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remember this little dreamboat from hawaii with the smith's?

while in salt lake I shot some lifestyle family portraits for his family. wait till you see his brother! these two boys are really something. gorgeous for one, adorable, smart, silly, flirty...everything you would want from a little boy.

I terrorized the house with my photo making while whitney feed us all sorts of delicious food from liberty heights fresh (love this market), brownies, salsa, fruit. whit and brian, can we move in? not a joke.

we love our smith/cripe family. can't wait for you to see the rest of your images.

just a taste...

back from a super awesome work weekend in the great state of utah.

this wedding was off the hook...wait till you see the bride. wowzas! the rain even took a break so we could frolic in the ginormous backyard reception (complete with stream and trampoline). SO fun!

iguassu falls

after rio we spent a couple days exploring the beautiful falls on both the brazil and argentine sides. I was really quite impressed. my favorite part was strolling down the green walkway and having the mist from the falls cool down our hot bods. I generally really love mists of all kinds. we also took a boat ride up really close to one of the falls...I think it shattered one of my ear drums (ok, not really)...but I did learn water force is no laughing matter. oh, and grant took some photos of some rascally varmets that wandered down the paths next to us that maybe I will post later. oh, and we at some coconut popsicles that were really good.

hello utah

grant and I leave for utah today to shoot kindra's and marty's wedding on friday. last time we were there it looked like this (refer to above photos)....this time maybe it will look different? I did hear it was raining a lot. I have to admit this kind of excites me. I love summer thunderstorms in utah. (just as long as they don't ruin my weenie roast up millcreek canyon saturday night!)

(all images taken from my parents back deck)

more night shots- copacabana beach

all the locals were so freaked out that we were walking around the beach and boardwalk at night with cameras around our neck. they keep motioning for us to hide our cameras. there were tons of people on the beach and small children kicking soccer balls....I just didn't feel unsafe... oh and ps. no one messes with me while i'm shooting. no one.

copacabana at night

never to late to order some coco gelato in a black speedo.

corvovado- rio de janeiro

I've never seen more people pose "spread eagle"..to copy cat the statue. hilarious.

it was beautiful. well worth half a day to get up close and personal with such an unmistakable landmark.

more of this

remember broek from here, here and here? well...it's broek's birthday today! happy birthday broeky! I will be killing it with her on the dance floor later tonight.

thinking about broek, got me thinking about this shoot, which got me thinking about how much I like shooting editorial/fashion stuff.

if any of you extremely good looking blog readers thinks you are the right candidate for a similar shoot or know of someone who may be interested in getting creative and artsy and free thinking and awesome in front of my camera, let a woman know!

also, if you want to donate styling or makeup/hair services we could just take this whole idea by storm and blow up in some publications.

I just want to take photos. lots of photos.

pairs

the lack of swimsuit on the beaches in rio was amazing. why wear anything?

we're hoping for a beach day tomorrow in san clemente. weather please cooperate. rachel will probably be wearing a little more than the brazen brazilians....but you never know with grant.

(honeymoon in brazil photos continuing on monday).
happy 1st weekend of june lovelys!

been busy

I know my posts have been lacking lately. I have tons of stuff I am editing through that I can't wait to share (honeymoon film!).....but this week has been go go girls camp.

I am in charge of planning my church's girls camp, for ages 12-18, and it's kind of like a part time job.

last year turned out great and being at camp is so amazing, but the planning...oh the planning.

tonight is one our first meetings and this is a little flyer I designed for it (thanks julia for prompt leaf removal and thanks istock for the illustration).

camp on the brain!

sippy

the inside of my brother and sister in law's dishwasher.

when you visit, chances are you'll be drinking out of a princess cup.

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tess & adam's wedding is the new black.

thanks:

frolic
hello lucky
little winter bride
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wedding bee pro

for spreading the love.

why we love orange county

and believe me, they are ALL open 24 hours.

firsts

(I stole these off her blog..I'm guessing they were taken by her genius husband)

one of my very best friends is having a baby in a week. their first baby. their first baby girl. a lot of "firsts". I seriously have butterflys in my stomach for her. I wish so badly her "new OC" was in the "real OC" so I could be there before and after. so I could hug with her, cry with her, curse with her. so I could photograph so many of those "firsts". I will be spending a week with them in july but that's too far away!

I am so happy for them and love their family so much.

aunt rachel is going to spoil that baby girl rotten.