 months old! (You can view her in a previous post HERE.)


She is so stinkin' cute! She totally flirts with her gorgeous smile...



She can stand up on her own too, as long as she has something to hold onto. Ryan will probably be walking super early!



I just love this one.






Amy is so fun to watch with her little girl... they both have the best smiles.



Cabbage patch!



Flirt!



The fam...














Thanks so much for having me guys! Can't wait till you can come back out again :)