Busy Weekend

My parents were in town this weekend! I picked them up at the Baja Border on Saturday and we headed up to Palos Verdes for the night.

I was planning on photographing my God-neice this weekend but she was feeling too sick. :( I didn't want to go a whole weekend without picking up my camera, so when I went to pick Mark up at his dads last night, I shot some photos.

Mark wheelie-ing up his parents front yard:

I like this one because he is looking at me:

Dale (Mark's dad) playing some pool on their new pool table:








Brutis listening for bunny rabbits:

It was good to see my parents but its also good to be at home in your own bed at the end of a long weekend! :)

A Personal Update

The awesome news is that I'm almost back to walking normally! Monday I will offically be off the crutches, but honestly I've been off them for a few days now. :) Shhhh. I feel positive about my appointment on Monday.

I have a lot going on in the next few months. Weddings, Photo shoots, Travel. Whew! May will be a nice little break for me. Only one wedding scheduled!

I'll be travelling over Easter weekend up to visit family in Oregon. Hopefully I can hook up with some friends too, to do a photoshoot or two. My grandmother has recently become ill and I will be going up to see her for probably the final time. I plan on doing some awesome portraits and it will be very healing for me to share them here. I've always been close to my grandmother. I'll finish this blog with a photo of her and me taken in late 2005.

Sheri's Bridal Portraits

Sheri and I have known each other for over 20 years! Wow! I can definitly say she is my oldest friend! We found each other on Myspace back in October - one week before her wedding to Patrick.

Bummer for me, she already had a wedding photographer! I wanted to do something special for her, so I offered to do a "day after" session for her. These are also known as Trash the Dress sessions but I didn't make her ruin her dress for the shoot! :)

Since it was actually a few months after session, she brought one of her bridesmaids, Janna. Janna was so kind to do Sheri's hair and makeup a second time!

Sheri and Janna, Thank you so much for doing this! You were both awesome models and not once was there a complaint! You two are terrific!

We all met at Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula. My good friend Gina is an event planner at Wilson Creek, so she let us in to the Bridal Room there. Contact Gina (gina@wilsoncreekwinery.com) if you are interested in having your wedding at the Winery!

We started in the Bridal room, getting Sheri zipped up! I brought along a few people with me this time, since I am not supposed to be on my ankle much! (Yay for pain meds!) Jen, Brittney and Janelle came with me to get their own perspectives!

I love shoes...

Almost as much as I love jewelry!










Aren't these eyes amazing??

I had such a fun time with everyone! Thank you for making my day enjoyable!

I love Jewelry!

Ring shots are one of my favorite things to do! Maybe it's because I worked for Zale's Jewelers for over 2 years in College...I'm not sure!

Here are a few of my favorite rings shots of the last year:

Wendy & Nate:


Alejandra & Cody:


Ann & Mike:


Kady & Jim:


Danny & Julia:

Which is your favorite of the group?

Ouch!

After 14 years of playing soccer and riding a dirt bike for the last year and a half, it would be my luck to trip (100% sober) on uneven pavement and hurt myself.

I pride myself on never breaking a bone! I contribute that to the massive amounts of milk I drank growing up.

After 4 hours in the ER on Sunday night, I got the good news that my ankle wasn't broken! The bad news was that it was badly sprained and I have to be on crutches for 2 weeks.

My doctor assures my that I will be walking normally by my March 31st wedding!

Neat idea!

This is such a cool idea, I just had to share it!

http://www.weddingringworkshop.com/

You go and make your own 2 wedding bands together! What an awesome idea!!

-M

Suzanne + Albert Engagement Session

Suzanne is my friend Jen's sister's best friend. (Confused yet?) She is marrying Albert on July 14, 2007. I went along on the photoshoot with Jen to help her out. I ended up getting my own very cool and unique shots of the adorable couple. We were at the Herbatorium on the UC-Riverside Campus.

What do you think?
























And of course, no shoot with Jen would be complete without my shot of the shooter:

Some good articles I came across...

Click here for them if you are a bride looking for a wedding photographer. They are from WedAlert.com and they are regarding wedding photography! Good info :)

-M