Category Archives: friends

heather + che: engaged!

Heather and I went to high school together but we hadn’t seen each other since graduation day. That was ten years ago and don’t even get me started on how freaked out I am about the fact that I am ten years out of high school. Most days I don’t feel a day over 19. […]

I Can’t Stop Now

Last week, during the photo shoot with Kim and Johnny, we were wandering around the beach looking for a good location. The light wasn’t perfect yet and the beach was way more crowded than I had imagined. We were meandering in the sand for a while when I looked to my left and saw a […]

Kim + Johnny

Once upon a time I was 12 years old. The new girl at school, I often sat alone on the bus each morning because I wasn’t what you would call outgoing. Even though both of my cousins went to the same school and took the same bus and had been in the same school district […]

Marjan’s Baby Shower

As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, Sunday’s baby shower was anything but ordinary. I thanked my lucky stars during the entire thing for being able to witness and photograph such an exciting party. But, at the same time, there were plenty of things about the party that did make it feel like baby shower. There […]

Marjan’s Baby Shower: Sneak Peek

I had the honor of photographing a baby shower yesterday. Marjan (the mother-to-be), her husband Avi and over 100 members of their family and friends gathered in one of the ball rooms at Maggiano’s at The Grove. This was by far the largest baby shower I’ve ever been to, and at times it hardly felt […]

Gonna Use My Sidestep

Chris had some guys from work over for a dude night complete with Rock Band, pizza and beer. The last time they came over I took the opportunity to have a ladies night and grab some sushi with some girlfriends but this time I had some wedding stuff to take care of. Namely, RSVP envelope […]

She Believes in Shoes and Cars

My original plan of taking new shots daily just isn’t happening. I want to pick up my camera more often, but I just can’t seem to get myself into the habit. This has become very frustrating for me. One thing I might do is enroll myself in some workshops, just to give me a reason […]

Alone in Kyoto

Another old image (guess who hasn’t been taking photos!), this one from almost two years ago, I think! Allow me to introduce you to my friend Karl. He doesn’t like to have his photo taken–you’ve probably gathered this from his expression. But that doesn’t stop me from forcing him to pose for photos! I am […]

Los Angeles Visit

This past weekend Chris and I had the pleasure of a five-day visit from our friends Alisha, Scott and Sam. They flew in from Denver Thanksgiving morning and we were SO EXCITED to hang out with them. We did our best to show them around the city and even got to do a […]