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Big Sur Maternity Photographer: A Session at Post Ranch Inn

Family Big Sur Maternity Photographer: A Session at Post Ranch Inn

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This pretty corner of wine country said “let’s do

This pretty corner of wine country said “let’s do the whole vintage Porsche thing” and the day just kept one-upping itself from there.

We started in a garden getting the dress situation sorted (that veil moment, come on), rolled up in dad’s 356 Speedster, said “I do” under a canopy of oak trees old enough to know what life was like before Aperol and Grey Goose, then ate family-style under string lights until the light went gold and everybody forgot they had a bedtime.

The guest list was a literal linen banner because paper felt too small for this day.

The band played until the last martini glass hit the table.

Nobody wanted it to end, including me, and I was just there to take pictures.

Planning & Design: @rileylovesluluweddings
Hair & Makeup: @celcasta.bridal
Floral: @busybeesfloral
Rentals: @encoreeventsrentals @bbjlatavola
Lighting: @impact.lighting.av
Entertainment: @ryan_hernandez_official
Catering: @figcaters

An open letter to Jess and Jaison’s people - You

An open letter to Jess and Jaison’s people -

You guys really struck the friendship lottery with these two. Every friend group needs that person they can get a hug from whenever one’s needed. Or maybe a house with an open door that feels like a safe place when the world feels out of control. Maybe it’s just an ear that listens and a heart that genuinely cares.

If you could bottle up the warmth of the sun and imbue it into a couple, it would be Jess and Jaison. And for all these reasons and more, consider myself jealous that you have an ally like this in your life. It’s rare.

As someone on the outside who had a just a single day to drop in and spend time with you, thank you for letting be one of the pack, I felt like an old friend from the very first minute. From the deep talks to the lolz, each of you are some of the best humanity has and the light you all reflect toward each other isn’t something often seen.

Some people find their people. Jess and Jaison found theirs twice over, once in each other, and once in all of you.

Lucky them. Lucky us.

Eloped at Glen Oaks in Big Sur, said their vows un

Eloped at Glen Oaks in Big Sur, said their vows under a canopy of redwoods older than most countries, then hopped in the car and chased Highway 1 north hoping the sky would cooperate and the sun would hangout just a little bit longer.

It almost didn’t. Watched the light fade the whole drive down. Then right as we pulled over, the clouds broke and the pretty light lingered.

(btw you kept it real with converse under the dress the whole day, because comfort > blisters, always.)

Congrats, you two.

Gratitude Level 10 getting to photograph these two

Gratitude Level 10 getting to photograph these two beautiful humans and their elopement by the sea.

summer hits different on film.

summer hits different on film.

Here’s your sign to do the flower petals. w/ @cat

Here’s your sign to do the flower petals.

w/ @catieflannery @wedgewood.goldengateclub

Then: home from the hospital. Now: first day of ki

Then: home from the hospital. Now: first day of kindie.

#landrover #discovery #vintagecar

A few years ago the whole ‘Madison is growing up’

A few years ago the whole ‘Madison is growing up’ thing had me a little wrecked. Baby to toddler, just like that. Then in her soft little sing-song voice, she looked at me and said, ‘don’t be sad, because I will just not grow up, I will just only stay small, so you can just be happy.’

Fast forward a couple years and here we are, a few days before kindergarten starts, and she officially starts down a pathway that won’t stop until she’s all grown up.

This whole week I’ve been tamping down a bunch of feelings, almost like mourning the loss of her childhood or something. It sounds so extreme, it’s not like she stops being our sweet little kid just because she starts school. It’s crazy, I know, but it just doesn’t feel like it’ll be the same, and we’re walking across a threshold we can’t step back through again.

It truly feels like the day we loaded her into her carseat for the first time was last weekend. But here we are, loading her into that same car, except now she buckles herself in.

Sometimes growing up feels like goodbye.

😮‍💨 so…

She didn’t stay small like she promised, but instead grew into something even better. She’s this bright little light, this entire person with her own thoughts and her own seatbelt-buckling independence. She’s confident, she’s kind, and she loves harder than anyone.

And to Megan: we got her here. It was a lot, but we did it. For five years, we’ve been the whole world to her. Now that world’s expanding, but we’re not going anywhere. We’re just part of a bigger map now.

So yes, sometimes growing up feels like goodbye, but maybe that’s the trick of it. Every ‘goodbye’ is really just a ‘hello’ to the next kid she’s becoming. And from where I’m standing, that kid is pretty incredible.

We can’t wait to see who you become.

“Do you do maternity sessions?”

“Do you do maternity sessions?”

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