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May 25, 2023

Yes, we did get the usual full on smiling pictures, but the more serious ones show off Paige’s sweet, thoughtful side and her beautiful eyes! Loved being able to get together for makeup styling before her senior portraits. Wanting to be in nature, the rain storms we scheduled around made for a the perfect, vibrant green backdrop!

May 10, 2022

So fun styling these sisters with hair and makeup, going for that editorial glow, before their shoot! It had been overcast and dark then started to sprinkle rain as we arrived at our location. But you’d never know it with their smiles and model looks!

You might not even be able to tell, but the rain really started coming down so these model looks are through the rain drops!

February 8, 2022

Almost as if time had stood still, two years later we all gathered together again at River Highlands Ranch for their wedding open house! Their 2020 wedding vendor event had been the last big event before the shutdown and in some ways it’s a whole new world. But we still came together for the same reason — to celebrate love and marriage!

Wedding photography at River Highlands Ranch
Wedding album at River Highlands Ranch
Engagement pictures and wedding photography in Paris

February 5, 2022

It’s always so fun getting to capture the next stage of a family’s life, and this family has doubled since our first shoot together! Christmas is always a busy time but I’m so happy everyone was in town so we could capture the moments and traditions in this season of their lives!

Baby girl crawling
Dad and daughter playing guitars at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Little girl playing ukelele for Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Baby playing with toys at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Mother hugging daughters at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Little girl reading book to sister and mom Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Mom teaching daughter to bake at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Little girl baking for Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Husband and wife holding hands at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Dad and daughter doing secret handshake at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Dad and daughter doing handshake
Dad and daughter doing secret handshake
Baby girls laying on couch looking up at father at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Mother holding baby daugher at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Uncle playing piano with niece at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Mother's hands holding baby daugher Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Uncle and niece playing piano Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Look over the shoulder at uncle playing piano with niece at Sacramento lifestyle family portraits
Grandparents hugging granddaughters in Sacramento lifestyle family portraits

October 22, 2021

It started off with a conversation after church one day where Zachary let me know he had been thinking about Monica for awhile now and was wanting to pursue a relationship with her. Friends with both them separately and around for events Zachary put together like disc golf, let’s just say this wasn’t a total surprise to me. I wasn’t sure where Monica’s heart was but Zachary was hopeful from the start mentioning that his current school schedule would allow for them to spend more time together until his classes started at Davis in the fall and possibly a wedding the next summer after her graduation??

And all these months later, it looks like he wasn’t wrong! Official in April, by August Zachary was in talks with me about photographing a surprise proposal. But the timing didn’t come about until October where he worked out every detail to have Monica remember all their special dates and memories through a scavenger hunt! Starting off getting her nails done (smart guy!), Zachary sent Monica and her friend off for a day of following clues while he and his friends created this little area for a surprise proposal complete with battery-powered bistro lights. When she arrived, they talked and danced while he sang. When he came to to the line “All I want is you, will you be my bride” Zachary shocked Monica by getting down one knee. Let’s just say their wedding in July is just what the “doctor” ordered. ;-)

Surprise wedding engagement proposal
Couple hugging after marriage proposal
Wedding engagement hug
Dancing at engagement photography session
Bride and groom dancing after surprise engagement proposal

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