There is nothing better than a strong friendship — friends that support & balance one another, especially. Audrey & Belinda have such a special friendship, and it was a great joy to do this photo shoot for them. As two strong, beautiful yogini’s, these ladies are embarking on new chapters of their lives — starting a new venture (One Love Encinitas) as well as embracing a new decade in their lives. They wanted to do this shoot to celebrate those things, which I think is a good of reason as any to get pretty and have some fun in front of the camera!

Many thanks to Amanda of Thorne Artisty for working her magic & providing hair, makeup & wardrobe styling.

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I heart these two, a lot. <3

And, I am sort of ridiculously excited for you all to see more images from this wedding! For now, this will do!

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You already know my love for the Farias family – and I wanted to try something new, so I decided to spend a large portion of the day with them with a camera. These are only a few images that give a glimpse into their lives (I swear, David was there too, but he sufficiently avoided me & my camera most of the time. ;)), which were not posed at all. I just came, observed, interacted, and captured. :) There will definitely be more of these to come — the rest of the images, as well as potentially other people — since I want to explore, capture & create more. Enjoy!

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I heart her. One of my best friends. We danced in the forest for her birthday and took a bazillion photos of one another. See the previous post & photo here.

I realize to some of you, these frolics are something ‘new’ because I haven’t really ever posted them on this blog. But we have been doing them for a few years now, and it’s such a gratifying experience, mainly because we get the chance to explore new places, take a massive amount of photos of one another, and get all gussied up for the whole process. ;) Total fun and lets us expand our creative juices with no expectations attached. :)

More to come!

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The trees! Oh, the trees!!

Things have been super busy around here, and I have been neglecting to post teasers from all my recent shoots! But have no fear, there are TONS of fresh images coming your way. So for the rest of the week I’ll be posting lots of teasers — so sit back, & enjoy! ;)

More to come of this AMAZING wedding, of course!

The cutest, most adorable first birthday that I have ever been to! I shot Cassidy and David’s wedding a few years back (& their beautiful engagement session too), and have since become friends, so I was naturally thrilled to be a part of their daughter Rylie’s first birthday! A beautiful Breakfast at Tiffany’s theme (and if you know me, I just LOVE that movie — I mean, what girly girl doesn’t?) filled with adorable props, sparkles, streamers, tulle, macarons, ombre and cupcakes in various shades of sherbert! And that dress! Which of course was custom made! The angel topper was originally Cassidy’s for her first birthday, so I thought it was totally sweet that she reused it for Rylie. :) And — her first time eating cake! I love babies’ reactions to their first taste of cake. ;) And of course, the FOOD!! A brunch theme, with bite sized pancakes, waffles in cups of maple syrup, mini quiches and mini cinnamon rolls. It was heaven!

Edited to add: we have been featured on On To Baby! Check out the feature, as well as Cassidy’s write up on it here!