Well, here we are again. It’s Monday and all our weekending has come to an end. This weekend was a RARE one for Rico and I because we had no weddings and no engagement sessions. It just so happened to work out that the last weekend before our INSANE month of July was a rest one, AND to make it even better we had friends in town visiting from San Luis Obispo (love you bunny!!). We watched movies, walked around OB and Hillcrest, ate Vegan Pizza and Nachos…it was bliss. So I’m feeling quite refreshed this morning and thought I’d share a shoot that will leave you feeling refreshed as well. Tommy and Lydia were just that, refreshing, well, and adorable and hot and PHOTOGENIC. They were another referral from the fabulous Em and Chappy and the moment I spoke with them on the phone I knew we were perfect for each other. Even though their wedding is in San Fran in October, Tommy is from San Diego originally so we thought we’d do their engagement session down here. We started at his grandfather’s house in Rancho Santa Fe for some orchards and great architecture, then we headed to PB to the restaurant that Tommy’s parents own, Konos. It’s right on the pier and you should totally check it out because Tommy’s fam is amazing and so is their cooking! Sooooo, enough of my yapping, I’ll leave you to the pics…Tommy and Lydia, you are so much fun and such a joy to work with, October can’t come soon enough!!!! xoxo

And Tuesday it is! As I mentioned yesterday, we are currently on a mini vacation here in Michigan. What brings us to Michigan? Well, we met Tiara and Brent when they were guests at a wedding we shot in Carmel last fall (love you Em & Chappy!). They were getting married and asked us if we’d be willing to come out to Michigan for their wedding. Well it turns out that Rico’s sister and family lives in Michigan so shoot a sweet wedding then visit fam all in the same trip? Count us in! The four of us were a match made in heaven really and so it was, that we flew to Detroit last Friday, shot the wedding on Saturday, and have been hanging out in Kalamazoo with our adorable niece since then. The night we arrived it was STORMING….like really storming, sirens, tornado warnings, thunder, rain, trees flying around. We don’t get weather like that in San Diego, so it was a nice change of pace. Luckily however it cleared up by Saturday morn and was beautiful the entire day of the wedding. We had a great time with their portraits at the old Ford Plant and their ceremony in the town square, AND they even had a place for Rico and I at one of the guest tables for dinner! Pretty much it was the perfect day and we couldn’t have asked for a more successful wedding, so there you have it, check out the pics and I’m sure you’ll agree. Tiara and Brent, thank you for being so generous, welcoming, and inspiring…..we adore you and can’t wait to see you again very soon!!! xoxo

And since the last window pic was such a success, we couldn’t help but share another.

Hello my Monday friends! I hope this blog post finds you well and rested from a great weekend! I know that’s how I’m feeling…why you ask? Well, we shot a lovely wedding in Michigan on Saturday and are now just relaxing at Rico’s sister’s place in Kalamazoo. So here we are, on our little Michigan vacation just chillin out and I see that we have been featured on one of my favorite wedding blogs, Ruffled Blog. YES! Seriously, if you’re looking for some tips on your wedding planning you must check it out because she is the queen of vintage inspired wedding tidbits and beautiful imagery. Since we are on vacation I am going to make this short, but I would never leave you wanting for some sweet pics to look at. So below is a snippet from the feature AND below that is a little glimpse from Tiara and Brent’s Michigan wedding. We’ll be posting their full wedding post tomorrow (two blog posts in a week, what??) so be sure to stop on by in 24 hour-ish, and in the meantime head on over to Ruffled Blog and tell her how awesome she is, because well, she is! enjoy!