Sarah Mahen Photographers

Whilst I was in the Bay area earlier this month I got to hang out with the awesome Keleigh and Ben. They are some of the funnest people I’ve ever met and we had a little too much fun rockin’ their engagements session around Oakland, California.
We started things off in their super cute condo where Ben showed me the beautiful light he and Keleigh had painfully installed and I showed them how great the natural light in their place was. Then it was off around the neighborhood for some super fun shots. Ben knew all the cool places! I seriously think I could have shot in the 3 blocks around their house for a month and never shot the same place twice. There was just loads of texture and color. It was awesome.
After dinner we headed back out for a few more shots. It was just fun hanging out with these two. It’s so obvious how much they care for each other, and how much they love just about everything the other has to offer. Their personalities are just perfect together! I mean, hello! Look at this picture and see why I LOVE THEM!
I am so excited for their wedding this November! It’s going to be a blast for sure!!!

Thanks Keleigh and Ben for an AWESOME evening and for being so much fun! We can’t wait to see you again!

Check out the slideshow for more images from their awesome engagement session!

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I couldn’t wait to share these! Today I had the joy of witnessing the birth of Nora Lynn. She was 7 pounds 11 ounces and 20 inches long. Her birth went without a hitch! Everything went perfectly. Her mom, Bethany, is a PRO! I photographed Nora’s brother’s birth a few years ago, and it was very similar – quick and totally amazing! Nora is welcomed by her mom, dad and older sister and brother. Thanks to Bethany and Mike for once again letting me be a part of such a huge event in your lives. It meant the world to me! I will post a slideshow soon, but as most of Bethany and Mike’s family are out of state I wanted to share these images of their beautiful baby girl. Congratulations!!!

Three years ago today I married my best friend. Dustin and I didn’t know each other very long when we got engaged (15 days to be exact) and we were only engaged for 4 months. But he is it for me – and once I recognized him I couldn’t marry him fast enough. He is the only person who ever made me feel like I was completely lovable, that more than that completely WORTH loving. He put his hands into my heaped up heart and made something glorious of it. He made me who I am because he could see me so much better than I saw (and see) myself. He believes in my more than I ever thought anyone could. He loves me better than I could ever deserve and for that I will be eternally indebted to the universe that lead him (literally) to my door.

Dustin thank you for making me a better me, for making me a mother and wife (two things I never thought I would be) and for loving me so unabashedly and so freely the thought of all that love makes me weep. You are my friend. You are my everything. I love you. Happy anniversary – I can’t wait to see what forever holds for us.