~ Emiliana Rose Windridge ~

Born August 12, 2011 to Toby & Dana Windridge!
She is a little peanut. We took photos when she was almost 2 weeks old. She is a sweet, quiet, happy little girl. She did great her first time in front of the camera! Well done Toby & Dana, and little Millie too!!!

July 27, 2011

Hudson Fox Kolski! 7 months old, son to Barbi & Brian.

I hadn't seen this little guys since he was only a week or so old, and boy has he gotten even cuter! Mom put him in this adorable hat and just added to how adorable he was. We only took photos for a little bit in the back yard, it was almost nap time. But after starting off a little cranky and shy, but the end he was laughing and having a good time being a little model!! We'll take photos of the whole family when he's a year old! Can't wait. Here are just a few form our little session...

April 23, 2011 ~ Anthony & Jessica

Jessica & Anthony, Laguna Beach, CA

Jessica & Anthony got married at a beautiful little park up in Laguna Beach, CA. It was such a cool location. They had a nice small gathering of family and friends and got married right on the water. Jessica found me through Anthony's brother Michael, I had taken his wedding photos about 4 or 5 years ago. Their family is so sweet I was really looking forward to seeing them all again. After the ceremony we took photos right there- such a great setting. And then we went down to the beach for a few minutes. They also rented this cool "bus" that was designed to be an old woodie station waggon. Really cool. It was a short little wedding and I was happy to go up to the OC to be apart of it!

June 9, 2011 Vail, CO

Riley & Valerie ~ Vail, CO
Valerie is one of my good good friends and I was so honored to be able to photograph her wedding! She grew up in Vail, CO and I used to live there years ago. But we both lived on Maui together, where our friendship really blossomed.  We both knew the beauty of the mountains that would be the backdrop to the wedding and I also know how gorgeous Val is and that the photos would be stunning. Val ended up marrying a friend of hers from middle and high school, they reconnected and fell in love.

The ceremony was actually at their old middle school's athletic fields! Of course the field was surrounded by the mountains and aspen trees- beautiful. After there ceremony we took photos around the grounds- Riley knew of an old outhouse that was neat for photos. Then on the way to Vail Village I asked Riley to pull over at this cool antique store we drove past on the way to the ceremony. Photos came out awesome!! The entire day was wonderful and I loved being able to be there for her as her friend and her photographer.

Here are just a few photos...

Jamie & Heather August 7, 2010

Stonington, CT
The Lighthouse Museum & the Wadawanuck Club

Heather and I went to the same school, Pine Point, from Kindergarten to 9th grade. She is actually a bit younger than me, my sister and her were in the same grade. With the help of Facebook she saw that I was a photographer living in San Diego. She contacted me about her wedding and we both agreed that having someone you know always makes the subject feel a bit more comfortable in front of the camera. Aside from our connection...I love the story of her and her husband. They met in Mass and turns out he is the nephew of one of our teachers from Pine Point! Such a small world! So another bonus of shooting this wedding aside from knowing Heather, it being in our beautiful home town, there were also going to be a couple of our teachers in attendance! 


The wedding ended up living up to all of my expectations...and I'm hoping Heather & Jamie's as well. We had great weather! After the ceremony we walked over to the docks and got on a family friends boat for a cruise around the point and then down to the Yacht Club that the reception was at. Such a beautiful happy wedding!!! I loved photographing it!! Thank you Heather & Jamie for asking me to share in your day!

Ali & Jonathan- Engagement

July 30th 2010, Coronado, CA

Ali & Jonathan's wedding is also going to be on Coronado, but we won't have time to go to the beach for their wedding photos so they really wanted to take their engagement photos there. I was excited because I suggested we start at the Coronado Community Center and then walk over to the beach to end the session. I've shot weddings at the CCC before and was interested in taking some with people out of their wedding attire. If locals can recall, San Diego this past summer was in a gray funk! So this day was gray and not too pretty- but I felt we made the best of it and I loved the colors they wore- it really made them pop!

Lesley & Adam - July 24th 2010

Tom Ham's Lighthouse, San Diego, CA

Leslie and Adam both got ready at the Sheraton down the street from Tom Hams. Thankfully we had enough time to take photos of the bride & groom separately before the ceremony. We started with Adam getting ready, then popped up to the girls getting hair and makeup done.  After we met Adam in the lobby and then headed over at Tom Hams. We had enough time to take photos of the groomsmen, then Adams family met and we were able to take those photos as well. Then we went back to the hotel to catch Lesley putting on her dress. I loved the lace trim on her veil! It made for pretty photos in the window. We then made our way to the ceremony but stopped along the way to take photos of her, the bridesmaids, and some of her family. As always downtown San Diego makes a great backdrop!
The ceremony and the rest of the photos went along nicely. My favorite part of the wedding was the dance off the bride and groom organized among certain guests! That was a blast to watch and photograph!!!