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Saturday, October 15, 2011

well a big part of me can be explained by knowing that my mom is french. lucky as I could be, I got to spend many childhood summers in france learning the language and acquiring an early palatte for pate, cheese, art, jaques brel, les petits swiss, and francophone anything. (random tip- if you ever have just one day in paris, skip the louvre and take the metro straight to the musee d’orsay on le rive gauche. Impressionist heaven.) i love to travel but am just as excited about eventually settling down and staying in the same place for a while, having a big garden and watching the seasons change a la candide.

i come from a big family. six kids. which means i have 5 full time best friends. i wouldn’t trade our times together for anything. we are a rambunctious group of surfing, singing, dancing, cooking, eating, outdoors people.

the big news is (drumroll….) i just got engaged! it turns out weddings really are a great place to meet people. my mister, bobby, was a groomsman at a wedding i was shooting. its crazy to feel so fated to someone and reflect on just how much chance was involved in meeting each other. what if i had already been booked that day!?! phew… i feel like the luckiest girl alive and am so excited for adventures to come

Personal, Portrait | Sissy Sussies

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

i have never been an overly sentimental person… i never kept movie tickets from dates or froze corsages from prom in the freezer, and i long ago lost track of my childhood teddy bear. but get me talking about my little sisters and i well up with tears every time! i love these two girls more than anything. They came with me to help on a shoot last month and they let me borrow them as lighting testers. they are quite the bestest and cute to boot.

Personal | Merry Christmas

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Hair and makeup talents donated by the ever fantastic Queensbees and vintage hair piece from Loboheme and Tux and Tulle fitting the gentlemen with neck wear.

Paris, France Personal | { Impressions }

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

My first Christmas away from home! On whim that still surprises me, I booked a ticket to Paris to spend the holidays with my family in France. (My mom caught the american dream bug when she was about 4 and as soon as visa complications would permit, she made her way to the states for college and met my dad, a canadian born but CA raised surfer. Lucky as I could be, I got to spend many a childhood summer in France acquiring an early palatte for pate, cheese, art, Jaques Brel, les petits swiss, and francophone anything. This trip was my first winter visit and while the weather outside was frightful, the sights were so delightful! However, a bit bored of post card pictures, and inspired by my hours spent in the Musee d’Orsay, I decided to snap “impressions” of the city of lights. I filled CF card after CF card with blurry, and long exposure shots (to the utter confounding of my grandparents).The only trouble was I was often too frozen to get my camera out and my gloves off! Here are just a tiny handful of shots from my nana’s apartment and the parisian streets that at every corner remind you “We are not in Kansas anymore…”

Mediterranean Summers Personal | { Roots }

Saturday, April 10, 2010

The holidays are steeped in family traditions. But this year I broke tradition and spent my first christmas away from home and flew to France (pictures from my trip to come soon!). I discovered a new tradition in my family on my trip. My grandfather was a fantastic film photographer! We spent hours looking at old slides on an equally old projector in his stereotypically tiny Parisian apartment. Vive la france, family, and film!