Monday, April 14, 2008

katherine and jeremy's engagement session

katherine and jeremy are from arizona, and are going to have a beautiful destination wedding at fess parker's winery in october. they are both great people, and they both are in service to their community as jeremy is a fire fighter and katherine is a social worker. for their engagement session we had a blast cruising around downtown santa barbara. i can't wait for the wedding!
















chris and traci's engagement session

chris and traci live in texas but met at ucsb, so we returned to campus to shoot their engagement session. we had so much fun cruising around before ending up at the beach. i love traci, before she chose her date at the rincon beach club, she kept checking with me first to see if i was available! i can't wait for their amazing beach wedding in september!




















Saturday, April 12, 2008

tim and diana's wedding

a gorgeous day in santa barbara, and a gorgeous couple. everything about tim and diana's wedding was amazing. they were married on east beach and had the reception across the street at hotel mar monte. what a fun day!












nick and tammy's engagement session

nick and tammy are such great sports. they powered through this engagement session without complaint despite it being one of the windiest day of the year. by the end of the evening i'm sure they were frozen, but you would have never known it with all the fun they were having! thanks nick and tammy!














Monday, April 7, 2008

chris and lauren's engagement session

chis and lauren are beautiful people inside and out. I had so much fun tonight shooting their engagement session while we bathed in gorgeous sunlight. we were at the ventura pier, where chris and lauren had their first date! lauren is also a fan of the 80's band journey - so of course it had to go in the slideshow. its takin' me way back!

I'm so excited about their wedding at the beautiful maravilla gardens this july.
















Sunday, April 6, 2008

alex and kirsten's engagement session

alex and kirsten are such cool people, and they were so much fun at their engagement shoot tonight. we had a great time strolling on the beach. what a beautiful place to live! can't wait for their wedding next month!












Saturday, April 5, 2008

kids say the darndest things...

if you have children, you know that one of the most interesting and informative things you can do as a parent is to observe your children playing - when they don't know you're watching. it gives you a truthful glimpse of their character. sometimes your disappointed, sometimes your thrilled, and sometimes you just say "aaaahhhh." today was one of those days. my kids were playing in the front yard with some neighbor kids, and i was a little distance away painting a mural for their bedroom. my 4 year old son, noah, found a dandelion - so he says "ooh, i've got to make a wish!" so, not only am i getting to watch him from afar as he plays, now i'm going to hear what his heart desires - because - of course he wishes out loud. here is what he said,"i wish my mommy and daddy won't leave me and go to heaven." made me say, "aaaahhhh."

its good to be loved.