The Photographers:

I’m admittedly behind on getting this post out (sorry Alex & Erin!) but here’s my excuse: there were SO MANY PICTURES!! Not only did I take a billion, but my brother shot some with my second camera and I handed mine over to a friend at the reception and he snapped a ton of awesome pics, too! Because of the overabundance, I’m going to post this wedding in three parts: the wedding, the reception, and the day after shoot.

This wedding was amazing. The people, the food, the music, the dancing. Did I mention the people?? I grew up with Alex and his family. It’s always such a fun time when so many good friends and family gather, especially when you haven’t seen some of them in a while!

You can check out their engagement shoot here: Alex & Erin Engagement Shoot

I love you Alex & Erin! Thanks for letting me shoot your wedding.

Back in December, I shot some engagement photos of Lindsey & Eugene. In April, I was lucky enough to follow these two to the alter as well! With a beautiful location up in the Berkeley hills, perfect weather, and a very calm and in-love bride and groom, everything was just right. Along with my second shooter (and bff), Angie Warren, we were able to capture every moment of this special day for them.

Here’s a few highlights:

A baby-boom is taking place in my family right now as I type this sentence. This is baby Max! He was born on April 1st and was only 17 days old in these photos. Thanks to Max (or thanks to Auntie Heather?) my daughter is officially a cousin to 2 boys now. That’s not all, though. In just nine-ish short weeks, another boy will be coming along to make her a cousin to THREE BOYS! Thankfully, Katie is a very strong and independent girl so I think she’ll fit in well with 3 boy cousins. Just yesterday she was digging up piles of worms on her farm field trip, calling them “king cobras”. I think the boys will appreciate that.

Now, here’s to hoping the boom continues…

Proud cousin!

Last time I was at the Great American Music Hall, I was there to see Imogen Heap (whom I love), so you can imagine my excitement when finding out my brother, Stephen’s band was playing such an awesome venue! On April 10th, 2010, Stomacher opened for the headliner, Tornado Rider, along with a few other opening bands. They played an amazing set. I know I may be biased, but they just seem to get better every time I see them. I’ll attach the band’s info to the bottom of this post so you all can check them out for yourselves.

Just the right people seemed to attend this show. First of all, my whole family was there: my mom, my dad and his wife, my brother and his wife, and even my sister and her husband, who live in England but were in town visiting. Secondly, I always enjoy seeing the friends that show up to these shows. It feels a bit like a reunion. Lastly, and most certainly not least, The Edge from U2 showed up (!!!) to check out the headlining band. He was in the crowd with his bodyguard, nonchalantly enjoying the show. Stephen and Jarrod, the lead singer of Stomacher, were able to give him their CD to check out. Later in the night, he actually walked into their dressing room to say hi and compliment them on their album cover. Let me tell you… before this happened, if someone were to have asked Stephen what one musician he would want to meet, he would have said The Edge from U2. He was a huge inspiration for my brother to start playing guitar. The experience was surreal.

Check out Stomacher here: www.stomachermusic.com

Download their latest album, Sentimental Education, for FREE here:
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In celebration, here are some photos of yours truly – since that’s about as much shooting as I’ve done since the D300s arrived.

Note: My blog posts may have slowed recently, but I can assure you, the wheels in my head have not! In the near future, you can expect to see new projects including some artful photo series’ and video playfulness. I’m not totally solid on the concepts yet, but I never am till it happens. We’ll see!

I found this card today at a thrift shop and was like, “That’s ME!” The one on the left… doesn’t she look like me?

Who am I kissing though? I tried to think of someone and couldn’t figure out who she reminded me of. But… I’ve settled on this: she represents all of my friends that are so so special to me (girls AND boys!). Recently, I’ve noticed that I’m not as affectionate as I used to be*. My insecurities take over and I stay in my own personal space. I want to give more hugs and kisses! Maybe the universe is trying to tell me something? All I know is that I wanted to climb into that picture, wear those exact same clothes, and step onto my tippy-toes to kiss my good friend who loves kitties. (Then, after walking around in the Shire a bit, we’d head back to our Hobbit houses.)

*This does not include my daughter, Katie. She gets TONS of smoosh-her-face-kisses.

And of course…

I’ll be shooting their wedding in April 2010. Can’t wait!