Roya + Mike [a good ol time]

Well it seems to be the season of marriage. My good friend Roya of Roya Jade Photography (about to become Jean Paul Photography) just got married! We were in each other's wedding at the same location within a month of each other, amazing. I got to be a brides maid!! I was pumped about that! And Mary Frances and her husbnad Scott (awesome people) did a great job of photographing the day. And you just have to give them a high five, I would be terrified to shoot a wedding with 5 wedding photographers AT the wedding! 5 in the bridal party! That's just nuts! Well, here are some photos of her beautiful day, she looked amazing of course!!

Dana and I snapped a few shots when they were photographing the boys :]


This picture taken by Mary Frances just cracks me up, too many wedding photographers to handle!


You can never get enough of Dana and Jeremy [who also shot my wedding]


Dana and I stuck together, buddy sytem

The world just doesn't have enough of these moments... haha

Aww Heather Glasby, no longer a Jagger :[ legally at least ;]

Wedding photographers.. and Jason.. know how to get it done

I love my hubby bubby... :]

This is April and Jason, they met at our wedding (she was one of my brides maids, he was a guest).. I called it! While going through my guest list one day looking for single guys for my roommates, I stumbled upon this glorious idea: Jason and April. It worked! They're amazing together!

I'll have a groom with a side of matching guests


That's Amy Clarke, the awesome makeup artist who did both mine and Roya's wedding makeup, gettin down. And poor Andy after I got too excited and spilled Dana's drink on his back... :/

Dave + Rachael [good times in Ojai, CA]

I met Rachael at South Coast Plaza in the most random way. I was talking with a woman about wedding photography and as I got up to leave I heard a woman running behind me yelling "excuse me!! excuse me!" I thought.."there is no way she's talking to me, but I'll check anyway", oddly enough she was yelling for me. She went on to tell me she overheard me talking and she's looking for a photographer, after a great engagement session, here we are today!
They got married and the San Buena Ventura Mission, it was so pretty. Then we moved to the reception at Rachael's grandpa's old house, he recently passed away. We saw pictures of all the work they'd done, it's amazing. It went from an acre or so of pure rubble to this amazing place which held her dream wedding. I loved it here, it was so homey and nice, huge trees, a tire swing, an old barn.. it was perfect. It was so hard to chose the photos to post of this wedding, there were so many I loved and so many good things going on. We attempted to take some photos near the end, but they were in "good time" mode, it was great- dancing machines! We shot their photos at the amazing Ojai Valley Inn, it was great! And Heather Ham and her girls did an amazing job coordinating the day, it was a long one but it went smoothly! Well, here is it!


























Her Grandfather's old barn.

Don't stop me now Freddy

soooooooo.. this is pretty much the best things I've ever seen. Being that
1. Queen is one of my top 3 all time favorite bands
2. this is one of my all time favorite Queen songs.

.... enjoy

Brian & Eileen's Wedding Music Video. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo.

I wish these people were my clients

And another little diddy for the lovers o Queen....

and more, I can't help myself. This is probably the weirdest viedo I've ever seen.. but still great. no one else could pull off a full body, cow print, spandex suit but Freddy.

And I can't help but post a photo or 2 of Freddy Mercury, he's awesome. Ok, and last night, we were watching the finale for American Idol and Queen come on stage.. For a split second my heart fluttered at the thought of seeing Freddy Mercury on stage until I remembered, he's dead. I think I died a little inside... so sad.
Last summer my sister and I were driving and Queen came on, I sang my little heart out as usual until I realized Jackie didn't know any of the words.. WHAT.... MY sister doesn't know the words to Bohemian Rhapsody??? So I gave her the small task of memorizing a list I made of select Queen hits so we could enjoy a good sing along. She came back a few months later and dominated my ipod. yes.



A-MA-ZING..haha

side note: if anyone finds an awesome Freddy Mercury or Queen shirt, let me know where. I mean a good one, not some common one. OR- a lifesize cardboard cut out of Freddy..
Grayson is jealous of my love for Freddy.... :]

A [very tiny] sneek peak of Dave + Rachael's wedding- Ojai, CA

Don't worry, there is more to come! This is just a little peak to hold you over! Grayson and I shot this amazing wedding in Ojai, CA! Dave and Rachael were awesome! So cute together and so obviously in love!

Boz the baby... again

This is Boz Kaylen DaSilva. I have been shooting Boz since before she was born, we haven't gotten to do it nearly enough, but that's how it goes. She is amazingly cute and is just freakin awesome. Until she gave me a fat lip with her binki- no so good Boz.
Boz'z mama, Britani, and I have been good friends since we were 12. I moved to this new street and didn't have any friends till one day she just showed up at my door after playing soccer in front of my house (just taunting me to come outside). Ever since that day we were inseparable, sleeping in the tree house, gorging on candy and ice cream everyday, beating up neighbor kids with rolls of half eaten cookie dough... the usual. I've been shooting Britani since I've owned a camera, I think we were 14. She was used in all of my high school photo projects, my muse of sorts. I've shot pretty much all of her phases of life... ahh the good times.
Then one day she met Joe, got married, had a little baby and the rest is history.

the whole fam


After an attempt gone wrong to reenact a photo we took of her when she was just a wee one where Joey [dad] held her upside down by her feet... didn't go well


I love this photo

Her face in this one cracks me up

bath time with Boz and Spartucus.. the best

convincing them to have family bath time, even better :]


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Now for a trip down memory lane...
Britani, loonngg before she was pregnant living in Long Beach

Birtani pregnant with little Boz

Spartacus when he was just a little back drop eating, sweater wearing pup. how could you resist that face?

Boz at a few months old... matching overalls, still makes me laugh :]