Raquel & Eddie engaged!

On Saturday I met up with Raquel and Eddie for their engagement session in Encinitas. The first thing that Eddie wanted to do when we started taking photos was to climb up in a tree... so I knew it was going to be an interesting session! We started out ... well... up a tree, and then wandered around for a while before making our way over to the beach where we finished by waiting for the sunset. It was a great time and I absolutely cannot wait for their wedding this summer in Costa Rica!

Here are a couple of my favorites from their session.... starting with one from the tree :)

Eddie likes to surf so I couldn't resist a photo with this sign!

Sorry Eddie, had to post this one... I just love it!

When we got down to the beach the lighting was quite delightful.

This is one of my favorites!

Thanks Rocky & Eddie for coming out to the beach with me. I can't wait for July!

Bridget & David - NYC

Bridget is one of my oldest and bestest friends from junior high. She is also one of the most talented people I know. Seriously. She's amazing. Ben and I went to New York a couple of weeks ago to watch her star in her Broadway debut in Mark Twain's Is He Dead? If you live anywhere in or near New York get your butt to this show. It's hilarious. Seriously. And I'm not just saying that because she's my friend :)

While we were in New York we had planned on me doing a little mini session of Bridget and her boyfriend David. What we didn't think about when scheduling the time for the shoot was that daylight savings time would take the otherwise beautiful afternoon/early evening light and transform it into total blackness. Which is what there was when we met up to shoot. Oops.

Well we made the best of a somewhat bad situation and took a couple of shots outdoors before going up to David's place for a few more. Here are a few of my favorites.

David has a LOT of pez dispensers... so of course we had to have a shot with them.

And his blue dog paintings, which I love!

Thanks Bridget & David for having me over... you two are the best. And I'm not kidding about the play... go and see it. Now :)

Sarah & Tony engaged!

I met up with Sarah and Tony yesterday in downtown Encinitas for their engagement session. Our plan was to walk from a coffee shop to the beach stopping along the way to take some photos, and ending up at the beach right at the "magic hour" before sunset when the light is best. I was planning on spending about an hour with these two but I was having such a great time with them (and they are so photogenic!) that our session lasted almost two hours, we definitely didn't stop shooting until we ran out of light!

Thanks Sarah and Tony for letting me drag you all around (even into the cold water with your bare feet). I had a great time with you two... here are a couple of my favorite images from the afternoon.

Matching vans... how cute!

This one is definitely a favorite!

Tony's in a band and he was talking about how easy it is to get band pictures taken because they just make "scary band face". I couldn't resist having them show me a little bit of the scary face, I think Tony pulls it off a little better. Sarah's just too sweet to look scary :)

When we got down to the beach the light was absolutely gorgeous. There was a ton of fog, which was actually making the light even softer and dreamier than usual. How cute are these two?

And the serious face...

Because of all the fog the sunset didn't quite turn brilliant shades of red or purple, but the yellowy orange was quite nice on its own.

While we were taking this shot....

someone randomly walked up with a bird and insisted that it get to be in one of the photos. So here it is. This is officially my first engagement photo featuring a bird.

And one more image... just for fun...

Thanks Sarah and Tony for being such good sports during your session. I had a great time and I can't wait to photograph your wedding in the spring!

Allison & Mark

Yesterday I had the pleasure of shooting a couples' session for Allison and Mark. They are so cute together and definitely comfortable in front of the camera! Mark kept coming up with his own crazy poses and funny faces. I love it when couples are comfortable being themselves in front of the camera!





Here's one of Mark's signature poses. Nice muscles!







Mark laughing after tossing one of Allison's shoes. Laughing always makes for great natural smiling shots!





Thanks for coming out for the shoot guys, I had a blast! I hope you enjoy your images.

Chris & Tara

While Chris and Tara were in town from New York I had the pleasure of shooting a portrait session with them. They are such an adorable couple and so full of love. They are so fun to be around and they definitely made my job of shooting very easy! I love to capture emotion in my work and these two were definitely full of genuine fun and goofy emotion!







When I asked them what kind of things they did together as a couple they said that they started making funny faces at each other. Apparently fish face competitions make for good photos!







I love this one! It's one of my favorites from the day.





Thanks for coming out for the shoot guys! I had a great time and I hope you enjoy your images.