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Nevada City engagement session

Get outside and adventure!  We love taking our couples on little adventures for their engagement session and there are a ton of great locations right here in the Sierra Foothills.  Are you thinking about having an engagement session, but not sure if it’s worth the investment? Three reasons why you should consider having an engagement […]

3 Reasons to have an Engagement Session | Lake Tahoe Photographers

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Nevada City snowy engagement photos

One of the things I love about living in Nevada County is that we’re right on the snow line in the Sierra Foothills.  This means I can leave my house in Lake Wildwood where it’s sunny and be to a snowy wonderland in just a matter of minutes.   I’ve grown to appreciate that although we get […]

Snowy Engagement Photos | Nevada City, CA

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sunset engagement session photos, grass valley CA

One of the things I love about living in the Sierra Foothills is the endless amount of beautiful locations to photograph our clients in.   It seems each year we stumble upon new top secret locations that are a photographers paradise.   One of our latest finds is a private overlook with amazing sunsets in Penn […]

Sierra Sunset Engagement Session | Lake Tahoe Wedding Photographers

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Grass Valley engagement session outdoor

We’re so excited to photograph Kathryn and Zack’s wedding this weekend at Sequoia Mansion in Placerville. Like most of our couples, they started out feeling super nervous about being photographed.  This is why we were thrilled that they came up for a Nevada City Engagement Session before their wedding. We met at a new location for […]

Nevada City Engagement Session | Northern California Photographer

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Sweet Roots Farm Engagement Session | Grass Valley Photographers I have to start off by saying that Sweet Roots Farm is one of my favorite places!  Not only because of the beautiful land and rolling acres of gorgeous organic flowers, but because of Deena and Robbie, the beautiful couple who created and cultivate it.   […]

Sweet Roots Farm | Grass Valley Photographers

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outdoor engagement session grass valley photographers

Anyone who knows us, knows that Andy and I are COMPLETE opposites. Paula Abdul was onto something back in 1988 with that song “opposites attract”, and sometimes I swear it was written just for us. In our early years our differences were a huge challenge for us (vegetarian meets hunter, not quite a fluid combination). […]

Working with my opposite | Grass Valley Engagement Session

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