I had the pleasure of photographing Kara and Matt’s wedding October 10th, 2009. Kara found me online but didn’t realize I was in Seattle. Kara was in Connecticut at the time, planning on moving to Colorado and having her wedding in California. Having lived in California most of my life, I do travel there and had no problems booking a wedding out of state. Even though we never met face to face until the day before her wedding, we really hit it off. We became facebook friends, we chatted via messages, e-mail and phone calls. I really felt that we had the same vision and style which made it VERY easy when the wedding day came.

Kara and Matt wanted to have their bridal party photos taken at the Santa Ana Train Station and their ceremony and reception was at the Hacienda in Santa Ana. The setting was gorgeous and made for a wonderful backdrop for the event.

Here are just a few photos from their day!

I have a tradition of 11′s in my family, my son’s birthday is May 11th, and mine is April 11th. So when Izzy was born October 11th, I was thrilled and somewhat shocked that I was able to pull it off. ( she was Due Oct 17th)
She was born Isabella Gracelyn. I called her Bella ( before Twilight, thank you very much) but everyone else called her Izzy and eventually I realized she was an Izzy. ( feisty and spunky)

Even though the 11th is a week away, we will be in L.A shooting a wedding and celebrating at Disneyland. ( I will be sure to post photos of course and document her visit. ) It has been 2 years since anyone has seen her there and she has changed sooo much that Im excited just for that alone.

So here is a look back at the past and see my Izzy has grown ( as well as my photography skills…I saved myself the embarassment of ther “selective color” photos. )

awww… its cold out here….and I wanna snack

Her eyes were blue for about 18 monthes then changed slowly to the greenish she has today

She was so excited to play

My first attempt at V-day shoot with her. Such fun. LOL Such bribery…

She became my model and muse

A photoshoot with candy, what can be better ( because this outfit mom put me in.. yeah.. mom.. you are “OUT”)

Seriously.. she makes an AWESOME Snow White!

Love this Xmas shot

She so has the hang of standing there and taking photos now

This is 100% Izzy personality!

She got so big, so quickly and yes lost her tooth in a table meet face accident at my Mil’s house before Xmas)

She has the cheekiest grin EVER

My little Diva!!!

Happy Birthday Izzy and I love you so much!