Ryan & Courtney: A lot more wind! :)

On Sunday, after a crazy week of tons of photo shoots, I had another engagement shoot with Courtney and Ryan. As tired as I was from a wedding the day before and non-stop shooting, they made it so much fun. Courtney is one of those people that just makes you smile and laugh when you are around her. She has such a bubbly and joyful personality. Ryan is awesome too! He did really well with the photoshoot depite some minor technical difficulties that we had.

So about those technical difficulties, if I thought we had wind on Matt and Megan's shoot I had no clue how windy it could get. We drove up Perfumo Canyon to try to shoot up there and pretty much turned around almost immediately. It was so windy that Sophie almost couldn't get her car door open to get out of the car when we got there. The funny thing about wind is it really is the one weather type that you just absolutely can not shoot in. Atleast not that type of wind. All the other things: snow, rain, overcast... you can do them all, but this was insane! So once again we decided to head to Avila hoping for weather a little more friendly.

Avila was beautiful. We shot at the apple blossom trees that were in full bloom, they were gorgeous! Here are a few of the shots from their engagement shoot.

Lance & Vivian: The Beauty of NOT planning :)

Lance and Vivian were actually surprise guests and Kristina and Bobby's engagement shoot. They drove up to Santa Monica with them for the engagement shoot, and since it was their five year anniversary we decided to take some pictures of them also. They had been trying to make plans for their anniversary and nothing was coming to fruition so in the end they ended up coming along for the ride. But sometimes NOT planning gives you the best outcome, because they got a free anniversary shoot out of it!

Lance and Vivian were a blast to have along for the trip. They were so comfortable to be around and also very patient since an engagement shoot isn't the fastest event to attend. We had a great time though. I pray that the Lord gives them many more plus five year anniversaries.

Here are a few of their shots!

Kristina & Bobby: Old Friends and New

Last week I shot Kristina and Bobby's engagement pictures. Although I just met Bobby for the first time, I have known Kristina practically forever! Kristina and I went to high school together in Quito, Ecuador! Not everyone can say that... :) Whether it be political coups, being shot at, our volcano erupting, or things less melodramatic like our birthdays being one day apart and sharing parties year after year... we definitely have a history together! I was so blessed to hear that Kris was getting married, and even more blessed when they asked me to do the photos.

Bobby and Kristina are the exact right match. Meeting him felt like I had known him forever also, he fit right in to what I imagined Kristina's potential husband looking like. And we're pretty picky too when it comes to us girlies from high school! We have high standards for each other, but he passed with flying colors! :)

Kristina and Bobby flew in from Hawaii and then met us in Santa Monica for the engagement shoot. Although the day was a little cloudy all the colors from the boardwalk helped to bring life to the pictures. After leaving the boardwalk we started driving east for 45 minutes. We had no idea where we going but we were searching for sun. To be honest, I dont even know what city we ended up in but we finally found the sun and shot at St. Mary's College. The grounds were beautiful so we pulled over and started shooting.

I can't wait to see what the Lord does with Bobby and Kristina, what He has for their life. I am excited to watch it unfold!

Here are a few of the images from the shoot! :)

Matt & Megan: The beginning of the wind

This last week has been the craziest week of wind I think I have ever had in our beautiful little town of San Luis Obispo. Matt and Megan are getting married at Holland Ranch, which was where we started the engagement shoot. We weren't there for long though, the wind was blowing us all over the place. We kind of gave up on the sunbounce turned paraglider (is that a word??) Poor Trista was flying all over the place trying to hold it. We left Holland Ranch in search of calmer ground. We found it Avila... thank you Avila for almost always having amazing weather despite what it looks like anywhere else.

Matt and Megan are perfect for each other. Their sense of humor matches perfectly! I am stoked to shoot their wedding, especially since it will be my first time shooting a wedding at Holland Ranch. Here are a few of the images from the shoot... sorry it took a while to get these up! :)