A few weeks ago we had a super fun time capturing Stephanie and Tom at the Orange County Fair. When Stephanie and Tom had mentioned that they wanted to do their engagement photos there we were initially hesitant because the fair tends to be a crazy busy place and shooting there would be kind of tricky, BUT we were up for the challenge and ended up with some awesomely colorful images!

While we were up at our family reunion we were able to photograph my cousin and his lovely fiancee with the amazing homestead as the backdrop! It was a real treat to shoot with all of the trees and nature, definitely different than what we are use to!

At the beginning of August we traveled with my whole family to Arizona to attend my crazy family reunion. There were literally 1,000 people in attendance, it was the biggest turn out we had ever had! My Great-Great-grandparents lived on 160 acres of land that eventually the government gave to them under the Homestead Act. Every two years we gather together to enjoy the evergreens, red dirt, camp fires, ghost stories,learn about our heritage, and get to know the other 900 people we've never met. I never realized how AWESOME it is that my g-g-grandparents had such an amazing vision of bringing their family together at such a beautiful place, its such a crazy legacy that they have built and provided for us! I feel completely blessed to be a part of such a huge family that believes in holding together!

Rachel + Austin were married on July 19th, 2008 in Newport Beach at the LDS Temple. I'm not sure if anyone has noticed that we get to shoot there often (and not that we're complaining, its a beautiful location), but we get super excited when a couple getting married there options to go to a second location for something unique. In Rachel + Austin's case we went to a fun location just a few miles away from their reception that was being held at a residence in Corona. This amazing location is called Dos Lagos!!!! We had WAY too much fun working with the lines and shadows!

We met Neville and Esther for their engagement session at The Camp in Costa Mesa. This was my first time visiting this location and it was awesome to have a new place to shoot at in that area. I also fell in love with the stores and surrounding restaurants, it was definitely my kind of place! We usually spend our time going to The Lab for shopping and to hang in the super cool atmosphere, now I am so glad to have another uber-fab place like The Camp to visit! Esther and Neville chose this location and I thought it fit them to the "T"!