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Maternity 08.19.2010 ERIN shaun + one more

So, I have this friend….more like a sister. I call her Bunny (her real name is Erin). I love her. Yep, it’s true….more than most people in this world, do I love this girl. She has a fabulous husband and beautiful little girl who I also adore. Well it turns out she’s expecting another little one to add to the family. I KNOW without a doubt, that he will be just as fabulous. They came to visit Rico and I on our one weekend off this year in June and it was bliss. We watched movies, went shopping, ate nachos (vegan..duh!) AND we took pictures! We don’t normally do maternity shoots but we thought we’d make an exception. These pictures make me happy every time I look at them so I thought I’d share that joy with you here. So, there you have it, Erin and Shaun and the little one…can’t wait to meet you Dez! xoxo

Who is that??? I guess I thought I’d make an appearance.

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Uncategorized 08.16.2010 TANNON danielle

It is that time again…time to look at some sweet pictures! Well, almost…before that, you know I like to give an update. We again had quite the packed weekend with a wedding and then some boudoir shoots, but enjoyable as always. I REALLY looking forward to this coming weekend because we’ll be traveling to Seattle to shoot the wedding of the FABULOUS Holly from Beautiful Endings photography. AAAAAND, to make things even better, we’ll be traveling with the Aqua Vivus team. Watch out Seattle, you won’t know what hit you! Oh, before I forget, just a reminder that I KNOW I’m SO annoying about but I like to keep mentioning it. As I’ve said before, we’re right in the middle of wedding season so I can’t really respond to emails Friday through Monday. Just keep that in mind if you email me during those days, but don’t fear, I’ll respond to all your love notes come Monday…I promise!!! And with that, picture time….

Danielle and Tannon, what a stunning couple! Seriously my friends, the pictures don’t lie…just see for yourselves. They were married several weeks ago in San Fran and we had the great honor of being there to capture the day. I only have a few minutes today so I can’t go into all the details, but let me tell you, it was amazing. Her dress, the church, the hotel (Parc 55) the flowers, the lighting, the cake, the dancing…EVERYTHING. Danielle and Tannon, thank you for being so great to work with and for allowing us to be a part of your day. We wish you the best in your marriage and new life together!!

Also, special thanks to Ranna and Julie from I Do! wedding & event design. You rocked it!

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Wedding 08.09.2010 NELSON jamaica

And again we find ourselves at Monday. Can you believe it? I sure can’t! I also can’t believe that we didn’t have a wedding this weekend! Now, don’t get me wrong, we love shooting weddings but it is definitley nice to get a little break once and while. It’s our one weekend off until mid November and it definitely left us feeling refreshed and ready to face the rest of the season (which is going to be awesome btw). I had three boudoir shoots on Saturday that were a TOTAL blast so special thanks to those ladies for making my weekend even better. B-shoots are the best! So with that, I’ll move on to the monday post that we have for you today.

Remember when I mentioned a few weeks back that we shot a SWEET wedding in the Santa Cruz Mountains? WEEEELL, that is what I’m sharing with you today. The wedding of Jamaica and Nelson. Well actually it was called a Love Party instead of a wedding by the couple. I thought that was pretty unique, and I’ll let them describe it for you in their own words:

“1. Our celebration will be bigger/longer/and more fun than the usual wedding. Think love! Think big! Think party! Calling it a wedding would just be inaccurate.

2. We are supporters of equal rights for all, including equality in marriage. We don’t feel right celebrating ‘marriage’ until it is a right that can be legally granted to everyone – including our gay and lesbian friends.

3. There are so many traditions/expectations/rules associated with ‘a wedding.’ We don’t subscribe to 90% of these and we don’t want these expectations to hold us back from celebrating our love and commitment in our own unique way with our community and family.

4. Turns out we are kinda hippies. What’s says love more than a love party?”

So there you have it, the love party was born! And a party it was indeed, but we’ll get to that, first let me tell you about the ceremony. (there is so much to say about this love party, so I apologize in advance if I go on and on and on and…….). They were married at the Sequoia Retreat Center in Ben Lomand. I have a slight obession with trees so obviously I was in heaven when we pulled up at the venue. The ceremony took place in a redwood circle and was the most unique ceremony I’ve ever seen. Jamaica and Nelson wrote it themselves and included aspects of who they are in everything. Each wedding party member had a reading, they did a Japanese Saki ceremony, they even had their guests marry them in unison so they were married by all their family and closest friends. To top it all off, the recessional song was Peace Train by Cat Stevens sung by the members of the wedding party!

The reception was off the hook with Virginia Reel and square dancing with a rockin Blue Grass Band, The Dalton Mountain Gang. The food was grown locally and had my stomach doing some serious celebrating, AND the beer was brewed by one of the guests and it was to die for. Ok, sooooo, I could keep going but I’ll leave you to the pictures and might chime in here and there amongst the pics. Jamaica and Nelson, it was seriously such an honor to be a part of your love party. The love you share with each other and with those around you is amazing and something you don’t see every day. Thank you for being such an inspiration to us and we wish you the best in your commitment to one another! xoxo

Jamaica “created” her dress by finding the different pieces and putting it all together (with the help of lovely seamstress of course). This was much more of a fit for her than the traditional wedding gown. I loved it!