summer lovin'

and after almost nine years of it, well, tell me more tell me more...

sara and doug. one of THEE most happiest, sweetest, adorablest (SO a word), kindest, good hearted, loving couples you will ever meet. and I do mean ever. we met back in the day of "twiggy" and "charlie's angels" tiny t-shirts (I know, I was *so* cool...) and even then, I just *knew* that these two lovebirds were in it for the long haul.

summer sun, somethin' had beGUN.





and love would never be defined the same again. sara and doug, you two set the standard for some seriously true happiness, with a side of the best laughter and fun-natured spirits ever. you just can't help it.
and why would you want to? please, love away!





summer heat, boy and girl meet...





















even with just a bit of sass, they cannot help but exude those loving glances....





meOW! sara, I think you get more beautiful every time I see you. how DARE you!







beach grass. just for you, doug. (okay, this one is more like greenness, from leaves on trees. trees that are kind of funny. like climbing the rope in gym class kind of funny. poor sara....and you STILL smile. really.)






*love* and LOVE.





yeah. I know. cutest and sweetest little couple evah. did I mention they have two "babies??" named winnie and pooh, nonetheless....I know. way. too. cute.






SO cute.



oh, and doug thinks I am *so* funny. you do, doug. remember?? (I am still discerning why however...)







SO sweet.





a little urban love, on the beach.





enough already. really. you two make love look like a walk in the lake. (that was for you, doug...)





happy. gorgeous. in love.








summer days driftin' away......


but ah, those summer nights.
and I am quite sure there will be a many, many more of them.

chicago love, with an order of awesome on the side

make that an extra large one. because this couple? SO cool. not only was I so honored to shoot them in chiCAgo of all places (it is just cool. I don't know.) but little did I know how much fun I was in for. and love. a whole lot of it. they just can't help themselves, that is just who they are. two incredible people in LOVE. after ten years I might mention. what better reason for a shoot then a ten year anniversary I say?? well how about some fabulous lighting to boot. yes my friends, this shoot is one for the books....
tonya and jeremy, those adorable baby ducklings had NOthin on you...

*love*

and before this lovefest progresses with more images of amazingness courtesy of this fantastic couple, I must say how *easy* they made it for me, too.
me- I like the lighting here. I like this fence. I like these stairs, this path, this graffiti, I like this super sketchy muddy area by the water with swarms of little bugs.......etc etc.
them- yes. to it ALL. and then they were just off. talking, laughing, being super awesome, in LOVE. because again, that is just what they do.
ten years. meh. because in hollywood that is more like forty, right guys??


hello gorgeous.


ah, super *love.*








really *love*



did I mention the crazy ridicuously awesome lighting? oh. my. word. and trees. lots of them. I really really like trees. and gorgeous people walking amongst them.







many, many times I wished that I could have been in on their conversations because I have a feeling, they were the best EVER.






SO cool. (and a really cool tree makes cool like WAY cool...



reflections are kind of super awesome, wouldn't you say??



rwar.






this is what love looks like.



because when you are soulmates and your soul is kind, good, and wonderful to begin with, everything else just sort of falls into place.

kind of like love. and a whole lot like life.

keith and kelly engagement session

can I even begin to describe my insane nerves at the anticipation of meeting THE couple whose wedding I am to photograph in only a few short months? hardly. I mean, this is a HUGE thing, huge. I want it to be beyond perfection and capture every emotion they feel that day. but from the moment kelly's gracious smile and keith's warm gestures graced my presence, I knew not only would our engagement session be filled with ease and amazing fun, but that my nerves would hardly be able to withstand the anticipation of the opportunity to shoot their big day. I am SO excited and thrilled to be there as their love is shared by those closest to them....you guys are just THE coolest.


asking me to pick a favorite from our day together? impossible. but two images do stand out as absolutely stunning to me....followed by an insane amount of laughter and love that exude every shot..and this isn't even a third of them...

THE definition of love in three images....

I'm pretty sure my sweet humor prompted this moment.....laughing with me, not at me, that is...

this was all keith...

look at the foundation of trust already...

ohhh, jordan and angela!!!

kelly has this infectious laugh and personality...how could you NOT smile being around her.....

you're such a big, squishy teddy bear, keith!

ahhh, love....

I mean seriously, could they BE any more fun and in love? marriage is going to be such an amazing adventure for you both and I am so grateful to be a small part of it.