A portrait session makes such a great gift! Christina, one of my soon to be brides gifted her sister with a Lil Ones Portrait session which turned out so, so cute! Eileen and Jason came up with a vintage picnic inspired shoot complete with old radio, bottles of coke and classic children’s books which created...
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Cypress Juniper Album
I know I’ve spoken about my love of Cypress Fine Art Albums, but I just had to follow that up with some lovely images. This was made from baby Zach’s portrait session and I just love how it turned out. The gray silk and teal ribbon binding fit so well with Christine’s home and overall...
Sophie’s First Birthday
The Chen family had the privilege of attending baby Sophie’s first birthday party recently and it was such a grand affair! But I expected nothing short of spectacular since Sophie’s Mom is Linda of Grand Soirees. The neapolitan ice cream themed bash was so adorable and stylish! I couldn’t help but capture some of the...
Jessica & Eddie’s Wedding
I loved so much about Jessica and Eddie’s wedding. They decided to do their first look and portraits at LACMA where they had the cutest first look moment ever! Eddie’s Mom shed tears throughout the ceremony which brought me to tears. And had me wondering if I’d be the same way when Ellie gets married....
Tanaka Farms
I wasn’t even sure this roll of film would turn out. I shot a roll of 120 on my Rolleiflex T while watermelon picking at Tanaka Farms and didn’t realize that I hadn’t fully latched the bottom of the camera until I had finished off the roll. I thought I’d have major light leaks, but...
Where have I been?
I know I’ve been MIA lately. Bad Sarah, Bad! Not only is it peak wedding season, but while researching and getting bids for new flooring for our house which we planned on starting this winter, we came upon such an incredible deal that we ended up jumping on it. Like signed the papers, paid the...
Hotmail Issues
For some reason my email or IP address has been blocked from sending emails to all Hotmail accounts. So if you’ve inquired about my services from your Hotmail account, my emails to you have been bouncing back. I’m not really sure what I can do to get my email unblocked, but if you can, please...
Pasadena City Hall Engagement : Sharon & Brian
I met Sharon and Brian for the first time at their engagement session in Pasadena a couple of weeks ago and was greeted with such great big smiles that I just knew we’d hit it off right away. I loved hearing how Sharon and Brian met each other! Remember that Sex and the City episode...
San Juan Capistrano Engagement : Alycia & Albert Part II
You may recognize these two from their awesome San Francisco engagement session a while back! Alycia and Albert booked me for two engagement sessions with their wedding package. One in San Francisco which was more edgy and urban and then they recently traveled to my neck of the woods for a dressed up, stylish session...
In the Blink of an Eye : Ellie
Tiffany commented on the post below asking, when did Ellie get so big? And it got me thinking….where did the time go? It’s already August and the year seems to have flown by. My favorite sounds are Ellie’s little feet walking through our house. Her feet on the tile sound like little suction cups when...