Hello there all my Monday friends! I hope when you read this that it helps brighten the start of the week. It’s actually Sunday night when I’m writing this because tomorrow we will be in Vegaaaaas! Yep, time for a little vacation and some letting loose. We will be attending the annual WPPI conference with pretty much every photographer around and it’s going to be good times for sure. So, that being said, if you email/call me this week I am officially out of the office so I might be a little delayed in my responses. No worries though, come Thursday I’ll be sending you so many emails you won’t know what to do with yourself. In hopes to make it up to you for going away all week, I wanted to share an EXTRA special post with you today. This is the engagement session of Nick and Tiffany. They booked us a couple of weeks ago for their March 13th wedding so we quickly scheduled their engagement session in Julian for last weekend. I hadn’t been to Julian in YEARS so it was great to meet up, eat some pie (OMG the pie…amazing), and cruise around like we were in the midwest (Julian reminds me SO MUCH of Idaho where I was raised). These two were naturals with the camera and willing to try anything we threw at them (walking through wet fields in their fabulous shoes). And the evidence that they completely and absolutely ROCKED it is below. Really, they are fabulous and I will be drinking a margarita in their honor while in Vegas. Nick and Tiffany, you are amazing and perfect for each other, and I CANNOT wait for your wedding this coming Saturday…it will be the perfect end to a perfect week.

Perhaps one of my favorite pictures EVER.

And here we are again at the start of another week. Quite the weekend we had with three engagement shoots (one that was in the POURING rain). All three shoots were a blast though and our clients were troopers with the rain and wet here in San Diego. I really do love rain though, I love how green everything is afterwards…beautiful. Speaking of green, a week or so ago we shot the engagement session of Chris and Vanessa in San Luis Obispo which is like the land of green (not even kidding, proof below). Rico and I love going to SLO, it’s where we went to school so we have fond memories (and bffs) there and it also always makes me feel like I’m in tuscany because of all the rolling hills and vineyards. We met up with this sweet couple in downtown SLO and after a trip to BooBoos and the used book store we headed out to the hills, and some fabulous hills they were indeed! Vanessa and Chris were ADORABLE and never got sick of our constant singing and movie quoting (all Rico there). We had a hard time ending the shoot because of the good times but finally the sun had the final say (we fought hard though, Chris even brought along his vintage lantern he found on ebay). Ok, I could go on and on about this couple because, just look at them, they’re adorable! However, I’ll let you get to the pictures. Chris and Vanessa we think you’re fabulous and we can’t wait for your wedding in San Luis Obispo in May! The hills will be even GREENER then…good thing that’s my favorite color! Muah!

Is it really Monday again? I swear these weeks go by so quickly. I was just thinking about one of our clients the other day and about how their first anniversary is coming up and I was amazed at how quickly time moves by. Ok, I won’t launch into a philosophical discussion on the illusiveness of time because I know you’re all here for some pictures! And boy do I have some good ones to show you today. A couple of weeks ago we had the pleasure of shooting the engagement session of Aimee and Tim. It was the Saturday before the Super Bowl and if any of you live in San Diego, you might remember some pretty dark weather around that time. I was getting a little nervous checking the forecast, but turned out that these two were all in for shooting in the rain, and actually excited about it (which made me jump for joy because rain makes for some pretty sweet pictures). Since, Aimee and Tim live in University Heights and it’s a big part of their relationship, we decided to start the shoot there. After cruising the streets of their neighborhood and spending some time playing Mario Brothers (the original of course!) we headed out to Sunset Cliffs where they decided to drop the umbrellas and go all in (I seriously almost kissed them, but that would just be awkward…self control maintained). OK ok, you get the point, the shoot was fab and this couple is adorable. Aimee and Tim, if I could get away with it I would be knocking on your door to hang out every day (no worries, I’ll settle for gchat)…you’re so great and I can’t wait for your wedding in June. We are going to rock that Thursday Club like no one before, I can promise you that!

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rainy sky = photogasm

Isn’t she adorable? Aimee, you should hang out in the rain more often! It suits you!