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Spring Engagement Session Photos, Grass Valley We’ve been super busy over the past few weeks getting Spring engagement session photos with our couples. I wait all year for my favorite shooting field to bloom, and luckily this year we had tons of lilacs. When I first moved to Grass Valley 9 years ago, I arrived […]
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Snowy Engagement Session in Lake Tahoe We’re so happy that we have snow this year in Tahoe National Forest! We took our couple on a little snowy engagement session adventure up in Tahoe National Forest area last week. As always, Andy had the proper clothes on (he’s always prepared for any type of weather.) Myself […]
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Andy and I had such a great time with our couple at this Empire Mine Engagement Session. The location, Empire Mine: This place is just amazing. Every year we shoot several weddings here, and when the gardens are in bloom, there’s just nothing else like it in Grass Valley. What’s so special about this place […]
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For many of my couples, getting married isn’t just about joining 2 lives, but about merging and creating a family….. It’s something that’s very close to my heart as Andy and I plan our wedding together and I see him step into a parenting role with my daughter. As a mother, there’s just nothing more […]
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Andy recently had an amazingly fun wedding at the Gibson House in Davis Ca. I can’t wait to share the photos from Maria + Greg’s big carnival themed wedding, but first…. for their engagement session! They wanted their engagement session to truly reflect their light hearted and playful nature, so we planned a fun morning […]
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During engagement sessions I often ask my couples to tromp through weeds, climb rock walls, balance on logs over freezing streams- little things that make the session fun and get us beautiful images. I always preface it with little safety clauses talk like “Only go out on that log if you feel TOTALLY safe” or “If you’re […]
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