Iheartfaces: Beach Fun

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this week on iheartfaces is beach fun! we haven’t had a lot of great summer days in orange county this past summer…surprisingly! this photo was taken last summer of my niece and nephew. it was one of the first photos i took when i first started this business. i fell in love with this photo when I originally took it and i fell in love with it again when i searched my photos for beach themes. the carefree vibe makes me want to go to the beach this very second and just run..i love that about this photo, and i love that it is still one of my favorites.:)

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Lifestyle: Newport Beach Family Session

we really take breathing for granted. i know it’s kinda random and weird to say. but we do! i’ve been sick with a cold for about a week and went to the doctor today..turns out i have a respiratory infection. which turns out to be pretty painful. it hurts to breathe deep. so, i’ve been an annoying complaining wife for the past couple days. sorry babe. rest is what the doctor ordered…which is so boringgggg. normally we don’t do anything crazyyy but when we’re forced to stay home it is not very fun. with that said, i hope to get better…quick! because watching mtv true life reruns from 8 years ago is not my idea of “fun”.

on a better note – i had the pleasure of shooting a family last weekend at newport beach:)  ..it was packed! but, we managed to find an area that was perrrfect and had some fun in the orange county sun. <— that was really cheesy. :p  the session was great! I went to highschool with tritia and her man, rusty. wow, i feel old. we graduated 8 years ago…ayyyye. tritia has a beautiful son, hunter (love that name) and he was the cutesttttttt…seriously, shooting all these family sessions is really giving me THE ITCH. big time.:)tritia, thank you for letting me document your beautiful family! and i can’t wait to do it again!;)

enjoy these couple of photos that i took of our lovely session. and please, don’t forget to watch the slideshow at the bottom of this post!

happy friday!!

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making hearts! <3

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cute.cute.cute.

5 Lifestyle: Newport Beach Family Session To view more photos of this session, please CLICK HERE for a sweet slideshow:)

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Iheartfaces: Surprise!

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This week on iheartfaces is all about surprises! I was looking at some of my first photos I had ever taken and found this one of my nephew. He is in total surprise mode! I think it is super cute – it’s surprised mixed with a little bit of embarassed – you can’t help but smile when you see it:)

Also, I have my old font logo on this photo which brings back memories when I first started the business. Good times:)

Enjoy and I hope you get a smile out of this!

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Perfect Moments.

Have you ever thought about your life and just cried? Not because you’re upset with the way things turned out. But, because you are so incredibly grateful and happy beyond belief?
 
That was me yesterday morning.
 
You may think it’s weird, and even I was thinking..what am I doing? Why am I so emotional?? But, the setting was perfect. Well, almost perfect. I was driving to work, the sun was shining (kind of) and I was playing the greatest song. And, the moment was amazing. I was just driving thinking about life and how great everything is and how incredibly thankful I am. Next thing I know…tears. The only thing missing was my hubby..and our dog.
 
I talk a lot about being grateful and thankful because I never want to forget where I was before this. I never want to forget the feeling of working a 9 to 5  job because it was so terrible. I never want to forget who helped/encouraged this business. I am still amazed when people really dig our photos. When people get inspired by us. When they ask us questions. When they contact us for photography. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not mixing those feelings up with a lack of self confidence. Which I admit, I have done in the past. These feelings are thoroughly grateful and incredibly fortunate. I know how it is to want to do something more with your life when feeling trapped doing something you can’t put your whole heart into. I encourage everyone to take the leap. Go for it. There’s never going to be a “right time” for anything. Sure, it will be crazy and scary, but what isn’t? Everything you’ve never done before is always scary at first but then after that first jump – its pure joy. Unless it’s bungee jumping, then I would still hate it. :p
 
If you’ve read this blog before you know I always talk about my hubby, Justin. He is my rock. There is no way I could have done this without him backing me up 110%. He is the perfect husband. I may be a little biased but he really is! There would be times when I didn’t even look up from the computer for hours, times where I forgot to breathe, so many times when he was my only model and I would constantly photograph him even though he hated it, times where I felt like everything was crashing around me. He was always there to pick me up, and to slap some sense into me ;)  I love you, babe. You are my hero and my inspiration. I love you more than anything and I am so proud that I am YOUR wife.
 
Please enjoy these photos of myself and Justin. Just enjoying life, enjoying our marriage, soaking it all in. And, being complete dorks. :) 

*Side Note* If you’re following this blog you know I’ve been talking A LOT about the Paul Frank Art Contest I’m in. Well, out of 1800+ we have made it to the TOP 5!! I am so excited beyond belief!! And incredibly honored! What happens now is we need to submit another piece of art incorporating Julius (the monkey) and then they will decide on a winner. Fingers crossed!!:)

Happy Wednesday!

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he’s so cute!

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looooved this lighting!

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ummm…my hubby is H-O-T!

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perfect, in every way.

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love.

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yes, we are NERDS!:)

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apparently..i suck at jumping.

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my baby!!

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Okay, in my butt’s defense…my pants were going WAY up my crack and it is NOT normally flat! I represent Beyonce bootay all the way! Well, not completely Beyonce..more like half!;)

Total cheek squeeze. okay, now it’s gettin’ weird.:)

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Lifestyle Session: The Carter Family

I had the pleasure of shooting an adorable family this past weekend. Nancy, her sweet 2 boys, as well as Nancy’s sister, and mother. I went to highschool with Nancy and it is still so crazy to me how everyone is all grown up now with kids…doing their own thing…being “adults”. Makes me feel so old haha:)

But, inspite of feeling old, I love being able to capture these moments and have families cherish their photos for a lifetime. I am so pleased with the way the photos came out. Thankfully, the sun decided to make an apperance(for a little while) this weekend and it was kind to my camera.

Here are a few favorites from the session. Be sure to watch the slideshow at the end of this post – many more photos!:)

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Family:)

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