last weekend i had the pleasure of spending some time with AND taking pictures of the Hall family. their son Riley lives out here in the OC and had contacted me to take some family portraits during their visit from Texas. Scott, Laurie, Cali and her husband Sean rounded out the group of five. we spent an hour down at Crystal Cove on Sunday morning and had some good laughs and got some great shots. they were all troopers as it was really warming up and they had to conserve their energy for a long day at Disneyland.

thanks again Hall family...you guys are all so sweet!

Riley and his sister Cali

Cali and her husband Sean

mom, this one's for you. :)

Riley was having fun with a dead crab...

here's another sneak peek from this weekend of the amazing Hall family from today's shoot down at Crystal Cove. more to come soon!

just wanted to drop a little sneak peek from today's super fun wedding with heather and benjamin! stay tuned for more!

last friday i was totally blessed to have dinner with Gabriel and Carlie of gabriel ryan photographers. i had been wanting to set something up with them for awhile to hear their recent story of making the transition into a full time photography career and the stars aligned at Javier's at the Irvine Spectrum. they were such troopers because they had just spent the better part of the week in vegas celebrating their one year wedding anniversary and had just driven home, changed quickly and headed back out the door to meet up with me. i'm sure they would've much rather stayed home and crashed but as i said, i was blessed that they were still willing to share a meal.

gabriel is a super talented photographer and carlie is awesome at generating those amazing poses from their clients that is so valuable and so apparent in their images. (let me clarify that carlie also shoots and captures some rad images herself.) it was great to hear the story of their continuing journey into the world of photography and they dropped some great tips too! besides being an awesome photog duo, they are super sweet, super genuine and soon to be super close neighbors with me in Ladera! it will be rad to have some new friends who share the same passion(s) as i do and i know we'll be hanging out again soon.

just wanted to take the time to "publicly" thank both gabriel and carlie for meeting with me and sharing their story. check out this picture of them i snagged from their blog! they really ARE that fun!

thanks again guys!