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You know what makes me all warm and tingly? Day After Sessions. Seriously, I love them! They are so freaking rad! I love that Mandy and Scott chose to rock a Day After Session in downtown Sacramento. It was a blast taking these two to some of my favorite spots around town. And let’s be honest, a wedding dress in front of a monster wall… MAGIC!

Mandy and Scott TOTALLY brought it for this session. They were so much fun! Dustin and I kept coming up with stuff (here! Sit on this person’s scooter! Here! Go in this record store!) and they were just so up for it. We loved it and had the most fun with them.

Mandy and Scott also made a dream come true for me. Every time I pass a freeway overpass I dream about shooting under it… and you know what… these two were ALL FOR IT! And it turned out so rad! I am just so in love with these two. SO in LOVE!

And to finish off the night we headed over to Lounge on 20 to finish up our shoot and enjoy some fried mac and cheese and corn risotto.

To see more of these lovelies and their superfun shoot check out the SLIDESHOW HERE or in the box below. Thanks again to Mandy and Scott for rocking it out with us! We adore you!!

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In order to keep their title of Most Awesome Couple Ever, Lisa and Geoff booked a Day After Session with me at one of my favorite places in the world - the California State Fair. I mean, seriously, it’s the most perfect place ever. Crazy rad people watching + fried food of every possible kind + beer garden + wine slushies + super cute couple + my amazing husband + my BFF and studio-mate Beth Baugher = MOST RADICAL DAY AFTER SHOOT EVER!!!!!! For reals! Feast your eyes on this magic time will ya?

The really fun thing about shooting with Dustin AND Beth is we were able to get so many totally different shots of the same pose. While Beth and Dustin rocked the flash on a stick look for these first pictures I did some classic Sarah Maren backlight at the same time. Both pictures, equally delicious looks! Seriously! It was the most fun!

So Lisa EATS THE CAMERA ALIVE! Seriously, she is one of the most photogenic brdes I’ve ever had. Like, sorry Geoff… we totally focused on your girl. We hope you didn’t mind standing alone in a corner while we parked this beauty in every ounce of good light we could find. Because, um, how could we NOT?

Of course, the shoot wouldn’t have been the same without the handsome and very tall Geoff. He made a lot of magic himself. I mean, it takes a REAL MAN to embrace a 5 foot tall banana… I’m just saying.

Then it was time to enjoy some rides the fair has to offer. Not an easy task in a wedding dress and suit, but these two made it work! And I’m oh so glad they did!

Geoff even took the time to win Lisa a cute little elephant! Lisa LOVES elephants… their cake toppers were elephants, their wedding invites had elephants AND their logo for their photography business is an elephant… I mean he gets husband of the year award for winning that thing!

Once again, I don’t even KNOW how to thank Lisa and Geoff for letting us be a part of their AMAZING wedding. They rocked this session so hard! Special thanks to Dustin and Beth too… it was so fun having our little family all together (we even pushed all of our gear around in Lauren’s old stroller and called it our baby) shooting and having fun. Check out the SLIDESHOW HERE or in the box below for more hot pictures of this smokin’ session!

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You know what I’m totally not? I am totally NOT a morning person. I am someone who would happily stay in bed until 10am if it weren’t for the fact I have a 2 year old whose eye pop open as the sun makes its way over the horizon. I’m telling you this because this day after session (or 6 week later session… whatever you’d like to call it) was shot AT THE CRACK OF DAWN! It was dark outside when Dustin and I pulled our car out of the garage and pointed it toward Folsom to meet our beloved Tralee and Mike for their day after session that was to include a sunrise, a walk about and a plunge. And while it was not the easiest thing for me to be up that freaking early… it was TOTALLY worth it.

The super great thing about shooting so early in the morning is there are so few people around. We had almost everywhere we went to ourselves! It was delightful! Dustin and I had a blast with all of the fun places we found to shoot. Plus, Tralee and Mike were so up for anything! They didn’t even blink an eye when I ask anything of them, and that just made my love for them grow even more! It was fun scaling rocks, running around the river and dodging the park rangers. Totally worth loosing some beauty sleep if you ask me.

Tralee and Mike REALLY wanted water pictures for their day after session, and they REALLY wanted to visualize taking the plunge. They braved some chilly water in the early morning, but it was still pretty awesome.

Thanks to Tralee and Mike for a rockin’ day after session! I so loved every freaking minute! You guys are so awesome and so brave and I just adore you! Check out their SLIDESHOW HERE or in the box below for more images from their early morning lovefest.

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Keleigh and Ben are back again! I’m super excited to share these awesome pictures from their “day after session”. I mean, sure, it was two weeks after their wedding, but we are still in this to win this kids! It’s a day after session! As you saw in their wedding post, it was a stormy day and our picture time was short. I was so excited to get together with Keleigh and Ben once more to rock some smokin’ hot pictures of them around San Francisco. This was just the most perfect time for us to get together and get some images in their town. And seriously, I can’t believe how beautiful the weather was! I mean, this was late November and still the sun was shinning, the birds were singing and all was well! It was incredible, and I have to admit, I was really excited to get things going. We started off high in the hills so we could overlook the city. It was so clear! Then we rocked out some cool shots before heading off for a bite to eat. San Francisco, I just want to thank you for all the color and texture you have for me. I love you for it.

Once we had our pictures in the city, we headed out to the Headlands for some pictures looking across the Golden Gate bridge. You might not believe this, but it was Dustin’s first time across the Golden Gate bridge. When I first learned that my husband (who had traveled EVERYWHERE and lived abroad even… if Mexico is considered abroad) had never crossed the GGB I made it a personal mission to make sure it happened with me there to witness it. And it did! He thought it was pretty darn cool by the way. And, since we were over there we braved the crowds and took some hot pictures around Sausalito as well.

Keleigh and Ben, thank you again for being so freaking awesome! We can’t wait to hang out with you again! You’re the best! Check out their slideshow below or HERE in its own window for more of the K+B Lovefest.

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