Sarah and Jordan's Camp Kono play at Peabody Charter School

Today, Sarah and Jordan, my precious niece and nephew had their Camp Kono play at the Peabody Charter School here in Santa Barbara. There were kids everywhere! They were all in their groups with orange camp shirts and caps. Each group did an awesome dance routine, too cute.

It was cool to see all of these parents in the audience waving to their kids, taking pictures and video taping. Check out the picture of that one crazy looking dad!!

Dawn and Brian's Wedding at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History

I had the honor of shooting Dawn and Brian's wedding this past weekend at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History! What's so great too is that I met Dawn over 4 years ago when she first came to Santa Barbara from Chicago! She moved into my brother's house when they went to Europe and was an original tenant to the day they came back to the states. I actually painted her bedroom... twice!

Anyway, the wedding was beautiful, the families and friends were wonderful and with Karen 2nd shooting for me, everything was perfect. It was an emotional ceremony with many people being recognized, especially Brian's late father that had a seat dedicated to him during the ceremony. One fun fact about their wedding day is that Dawn's parents celebrated their 40th anniversary on the same day. They had pictures of all the family weddings in the reception hall and there was one picture of Dawn's parents crossing a bridge on their wedding day so we re-created the same image.

Dawn has always talked about wanting a VW Bug so... Brian stashed the car at the museum the week before and right after the ceremony, he parked it right outside the gates so he could surprise her... too much fun. Also, just like the shower that morning, so much work had gone into the details during the reception. There were pictures of them all over the place along with fun facts about Dawn and Brian on all the tables.

Here are some favs from their day!

Dawn's Shower at Cafe Buenos Aires in Santa Barbara

Yesterday Dawn and Brian were married at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History! Early that morning Dawn's friends and family threw a shower for her at Cafe Buenos Aires in Santa Barbara. It was such an amazing shower. So much work went into the details, flowers and the research about Dawn! She has been in 13 weddings and now she's finally a bride. They had a picture of Dawn from each wedding and a representative bouquet set up all over the tables! They also had a hilarious poster of dawn in a wedding dress with the pictures from every wedding all around her, too much fun!

Everyone had a great time laughing and crying! Here are some favs.

Santa Barbara Engagement Session with Adriana and Michael

Last Friday, I had so much fun running around with Adriana and Michael shooting their engagement session! They're getting married next month at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Awesome couple, beautiful venue, over 300 guests... I can't wait!

Adriana is a true Santa Barbara local. I think she should run for mayor because everywhere we went, she knew someone! We started at their favorite restaurant, The Chase, where the waiter was such a ham. We also walked around Alice Keck Park where right across the street they were having a Summer Solistice event, too much fun.

Here are some favs.



This image is Michael's favorite image! He loved his old senior portrait so much that he wanted another made. Can you tell we were having fun?