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This family portrait session was held at a private family estate in Malibu. I just love getting any opportunity to photograph in a vineyard and this one is a special treat.  Malibu has such great architecture and landscape that finding places to photograph family and children is so easy. I just love these terra cotta walls & grassy landscapes.   Of course, I just love putting a vintage feel to these timeless family portraits!

I’m so excited that this has become a family tradition for the Taylor family for their Malibu summer vacation. I just love seeing the kids grow up!

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The Santa Ynez valley is one of may favorite places on earth!  Janine and Kekona had an amazing Los Olivos vineyard wedding at Fess Parker Winery & Vineyard.  Wine country weddings are just so special!  I just love taking the Bride and Groom into the vines for some portraits.  We even headed into the nice air conditioned barrel room for a few photographs. Fess Parker has some perfectly full tall vines.  I love Janine’s mason jar and hydrangea details.  I hope everyone got some Santa Ynez wine tasting in!

Getting ready | Santa Ynez Valley Marriott

Wedding Site | Fess Parker Vineyard

Wedding Coordinator | Crystal Clear Weddings

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Karyn and I headed out on an  adventure to take some portraits of Hayden. Since we are big wine lovers we took some baskets and headed to wine country.  Duck Pond Cellars was kind enough to let us take portraits in the vineyard.. I just love Oregon!  Hopefully these photos represent Hayden and Karyn’s family.  I can just see more family portraits in vineyards for years to come!

Pears are the state fruit of Oregon!

The wedding album has been designed! Exciting stuff!  Kim and Bill’s wedding album has been designed as a 10×8 horizontal thick coffee table album. This album will match their engagement album perfectly!  They had the most beautiful wedding and I hope this album does it justice.  It was so held at Firestone Crossroads Estate in Los Olivos.  I love photographing weddings in the Santa Ynez wine country.  The is nothing like a vineyard wedding with the warm Santa Ynez sun.

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I just finished ordering my sample album of Jennifer and David’s amazing wedding at Firestone Winery in Los Olivos. This winery is amazing! The weather in August up in Santa Ynez is perfect. We took some images in the Firestone barrel room as well as out in the Vineyard. The reception was held outside in the Firestone winery courtyard under the stars. It was perfection! For the album I wanted a cover that felt modern and vintage at the same time. I designed the cover in a distressed sepia to be printed on a metal cover. The accent leather is going to be a “biker chic”, which is a really nice blend between black and dark brown. I wanted to keep the album design clean and simple. Please enjoy the samples!

Here are some of my favorite spreads!

I met up with the Lowen’s for thier annual family portrait for the Christmas card. I was so excited that we got to use thier neighbor’s vineyard for the portrait session. There is nothing I love more then portraits in a vineyard at the golden hour. It’s the trifecta! ;)

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Super cute card to send out for Christmas this year!

I think the Firestone Vineyard Crossroads Estate is my most favorite place on earth! Ok maybe not on earth but definitely my number one for weddings. The Firestone barn is so rustic yet elegant. The vineyard landscape is so perfect just by itself that you don’t need many details. When Kim told me that they were getting married at Firestone Crossroads Estate I was so excited!!! Kim and Bill had the most beautiful Los Olivos vineyard wedding. I thought their details went just perfect in the barn. The weather was amazing and they were surrounded by friends and family. Who could ask for more. We did most of the photographs before the wedding so that Kim and Bill could enjoy the cocktail hour. I think it was worth it! The whole day was just perfect! Congratulations you two :)

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I was featured on the Wedding Party Blog again! Nice!! It’s always such a sweet suprise when you find out you’ve been featured.
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Jennifer and David got married at the beautiful Firestone Winery this weekend in Los Olivos. Firestone is one of my favorite places for weddings. Jennifer looked so amazing in her dress in the vineyard. We got some great photographs in the courtyard, barrel room and  Firestone vineyard. With the vineyard and Santa Maria BBQ it was the best Santa Ynez wedding. The food was so good!!!  I just love wine country!  I really was honored to photography Jennifer and David’s wedding. They are a great pair! Congratulations!!!!

Rebecca from Duet Weddings did a fabulous job giving Jennifer and David the wedding they dreamed of!

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