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I am growing a small family in Santa Cruz, California with my hubby, Rodney and our two kids, Isabella and Luke. I love meeting new people and learning their stories. It is a joy to work with people. I feel so blessed to be able to meet so many awesome people and share with them my love for photography.

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Archive: July, 2011



FAMILY SESSION | Reno Photographer: Christie Mumm

Friday, July 22nd, 2011

Christie called me up a couple months ago for a session while they were out here on vacation.  She her self is a photographer in Reno and recently wrote a book on her experience with family photography.  I’m stoked we crossed paths and wish I could have taken her to coffee the next morning to pick her brain, unfortunately they were headed south for some more vacation adventures.  Hope you had a wonderful time on vacation.  I had a great time hanging with your family and hope to have an equally fun-loving relationship with my teenage daughter come the day.

I love the gum in her mouth.  I did make her spit it out for the rest of the shoot, but laughing with it is such a true picture of a teenager.

Total doll.

ENGAGED | Panther Beach

Monday, July 18th, 2011

Ella and Andrew found me online and were up from down south for a little vacation.  We headed up the coast to the secluded Panther Beach that boast some funky rock out croppings, a natural rock bridge and a dynamic sunset.  Ella walked straight off the pages of a magazine in her navy dress and glittery heels.  Smokin’ hot and a heap of fun to hang with too. Check them out…

MARRIED | Chris + Kelley

Tuesday, July 12th, 2011

While most people think of camp, they think of those akward teenage years, first kisses, team building games, and kp duty (kitchen patrol).  You can probably remember your favorite summer camp leader, but only by their camp name- Opal, Irish, Wingnut, Honeybee.  What was your camp leader’s name?  To you, they don’t even have a real name- that was their real name.  Camps are now becoming not just a thing for your youth years, but brides are starting to bring that whole week of fun to their weddings.  Why not?  It’s crazy to see 100 people in less than 6 hours as they celebrate one of the most important days of their lives.  Why not bring in all your friends and family for a weekend of fun.  You get to bunk with friends, have bon fires with smores, and go on a scavenger hunt!  That’s what Chris and Kelley did for their wedding weekend up at Camp Campbell.

Chris and Kelley met at the newspaper agency.  They contacted me and shared that Camp Campbell recently revamped their camp venue in Boulder Creek and were planning on a weekend of it with a small crowd of friends and family.  I loved it.  I loved the idea that you get to enjoy your guest on either side of your big day.  I love nature and all the beauty the redwoods are when graced with a couple in love.  Camp Campbell was lovley.  It offers a sweet little chapel in a redwood grove and acres of beauty to explore with the couple.  Luckly, Chris and Kelly were more than willing to spend sometime in the redwoods.  Not to mention the many DIY details Kelley poured into her day.

FAMILY SESSION | Four months and counting

Thursday, July 7th, 2011

This sweet little guy is my cousin’s first baby, Kyle.  It’s so fun to watch friends and family enter motherhood.  Kym has carried her grace right into motherhood.  Kyle is so sweet and happy.  The entire shoot he didn’t make a peep, he just admired the great outdoors and flashed an occasional smile.  Here are a few of my favorites!

ENGAGED | Brian + Lisa

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Lisa and Brian took me to where he proposed to her, a beach near Ano Nuevo called Stumpy’s.  I always love asking couples about how they met and how they got engaged.  They are both there chiming in on who thought what, who said what and the two sides to every story always comes out.  These two are so easy to hang with-  I’m totally looking forward to their wedding!  They have an AMAZING 16 inches difference (it could be 18, I forget), so we tried a few tricks to close the gap.  We had Lisa on hay bales, jumping into his arms, seated, perched on the up hill of the sand doons to name a few.  Before on the sand doons, we stopped off at Pie Ranch cuz I saw the fog ahead and wanted a little sunshine for their session.  After the goats and hay bales… we headed north.  Ano had stunning landscape all around us with some fog creeping in overhead and the moon on the rise.  They braved the cold, wet, and wind and hopefully had a little fun along the way. Here are a few from their session…

Love this one.

 

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