In all honesty, I’ve been crazy busy with engagement sessions so expect a ton of blog postings coming your way very soon!

Meet Lynn and Ken…..they have a love for baking, Farmer’s Market, and each other! They are goofy and sweet with one another. It’s just too cute! These two are actually from Vancouver and they flew to So.Cal to shoot their engagement session. How cool is that? I spent the afternoon with them at the Santa Monica’s Farmer’s market and beach. I haven’t been here in a while so I felt somewhat of a tourist myself. It was great to walk around and just enjoy the beach atmosphere.

Check out these 2 Canadians soak up the sun in Cali….

The one word no photographer or couple wants to hear when it’s time to shoot their engagement session or wedding. Trust me, it’s definitely not ideal conditions but it’s also not the end of the world. I’ve learned to roll with the punches and make the most out of it. Luckily, Deanna and Kiet were willing to take the adventure with me.

We decided to go to a nearby hotel and take some shots and hope the rain stopped long enough for us to go get some outside shots. Well, Mother Nature gave us a break and we immediately rushed to the marina to get some shots at Kiet’s boat. We quickly got the shots we needed and then it started to rain again! *phew*

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

We got what we needed. Granted, we had to hurry and rush but we worked it out and everything turned out marvelously!

So without further ado, check out the lovely pictorials from our “rainy” day session!

Remember how I had that “special project” a few months ago?

Remember how I had some “special news” to share?

Well, it’s finally time to share my BIG NEWS with everyone!

FOOD NETWORK’S Worst Cooks in America, the hit primetime competition series that turns hopeless cooks into confident kitchen mavens, returns for a third season with two-time undefeated series champion Anne Burrell challenged by superstar chef Bobby Flay on Sunday, February 12th at 9pm ET/PT. The show pits Anne against Bobby, each leading a team of eight “recruits” in a grueling eight-week boot camp designed to transform these culinary disaster-makers into competent cooks. A $25,000 grand prize will be awarded to the winning contestant who achieves the most progress and best performance, in addition to bragging rights and victory for their culinary mentor.

As you can see, I will be one of the contestants on the show. So please tune in and root for me!

In the meantime, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news check me out on TWITTER AND FACEBOOK! Also, check out one of the promos for the show below! It’s HILARIOUS!

http://twitter.com/sarinalove

http://facebook.com/sarinalovephotography

I’ve been in crazy work mode the last few weeks and I’m loving every minute of it. 2012 is really off to a great start!

Now check out Collin and his parents. His mom, Ellie, and I go way back! We are High School buds. GO LANCERS c/o ’98!!!!

I swear I sometimes feel like High School was just yesterday. Now, everyone is getting married or having kids. Where did time fly?!?! But I am so happy and proud of Ellie. She has always been so sweet and smart so I’m so happy to see all these good things happening to her. *hugs Ellie!* Your son is adorable!!

In any case, here is Sawyer! I love his name!! I never met anyone named Sawyer and I always thought it was such a unique name to have. Melisa and Robert are the proud parents of young Sawyer. He is their pride and joy and he is adorable as can be. Melisa and Robert are also planning a wonderful wedding this fall in Maui which I will be documenting. Melisa and Robert are uber creative and I just know they are going to really make this wedding memorable for all her family and friends. I can’t wait!

Anyways, here are some wonderful shots of Sawyer and his parents.  Looking forward to more sessions with them very soon! Keep checking the blog to see more of them in the coming months!

Now enjoy their cuteness below!! Love you guys!! I can hardly wait for April now!! yay!

As 2011 comes to a close, I could technically showcase all the wonderful weddings and engagement sessions I’ve shot in the past year. Seriously, I have so many favorite shots captured of all my wonderful and dear clients. But instead, I wanted to do something different this time and just simply blog and pour my heart out to all my readers.

In all honesty, this year has been an amazing growth year for me. Not only has my business grown tremendously, but I feel like I’ve really grown up as a person as well. I don’t often like to discuss my personal life here on my blog too much. I mainly try to just focus on my clients and the lovely pictorials.  But outside of my business, I’ve really dealt with a lot of loss this year that not many people even knew about. I had a very close friend of mine pass suddenly several months ago that really opened my eyes to living life to the fullest.  My dear grandmother who raised me, recently moved to the Philippines for better 24/7 care. And I’ve also had my share of a lot of heartaches and bumps in the road this past year.  But even though I had some heartaches and loss, my work has kept me smiling through it all. It’s kept me focus on what life is truly about which is simply being happy and making the most of it.

If anyone knows me, I go and get what I want in life. Nothing ever stands in my way. I always try to stay positive and keep focus. I love everything and everyone so hard and it’s simply because I am so passionate about living life like it’s my last.

So I wanted to take the time to remind everyone that even through the toughest of times, you can always prevail and things will get better. I’m all about spreading love and positivity in this world. You can never have enough of it! I hope that not only will my photos inspire you to keep positive, I also hope that my words will help you too. Life isn’t easy, but make the most out of it and stay positive! My motto this year was “Let your faith be bigger than your fear.” My faith is huge and I have faith that everything will be grand in 2012! I am quite excited!

So that is all…just wanted to say a big thank you for making 2011 sweet….but now let’s make 2012 ROCK!!!!  I have a lot of ideas and goals for 2012 and I’m already in the middle of making it all come true!  I’ll also be sharing some amazing news in the next week or so! So definitely check back for more info….you won’t want to miss out on it!

I have been MIA and although it was nice and refreshing, it feels super awesome to be back home and do my normal routines. I missed my family, friends, and my work. Lisa and Jim were my first couple I shot since coming back and we had an amazing time shooting in Santa Clarita. The location they found was perfect and the sun peaked out just long enough for me to get some beautiful shots of the happy couple. I simply cannot wait to shoot their wedding in May at the Walnut Grove in Moorpark. Such an adorable venue for an adorable couple!

Check out their loveliness and ooo and ahhh as much as you want because the scenery and colors are so breathtaking! Lisa and Jim did a great job incorporating elements of props that were very personal to them. Check out the exquisite quilt at the end of the blog! Lisa’s grandmother handmade that quilt! It’s beautiful!

Lisa’s dad fixed up this old motorbike. Their family name is NORMAN and it was such a wonderful idea to use this motorbike as a prop. It’s so vintage and oh so cool!!

*knock knock*

Guess who’s back from her month long hiatus?!?! Did you miss me? Please just lie and say that you did.

I’m so happy to be back. I missed my family, friends, and just my normal day to day routines.  I had a great time in NYC working on my special project. Unfortunately, I can’t officially announce what that project is just yet, but trust me when I say that it is pretty darn cool and I honestly can’t wait to share with you all my adventure in the Big Apple.  I plan on announcing my special project some time next month or so. I can’t wait!! Keep checking back because you don’t want to miss out on what I have to say!

In the meantime, I plan on catching up on emails, phone calls, wedding albums, engagement sessions, etc. So thank you to everyone for being so patient during my hiatus. It is much appreciated on my end. I came home to a lot of emails wishing me well and waiting with anticipation as to when I would be returning home. I definitely felt the love and I hope to return the love very soon.

So I’m announcing to my past, current, and potential clients and readers that I will be heading to NYC November 12 – December 16 for a “personal project”. During this time, I will have almost no access to Email, Phone, and Facebook. So please wait until I come back to return all emails and phone calls.   Also, during this time I will not be blogging. (insert sad face here) I actually have a ton of sessions to share with everyone but sadly, you will all have to wait until I return for me to blog and share with everyone.

I also want to take the time to thank all my family, friends, and clients who have been so understanding, supportive, helpful, patient, and flexible with me throughout this process. It’s been a whirlwind of emotions and stress for me. I’ve had to rearrange my schedule and postpone a few sessions which I HATE to do. But I’m so grateful that everyone has been so kind and understanding about the situation and everyone is supporting me and excited for what’s to come.  I am not good with huge changes in my life or leaving my comfortable lifestyle, but this is a great opportunity and hopefully a wonderful learning experience for me. It’s just a few short weeks and once I return, it’s back to work immediately. So again, thank you to everyone for being so supportive. It is greatly appreciated and I won’t let anyone down!

Until then….spread the love and be good to one another! Here’s a picture of me on my last trip to NYC, eating a New York style pizza. I love me some pizza! mmm mmm good!