I've never had this option before at an eatery LOL -
But I guess if I had the choice that's what I would pick XD.
Without question.
(PS - the salad was actually amazing: Chicken Curry Salad at The Devil's Teeth in San Francisco. My boyfriend & my bestie's husband had the Special Breakfast sandwich on a biscuit. They do it up right.)
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e
Just chillin' with my new buddy.
Greetings from Australia!
I hope everybody has a smashing day :D!
~ e
Hannah & Ray, you guys are such a fun, spirited couple! I so loved shooting with you running around in the trees :) .
We even found a "magic tree" with the sunlight filtering in behind it! You guys made it so prettys X) .
"So. Although I don't take a lot of photos of people jumping, I started this collection a couple years back and am going to continue to do this until I'm 80 - so eventually there is going to be an 80-year-old woman jumping.
Not sure why, but that never stopped me before anyways Lol!"
Even the other side of the Force was with us today LOL!! 'Tis the power of wishes :D!
I was so happy and honored to be asked to be one of the volunteer photographers at this year's Walk for Wishes at the Orange County Great Park!
I've been shooting the walks for several years now, and I swear I always receive so much more than I ever can imagine I could ever give when working with these amazing Wish Kids, their families, & Wish Granters :) .
I love running around in the hills. Like really love it LOL. So what could possibly make this even better? Running around the hills with an Awesome Couple + Super bloom :D!! Yes!
Jordan & Jon are having a Destination Wedding in Cabo san Lucas next year (I am so super excited to fly over and shoot their wedding btw, Omg), and for their engagement session, they wanted to feature a place very near and dear to their hearts ~ Palos Verdes, where they both have spent much time and also now live :) .
Big Hero cup to save the day :D !
Editing & editing! Wishing everybody an awesome Wednesday - we got this guys!! LOL!
~ e
I also totally love the Rate Your Pain detail on the inside XD.
We are very happy to be featured on the Maharani Weddings site today for Tina & Kunal's beautiful wedding in San Diego :D. Yay!
We were also honored to have been featured on designers Shyamal & Bhumika's Instragram feed last week! Totally check them out, they have gorgeous pieces omg: www.shyamalbhumika.com
Read MoreMeet "Hedgy", busy keeping the wedding ring safe.
He is the fuzzy friend of the wonderful sister of the bride (he also loves a good macaron).
Cannot resist the cute XD!!
<3,
~ e
This was Totally a first for me!
I was out shooting with Elise & Kristopher (one of my awesome couples :) in Venice, CA for their engagement session when we met Travis, who was working away on one of the public walls by the skatepark.
I had no idea btw that there were legal public spaces available to anyone who wants to create graffiti art!
Here's a link to learn more!
http://venice311.org/venice-beach-park/venice-public-art-graffiti-walls/
I've always loved & supported street art so this is pretty darn cool if I do say so :D.
We struck up a conversation with him, and the next thing we know, he's tagging their last name on a wall so we can take some shots with it!
LOL Travis, you totally made our day - you seriously rock \m/ .
Travis, you are shirtless & also awesome XD! Here he is tagging their name on the wall!
The situation was very serendipitous, as we had scheduled this mini shoot due to the fact that a couple weeks ago we had to end our session a little early due to really crazy, unexpected, high winds - LOL as you can see from the image below!
This day though, ended with a beautiful sunset :) .
Elise & Kris, I had a blast shooting with you both and cannot wait for your wedding next month :D!!
Stay cool,
~ e :)
LOL!! We love it when our couples and their families ask us to take selfies with them XD !!
From the mehndi, to the beautiful day of their Nikkah (gorgeous weather, shooting by the sea), and then on the day of the Walima (when we shot both in downtown Long Beach and by the super cool lighthouse by the shore! :) , we had a blast and such a warm welcome from them and from their loved ones.
Congratulations again guys!!! I can't wait to start editing!
Spread that Aloha! :)
~ e
Wishing everybody lots of love today :) ,
~e
By Artist "K" @exit.enter.k, Florence, Italy
Natalie's wish was to be a ballerina - so Make-A-Wish teamed up with Subaru USA to make it happen :) ! After a red carpet welcome and a few rehearsals, she danced on stage at the beautiful Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles in front of a crowd of family and friends, alongside three amazing professional dancers. She was absolutely perfect. Rock that tutu, girl :D !!
It is always an honor and a joy to work with these wonderful people and all of the incredible wish kids! The experience is amazing and very humbling at the same time - and I always feel like I am gifted so much more from it than I give.
This is just one of my favorite shots of the day.
Much love,
~ e
"So. Although I don't take a lot of photos of people jumping, I started this collection a couple years back and am going to continue to do this until I'm 80 - so eventually there is going to be an 80-year-old woman jumping.
Not sure why, but that never stopped me before anyways Lol!"
Wow! I have never seen so much snow in Mammoth, not even from way back in the day when I used to go skiing with my folks. It was sooo pretty, but not very good for driving in Lol - Hwy 395 was completely closed for 2 days! But we got really, really good at digging out cars from the snowbanks and putting on chains XD! And what about the bread at Erik Schat's on the way back in Bishop, eh? Yay!
We also made a Snow Chicken! He lives in a snow cave LOL.
Powder for DAYS!!!
Stay warm :) ,
~ e
Who wouldn't want to write with a little tuna roll?? All we had to do to win you was to eat 15 plates of sushi LOL!
My boyfriend took me to Kula Revolving Sushi Bar in Torrance, and I was very pleasantly impressed! Just the fact that I get to watch food revolve all around me pretty much makes it for me X) , but much of the sushi is quite tasty for the price (although our go-to in LA is still Sugarfish of course :), and there is also a really cool secondary conveyor belt: it's right alongside the regular one and delivers any made-to-order food right to your table! I want to go back and take a video of this, since right before your plate leaves the kitchen on the belt, you hear a "Ding-Dong!" doorbell sound lol!
Cannot resist the cute!!
~ e
"So. Although I don't take a lot of photos of people jumping, I started this collection a couple years back and am going to continue to do this until I'm 80 - so eventually there is going to be an 80-year-old woman jumping.
Not sure why, but that never stopped me before anyways Lol!"
We traveled to Virginia to work with one of our awesome couples, Preeti & Aman - I absolutely love them, they're so cool :) . About an hour or so after we landed, we were welcomed with open arms at the mehndi, where we were treated to homemade Indian food :D (Omg totally one of our favorite kinds of food - other than traditional after-wedding ramen of course Lol)! It was soooo good - we felt super lucky!!
Preeti waiting for her mehndi to dry!
They're so cute, thank you so much again you guys!!
We then took advantage of arriving three days before the wedding to shoot some detail shots of Preeti's jewelry and the couple's wedding outfits! From chatting with her I knew that she really loved nature and greenery, so I totally wanted to incorporate this theme into her photos as much as I could. It just so happened that there was a very lush forest-y area in the back of her parents' home which turned out to be really fun to work with! This still is one of my favorite wedding jewelry series I've done to date - can I take the forest with me on all of my shoots Lol? I would really, really like that.
Thank you Adam, for all the cool shots of Aman's outfit too!
The next two days of shooting were so much fun as well. We had a blast at both the Sangeet and on the Big Day, and were so grateful and honored to be a small part of this amazing celebration :) .
Thank you so much again Preeti & Aman! You guys are the best, and many congratulations again!
~ e
"Scorps", our super rad scorpion car (aka the Fiat 595 Abarth hehe) took us on many an adventure after Matt & Michelle's amazing castle wedding. Here are just a few images from our travels :) .
After eating ALL of the gelato (lol see previous post!) we explored more of the beautiful city of Siena.
I have a thing for windows :).
Firenze! :D Photo cred: Adam Dotson
We had to try it just once LOL. Courtesy of Adam's iPhone.
We totally wanted to stop here LOL!
Ciao for now!
~ e
In the castle town of Siena there is a magical place. A VERY magical place.
It is called La Vecchia Latteria. And inside there is the most AMAZING, Awesomest, most delicious gelato we have ever tasted!!! :O We don't claim to be gelato experts by any means, but all we know is that we believe it to be what all other gelato only dreams of being LOL.
OMG we went back literally 5 times in 2 days haha.
Ciao!
~ e
I had always wanted to learn how to use a bow and arrow. I had No Idea the time when I would learn was at San Gimignano a castle city in Tuscany :D !
Photo cred! Adam Dotson
Here's Adam getting ready to go! He had shot before so wasn't a n00b like me hehe.
My badass gauntlet!
After saying goodbye to Castello di Gabbiano, we headed to Firenze! Our Airbnb was awesome, but we came to the conclusion that perhaps people were not as tall wayyyy back in the day during medieval times when they built it - lol or at least they were my height XD (as I am slightly vertically-challenged hehe).
We then drove Scorps to Cinque Terre, one of Italy's coastal towns - Omg unreal!
Nobody is getting into our place XD! Although it was not made for Adam-sized people LOL!!
Crazy Locks!!
Just washing the dishes lol.
In Cinque Terre
