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I am out of the office yet again! This time I’m on my way into the woods of Maine to shoot a wedding with the lovely and talented Gwyneth Colleen! I will be out of the office from Thursday, July 30th through Monday, August 3rd. I have no computer, but I have my iPhone. I won’t be answering the phone all that much, but if you email me I will try and email you back with as few typos as possible… but let’s face it… I have kind of big hands for a girl and sometimes they typing can get sloppy. Nonetheless, I will do my best. I am SUPER excited to see New England! I’ve only ever been to New York City, so seeing Boston, Portsmouth and Maine will be AMAZING! I’ll post pictures as soon as I can. Until then, please enjoy these pictures of the two people I like best on this planet… my adorable daughter Lauren and my super cute husband Dustin.

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Jenny and Brandon are such cuties! And on top of all that cuteness there is so much love, and so much joy that it is absolutely infectious. Dustin and I feel so blessed to know these two, and to be a part of their wedding this November. A couple weeks ago Dustin and I flew on up to Seattle, Washington to rock out an eSession with these two lovelies. It was THE. MOST. BEAUTIFUL. weekend EVER!! The weather was amazing and we had so much fun photographing this awesome couple. Seriously, I couldn’t ask for more.

We had a wonderful time walking around Seattle with all of its lovely landmarks and light that just made my heart stop. Seriously! Seattle in the summer is where it’s at! That 20 minutes of golden light we get at Sunset here? Yeah! OVER AN HOUR of that light up North. Man, it was something else and I loved every stinkin’ second!!!

After walking along the waterfront area for a while, we hopped in a cab up Queen Anne’s Hill to get some shots overlooking the city. Um… all I can say is AMAZING!!!! It was breathtaking!


I seriously can’t thank Jenny and Brandon enough for bringing us up to their new hometown for this session. We had the most wonderful time, and are SOOOOOOO excited for their wedding! Check out their SLIDESHOW HERE or in the box below for more images of this magical couple in the Emerald City.

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Here is just a TASTE of Ashleigh and Kris’s AMAZING wedding we shot on Saturday at Serrano Country Club. IT was such an awesome wedding in fact that it was taped for Platinum Weddings! As luck would have it, it was a beautiful day with absolutely perfect weather and an awesome group of some of the funnest people ever. Seriously, a GREAT time! I can’t wait to share more with you!!! There are SO MANY PICTURES!!! For now, you just going to have to look at this teaser over and over.

More soon!

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You know what my favorite email is? Well, after the “We are having a baby!” email, my favorite email to get from a bride and groom of mine is the “We want to do an anniversary shoot!” email. I love that email, that email makes me happy. So there was some jumping around, and minor fist pumping when I got an email from Mike saying he wanted to surprise Lyndsay with a session for their first anniversary. I kept the fist pumping dignified though, don’t worry. So we met up with our most beloved Lyndsay and Mike in midtown and rocked out one of my most favorite shoots EVER!

As many of you know the first anniversary is the paper anniversary. Lyndsay wanted to try and incorporate paper into the shoot and we were lucky enough to be passing a magazine store so we stopped in for some quick pics. Oh, and since Lyndsay and Mike just happen to be on the back cover of Real Weddings Magazine, we got a shot of that too. It’s all coming full circle!

And then we were off to get a little grungier. You know me, if it’s filthy and smells bad and we’re a little worried for our safety then it’s the best possible place to take some pictures. Luckily, Lyndsay and Mike agreed and we were off!

Since Lyndsay and Mike love their car as deeply as I love my own (which is a deep love that has only been supplanted by the love I have for my husband and child) we decided to rock some pictures that included it. Also, since Mike is famous for jumping I had to make him jump too. I love boys who jump!

Since we were going strong we threw one more location onto the fire… a laundromat. Luckily it was empty as it was almost 10pm, but it was still beautiful. We had a lot of fun rocking some pictures of our happy pair. We made Lyndsay sit in a basket this time though.

Thanks to Lyndsay and Mike for KILLING IT yet again. I can never tell you how much I adore you - so I will show you with a SLIDESHOW HERE and in the box below. Thank you so much for letting us be a part of your life together. We adore you! Also, a HUGE thank you to my beloved Beth Baugher of True Love Photo. Beth shot their wedding with me last year, and just happened to be around when I was shooting their family portraits last fall and then JUST HAPPENED to show up for this shoot as well! I fully expect Beth will be cracking open a coke in the waiting room when Lyndsay and Mike have babies. Thanks for everything Bethie… I adore you and you know it! Enjoy the slideshow everybody!

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