Antique Shopping

My sister Alexa and I went to old town Folsom today to go antique shopping, as we've been doing the last few days with our family. I love looking at the beautiful old-fashioned, distressed, and heirloom pieces that can make any apartment or home feel more charming. I think I have finally decided that when I decorate my own home someday, I want to go with a vintage seaside theme--with seashells and beach items, such as the sign below that says "Beach Cottage" and the jar of "very old shells" from San Francisco. I'll probably paint and decorate with pale cream and seafoam green as the color scheme. Dang this is making me so excited to have my own home someday!
Anyways, enough about my future home and on to the photos. I took my camera along today and took a few photos while we explored. Hope you get some of your own decorating inspiration :)

P.S. I finally figured out how to make the photos larger on my blog. Woo!

The Lambourne Family

This past weekend I did a family portrait session for a family I have known since I was about seven years old. My friend Kaytee is getting married this weekend and while she is home with her family in California, her family asked if I would take some photos for them. It was such a great shoot and I had a lot of fun catching up with the family and discussing the upcoming wedding. I remember when I practically used to live at the Lambourne's house, I was over there almost every day and they were like a second family to me. It was so great to be able to capture their faces so I can remember them forever. They are a beautiful family and I'm so glad I got to take some photos for them.

Website!!

Just wanted to make the announcement of my new website that I finally set up this week! I've included some of my best work (if I do say so myself) in categories ranging from couples to children to conceptual. I wanted to stick to a fairly simple and professional layout, and I quite like how it turned out.
Hope you all like it!

Kalen and Eva

On Saturday I helped my photog buddy Ethan Watts shoot the wedding of a beautiful couple named Kalen and Eva. They were married in the Oakland LDS Temple, and following them around the grounds to take photos was a blast! Their happiness was palpable and being able to capture their love was such an honor. This was my first wedding I've ever shot and I am so glad to have had the opportunity to do it at the temple where my parents were married almost 30 years ago. Here are some from the wedding day :)

A little boy I came across before the wedding started. He was just perched on a wall overlooking the entire San Francisco bay area, so I just had to snap a photo :)
The "getaway car"

The bridesmaids and groomsmen being silly

Some girls who decided to join our photoshoot. Pretty sure they were doing some kind of Quinceanera shoot or something. Don't ask me about the white tutus though...

Brenizer Method

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This photo is my very first attempt with the Brenizer Method (or expansion). This took a painfully long time to do, as this image alone is composed of almost 40 images--and I can still see tons of mistakes. It was fun to try though, and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out, regardless of my inexpert editing.
To learn more about the Brenizer Method, go here: http://blog.buiphotography.com/2009/07/the-brenizer-method-explained-with-directions/
I'm back home in California, by the way. This was taken at one of my favorite locations, which is about 20 feet away from my childhood school. I helped shoot a wedding with my friend Ethan Watts (see last post for more about him) yesterday in Oakland, and I've got family portraits, more bridals, and my best friend's wedding coming up in the next few weeks. I'm going to be shooting like crazy, and it's going to feel so good. :)