Back to San Francisco!

A week ago, I met up with some friends of mine in San Francisco and we had a little photo excursion around the city! My friends consisted of Ashley H. and Nataly Z., both of whom I met in Los Angeles at the Flickr Gathering at the beginning of this year. Also, we met a new friend, Jessica N., who also loves photography, and was eager to meet up with us in San Francisco.
Our first stop took us to Golden Gate Park, where we quickly found a beautiful carousel to play around on. It was so perfect for photos, and we stayed there for a little while, admiring the gorgeously detailed animals and paintings on the structure.

 This is Ashley! She was obviously enjoying herself haha

Jessica took the stage next, and she was a natural model! She made getting beautiful pictures easy :)

Next, we made our way to the Conservatory of Flowers, the beautiful white building I had always driven past, but never actually been inside of. It was so beautiful on the outside, but even more so on the inside! 

Lastly, we went to Baker Beach to shoot my final college project for my BFA! The shoot went well and I am so excited about the final images. I will not be sharing them online until my show goes up in December, so keep an eye out for the images at the end of the year :)

It was such a perfect day, and I love San Francisco so much! I'll definitely have to come back again sometime soon and explore it even more. 

**Here I am with Ashley and Jessica at Mel's in the city! I was sad we didn't get a picture with Nataly before she left :'( 

Bay Area Girl's Trip!

Last weekend, my sister Alexa, her friend Chrissy, and I all went down to the Bay Area for a girl's weekend! Alexa and Chrissy traveled down from Utah to see the John Mayer concert in San Francisco, and there was an extra ticket so I went along with them!
The concert was so much fun! It was such a beautiful evening, and John Mayer played so well. I loved it :) We stayed at my aunt's house in Los Altos over night, which used to be my mom's house when she was a little girl. It's been in the family for about 50 years!

The next day, we sent to San Francisco to explore the city. Since Alexa and I have been to the Bay Area several times before and Chrissy had never been to San Francisco, we decided to go to all the best sites and have a fun little photoshoot around the city! (I brought my camera along specifically for the occasion.)

We had the most delicious shake at Ghirardelli Square! It was a Banana Salted Caramel Chocolate Shake, mmmmm so good <3

Succulents!

I want to live in this house someday. It's so beautiful!

On Sunday we went to Stanford University to show Chrissy the campus. It was a beautiful day and there were people everywhere on campus! We went into the Memorial Chapel, a church that I have loved for so many years, on the Stanford campus. Of course, I brought my camera with me again, so we took some portraits under a lovely weeping willow before heading home :)

 I am so glad we spent this beautiful weekend in the Bay Area. It was just what I needed after coming back home from a week of finals. San Francisco is one of my favorite cities in the world, and it was so great to spend the weekend there with my sister and new friend! :)