Gettin' Hitched!

Young love. Ain't it grand..???

Fighting the traffic from North County to downtown was a beast. We lost precious 'yummy' light stuck on that darn 805, but once we jumped out of the car, it was photo opp central and there was not a moment to lose!

Um, so have you ever BEEN to Balboa Park? Cause if not, you are missing OUT! This place is GOR-GEOUS and it seems like everywhere you look there is a cool 'this' or an unbelievable 'that'! It's a good thing that these two ♥love birds♥ liked getting their pictures taken, cause once I had my camera in my hands, they pretty much didn't have a choice! It was pose or DIE! lol!

I am so happy for T & L and their new life they are embarking on together. I know this will be a long and lasting union, because when the future groom was asked what kind of cake he wanted for the wedding, he simply replied, "I don't really care, whatever she wants." Good answer T. Good answer...

Oh, and a HUGE thanks to Lisa for letting me tag along on this one so I could build up the ol' portfolio. Much appreciated and hopefully my big head didn't get in the way of too many of your shots!

MUAH!

White Lace

Seriously. Have you ever seen a prettier bride? Seriously.

This past weekend I had the PLEASURE of driving across this really hot thing they call the desert (to my all my SD peeps, a desert is a really hot place where there is sand and cactus and not much else. But crazy beautiful.) to take pictures of Lindsay and her A-DOARBLE now-hubby Preston on their wedding day. The first picture I took of the two of them was actually our first meeting. Lindsay is the sister of my beloved friend Kathy, and after bugging her relentlessly, she agreed to talk to her sis and see if it would be possible for me to crash the wedding and take a few snapshots. They had already hired a photag for the reception the following day, but I was able to come and take pics outside of the Temple. Arizona gave us a gift. The gift of moderate weather in June and BEAUTIFUL light! I was grateful because I was wearing black skinny jeans and boots (der...I know. I surprise even myself with how the brain in my head doesn't think things through all that well sometimes...). Lindsay and Preston could NOT have been nicer and more obliging to my amateur ways and lack of know-how when it comes to taking pictures of big groups. They didn't have to take the time to give my great photo opps, but they DID, and I owe a HUGE thanks to them for that! Thank You Thank You Thank You L&P for making the drive with an 18mo old across the grueling desert worth it! I hope you guys have a WONDERFUL honeymoon and a a FAIRY TALE life together:)

Almost a big sister!

The photo opp's are ENDLESS when at Carillo Ranch! Riley was a trooper letting me drag her to-and-fro, up on a wall, sitting on the dirt, and even getting up close and personal with a peacock! Not many kids will get all up in a peacocks grill, especially when the said peacock HOWLS it's LOUD and ear-splitting peacock call!

But alas, the Pringles ran out (mostly due to the fact that I had to bring my 5 year old along for the shoot, who ate most of them!) and it started to get cold, so our photo session had to come to an end:( It seems every time I go to the 'The Ranch' I am inspired, especially by those whom I am taking their picture. Thank you for being my inspiration Riley....You are a sweet little treasure, and I know you will be such a great BIG sister and a good helper to your mom here in the next few months!

X O X O

Señor Senior

Fathers, lock up your daughters cause this ones headed to BYUI in the Fall!

Congratulations Wes and the class of 2010!

Not photogenic? Say's WHO??

This is my friend Tami. Tami says she is not photogenic. Tami is a big fat liar.

Faux Hawks and Dandelions....

This is San Diego, right? So what's with the rustic barns and open meadows filled with wild flowers? Its Crazy. Crazy beautiful! Macy and Noah were so fun to work with! When I could get Noah to give me a real smile, it was like rainbows and butterflies! And Macy, WOW! I think we have a top model on our hands. I didn’t even need to tell her where to look, she just had this natural way about her poses.

I could have taken a million more pictures of these two, but when I discovered hundreds of ants on my flip-flop wearing feet, that was the end of that. No more pictures. I was done.

Thanks Lazukas. It was a pleasure….