Yesenia & Alex are getting married in 3 short weeks! With the holidays upon us and rain on the day we scheduled to shoot, we took it indoors with my off-camera lighting setup and did a mini e-session instead. Our goal was to get just _one_ shot for the wedding. Well, here’s the shot. Really looking forward to shooting their wedding in January! And looking forward to an awesome Trash-the-Dress with them! 
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Yesenia + Alex = Engaged | mini sneak
Katie + Kyle = Engaged!
Katie and Kyle are so sweet, so fun and so great together. They met 2 years ago while they were both in seminary in Kansas City. Kyle described it something like this…It had just started raining and Katie wasn’t wearing any shoes – she likes to run barefoot in the rain. Katie was her bubbly self and Kyle was a little shy. But in between classes, they found out they had so many things in common, similar musical tastes, their love of books, nature and God. They hit it off and they’ve been together since. Now they are finishing their studies at Berkeley University and looking forward to getting married this summer.
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Their love of nature and walking took us to Berkeley’s Rose Garden where they often enjoy the scenery and read together. We had so much fun exploring the space and having them just be them. Below are some of my favorites from our afternoon together.
They brought two of the many books they love to read. Katie’s was ‘How Poets see the World’ and Kyle’s was ‘Being and Time’ – they were so cute, they couldn’t stop laughing. 
I love how sweet and intimate this shot is.
Sweet light for one of the sweetest couples I have ever met.
Katie & Kyle, thank you for spending the afternoon with me and sharing your love and affection for each other with me. I really enjoyed getting to know you and am excited for your new lives together. Enjoy!
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Katharina turns 8
My niece Katharina turned 8 last month. I had the pleasure of taking her birthday portraits during the Thanksgiving break while visiting my family in LA. She is sweet, smart, athletic, sensitive, funny, artistic and just wonderful. Can you tell I’m a proud tia? She picked out her own outfits and her and her sisters did her hair & make-up. It was so wonderful to do these photos and also practice my off-camera lighting with studio lights. Thank you brother G for setting up your portable studio! Feliz Cumpleanos, Katharina! I love you very much!
Here’s a little ‘behind the curtain’ shot where you could see a little bit of our setup.
We listened and danced to Michael Jackson during the shoot and we just had to get her with a hat in his honor.
All the Smith girls have amazing hair and I loved getting this series of pictures with her awesome natural hair (that’s _never_ been cut!):
I made up a silly ‘knock-knock’ joke (that didn’t even make sense) and she cracked up. She’s so funny.
