Olivia's Modeling Portfolio Potrait Session - Vacaville California

We had a great time photographing Olivia's modeling portfolio session at Andrews Park in downtown Vacaville. I don't know how her mom Amber is going to make choices for her Zed card. She did great in front of the camera and we got some incredible images. These are some of my favorites.

Russ and Kay Cayler - Just Because Portrait Session - Davis California

We went to the Davis Arboretum for Russ and Kay's Just Because Portrait Session. The garden and grounds are beautiful for pretty much the entire year.   They are such a sweet couple.  We got some great images of them together.  I wanted to do a special design that speaks about their love for each other.

I also built a collage for them.

Makayla's Newborn Portrait Session - Dixon California

Sweet little Makayla is our newest client.  We will be seeing her over the next year as we document her growth as part of our Bebe Collection.  Although this is her newborn session, Makayla was actually born three months ago but was ten weeks early.  Her adjusted age is really one week old.  We had some trouble getting her to sleep even though it was normally her napping time but we were able to grab a few sleeping images,   

and some terrific ones with mom and dad.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all again in a few months!

Katie Morse & Joshua Rector - Wedding - Vacaville California

This is quite possibly one of the longest posts I think I have ever made for a wedding.  I wanted to include many images that hadn't yet been posted by any of the other wonderful photographers that were at the event.  Josh's dad, Jim Rector, is a photographer in Houston, Texas who stepped in a bit to grab some shots.  You were a really nice, "dad with a camera" to have around that day, Jim.  You can read Jim's blog post *here*.  Katie's sister, Shannon Morse, (a former assistant of mine) is also now adding the art of photography to compliment her extraordinary videography talent.  You can read Shannon's blog post *here*.  There have also been many, many images loaded on Facebook.  Good luck to Jim in designing their wedding album with several thousand great images to chose from!

Ryan and I had a great time shooting this wedding and were honored that we were chosen to be the official photographers.  Here's our take on the day.

Some details:

Josh and the guys:

Getting ready:

Ceremony favs:

Jim, doing his thing:

Highlights and shadows:

Fun at Andrews Park in Vacaville:

 

Katie and the girls:

 

So romantic!

 

 Ahhh, what a fun bridal party:

 I LOVED this photo of the father-daughter dance:

 

Reception favs:

Thank you for having us be a part of your special day.  Best wishes for long and happy life together.

Nikki & Abel - Maternity Portrait Session - Yuma Arizona

A collage of images from Nikki and Abel's maternity session in June.  We had a nice time at the Wetlands Park even though it felt like 90 degrees at 6:00 p.m. 

Nathan's Senior Portrait Session - Dixon California

We had one session already in downtown Vacaville but wanted to do another session in studio with some firefighter gear because Nathan was a cadet with the Dixon Fire Department. This was my favorite image from the studio session.

Kassie and Kris - 'Just Because' Portrait Session, Davis California Arboretum

A collage of images from Kassie and Kris's Just Because Session at the Arboretum.

Ashlyn's Four Month Baby Portrait - Dixon California

I have been having a lot of fun photographing my beautiful baby girl. However, I have not posted many as it has been difficult to keep up with everything and spend the time I like to with her. One of my goals is post a few out of the thousands (literally) of photos I have taken since her birth on April 26, 2010. She sure is my precious little bean!

Hodson and Mullin, Attorneys - Portrait Session in Vacaville California

I photographed a group photo for this attorney office several years ago for their website and Yellow Pages advertising. Last week we updated the photo at a park across the street from their office in Vacaville.

Beth's Graduation Party Announcement

I photographed Beth and Joe's wedding in Lake Tahoe in 2008. I was really happy to see her again to photograph her for graduation from her master's program. She is very creative so I knew I had to come up with some cute ideas for her photos and her announcements. This is what we did.

Candie's Family Portraits - Dixon California

A nice collage made from their family portraits. 

Melissa's Maternity Session - Dixon California

Some quick favorites.  I love doing maternity sessions!  I cannot wait to meet the little guy!

Tiffany's Lincoln High School Senior Portraits

We photographed Tiffany's senior session all over the city of Lincoln. We started in their beautifully landscaped tropical paradise backyard so we could have Sugar in some shots. Here she is shaking hands. It took a while for her to warm up to the photo process but she did great and in the end we had some fabulous images.



Next stop was a playground at Tiff's old elementary school.

Then off to a waterfall that wasn't "falling" so we made the best of the surrounding area.



Of course we had to get some of Tiffany showing off her black belt karate skills.

Next to the high school football field for the cheer portraits.


Last but not least, the railroad tracks in downtown Lincoln.

We had a wonderful time working with you Tiffany and a big thanks to Ryan (Tiff's boyfriend) for being my lighting assistant!