I know, I know, it is a silly Hallmark holiday that has no real historical significance and many people feel that it’s just an excuse for your wife or girlfriend to get new jewelry or flowers. With all of that being said, you BA-humbuggers, while I understand your sentiment, I still love it. I can’t help it. It’s a day for everyone to express their love and appreciation for others. Kids all exchange little cards with sweet notes and lots of chocolates, men buy their wives flowers and tell them how much they love them, women treat their man like a king for a day, everyone wins. Valentine’s Day inspires love and what is better than that? That is why we chose it as the theme for our recent family photo shoot. We have so many other themes and props in mind, so please, book a session with us before this holiday passes us. We always do a shoot this time of year for this family and they use the photos on their children’s class valentines, they always turn out so cute! Here are some shots from our shoot….enjoy!

As a photographer, when you go to do a boudoir shoot with a client, you never know how comfortable your client will be and how much coaching they might need; it can be a bit scary at first. But all of those worries melted away as soon as we took the first shot of Kayla, our wonderful model for the day. Not only was she fun and creative with her poses, she was so fearless.

And oh, did I mention these were taken outside? I can’t emphasize enough how fearless she was! She was so fun to shoot and had such great energy, it was a really great boudoir shoot. I hesitate to even call this a boudoir shoot since it was outside but what could be more natural and what could be sexier than being in the great outdoors and embracing your sexiness. Well, Kayla did just that and we can’t wait for our next indoor boudoir shoot with her.

It’s so interesting how we as women judge ourselves so harshly, and this shoot reminded me that one of the best qualities a woman can possess, one of our sexiest attributes, is our fearlessness! It’s so important that we celebrate our beauty (inside and out) and that we also embrace our perfectly imperfect flaws. Ladies, if you ever forget the power that you have as a confident and sexy woman, please contact us for a shoot and we would love to help remind you. It’s a great way to celebrate your strength and maybe even share with your significant other to remind them of how powerful your strength and beauty can be, and just how damn sexy you are. Enjoy these photos of the fearless, the playful, and the sexy Kayla!

It’s every married woman’s advice to every new bride: “Enjoy every moment of your wedding because after all the planning and all of the stress, your big day is over in just the blink of an eye.” We know all too well how quickly your wedding day flies by, and that is what we are there for, to capture every moment so that you can savior it forever. But, on your big day, you feel rushed, your guests are waiting for you to finish up your wedding photos, DJs are reminding you of the schedule, your wedding planner is telling you it’s time to start serving dinner, you don’t have a minute to just relax in the quiet moment of your newly wedded bliss and pose for pictures. So, with our Over the Moon shoot, we offer you a chance to do just that. You might already be married, and you might have already flown to Hawaii on your honeymoon, but if you are still madly, head over heels, over the moon in love, book us for a shoot. It’s so magical to put on that wedding dress again and pull out that tux and reconnect with your spouse and reminisce on your big day. Or, brides, if you don’t think you can convince your husband to put on his tux again, then just go it solo. Let’s face it, that dress was darn expensive and you look fantastic in it, why not pull it out and feel as special as you did the day you first said I do. If your anniversary is coming up, what better way to surprise your husband with some gorgeous photos of yourself in that famous dress that you wore on the first day of your new lives together.

We recently shot two brides together and they just so happen to be best friends. It was so fun to watch them glow in their beautiful gowns all over again. We photographed both Vanessa and Keara’s weddings and so it was a special honor to take more portraits of them in a more controlled and calm setting.  Here are our favorite shots of these two gorgeous women, enjoy!

Below, you can see Vanessa was also acting as our assistant and was giving Keara some posing tips. They had so much fun on their shoot.

Next week we will have another Over the Moon shoot to share with you and without giving anything away, I will tell you that it is going to be MAGICAL! Stay tuned.

Simply Beautiful, that is how I would describe Keara and Chad’s backyard wedding. So often people go over the top with weddings. People plan until it turns into yelling and they stress over every detail until the whole wedding becomes a cause for stress. It’s so nice to see a sweet backyard wedding that just focuses on the couple. Keara is so classic and beautiful; she is so charming without trying; she is sweet and kind to the core, and that is exactly what her wedding was. Everything from their colors, royal blue and yellow, to their flowers, represented a sweet backyard wedding to the T. We were so pleased to shoot their wedding and we wanted to share a few photos with you. We also just shot an ‘Over the Moon’ shoot with Keara last weekend that we are working on, and we can’t wait to share. If you don’t already know, our ‘Over the Moon’ photo shoot is for Brides and Grooms who want to put on their wedding attire again for a fun photo shoot. Don’t worry, we don’t get your beautiful dress or tux dirty, unless you want to. We just know all too well that things get crazy the day of your wedding, guests are waiting, people are rushing you, and so we give you a second chance to shine. After the wedding, after the honey moon, it’s nice to have a time to get dressed in your best again and reminisce. If you are still over the moon in love and you want to book us for a shoot, or if you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected]. Here are some photos from Keara and Chad’s wedding, and stay tuned for their ‘Over the Moon’ shoots.

I can’t even begin to tell you what a magical day their wedding day was. Everything was so well put together, so beautiful, so well organized, such a wonderful location, and more than all of that, what a fantastic couple. One of the best things about being a wedding photographer is that it lends you the unique experience of witnessing those wonderful moments that happen in private that not everyone is as privileged to be present for. Anyone who glanced at Colin and Rebecca on this day would have seen the love between the two of them, but being up close and personal, I have to tell you that the depth of which these two love and respect each other is truly amazing. They were so playful and fun, they really made the day magical and fun. Colin and Rebecca wisely chose to get married at the Granite Bay Golf course, and it was spectacular. After the ceremony, Heidi, their amazing wedding planner, took us to some beautiful spots on the property where we got some really wonderful shots of the newly wed couple. It was so sweet how much Colin was praising Rebecca. He said things like, “Can you believe she is mine? I mean, she is so gorgeous! Rebecca, can you just wear that dress everyday? You look so beautiful.” It was so sweet to witness and it was such an honor to capture these moments between the two of them. Please enjoy these pictures from their wedding and stay tuned because in a few weeks we will be doing an ‘Over The Moon’ shoot with them where they will be putting on their wedding attire again to shoot at a different location. If you can’t tell, we just love working with Colin and Rebecca and we hope you enjoy their wedding pictures as much as we loved taking them!

What a fun wedding party!

It was so sweet how he kept cracking jokes and was making her laugh. So glad we were able to capture it.