{Ryan + Samantha | Engagement Session @ Birch Aquarium | San Diego, CA | January 2012}
There is a very LARGE grip-load of eye candy coming to Google readers (via LKM blog) near you. Here area few teasers from Ryan + Samantha's gut-wrenchingly beautfiul engagement session shot on the property of Birch Aquarium at Scripps College, UC San Diego. Stand by...
{Dan + Erin | Vintage-Meets-Urban Inspired Downtown Tucson Engagement Session | Janaury 2012}
I thought that shooting in La Placita in downtown Tucson would be too cliche. But you get a couple like Erin and Dan to unleash, be real, enjoy each other, share a few inside jokes, laugh, trip, embarass themselves gloriously so--and you could stick 'em in front of cardboard boxes and still have a spread worth a million bucks. Oh the color!! My gosh, these two burst with such a raw, goofy delight in each other--my face hurts from smiling. | lkm
(above) check out their vert! they nailed the 'jump' on the first try. standing ovation please.
that pole little kiss moment there was purely spontaneous. Dan--you're so suave.
erin's grin in these middle-of-the-street/my-photographer-is-going-to-kill-us images...was favorite.
so we found this truck...
kinda random. but i'm a fan. 
'hey dan, grab erin's hand and frolick gleefully down the alley and then embrace each other in than corridor.'
i can't get over how perfectly the tones of what they were wearing meshed with the wall...
so the day was mostly overcast which is often some of the BEST natural-soft-box-style lighting you can get....but I was secretly a little bummed that we missed out on some of that golden flare when a session ends with a sunset-provided epic finale....... and yet...... 
there was a band playing in downtown that night. Just as dan and erin were getting into the car i knew i had to cease the moment. quickly. before we lost momentum. and boy did these two deliver :)
Dan + Erin, we love you guys. You are SUCH a treat. Lawson & I still can't wait for our double date. Thank you for trusting me with these memories. So so blessed to be a part of this special season with you guys! | lkm
{Dan + Erin | Vintage-Inspired Downtown Tucson Engagement Session | January 2012}
Planning this shoot with Erin was a blast. There was a grip of giggly emails passed back and forth with 40s hair-dos, accessories, ideas and inspirations. We planned to meet an hour early so i could plan out the 'storyboard' of the afternoon extravaganza. We assessed our collection, kept the looks softly inspired, downed a good solid cup of blond (nods to Starbucks baristas), applied (nervously) that darn long-last lipstick stuff three times before getting it just right, touched up Erin's soft curls, oggled Dan's impressive collection of caps and suspenders, and hit the road!
these highschool sweethearts are so comfortable with each other :)
I didn't even tell her to pop that heel :)
Love this reflection image...
I started to say something like...'Hey Dan, could you give me a flirty lean and-- and then I stopped talking because they just melted right into eachother. No instructions needed.
The way she looks at him...
a bit o' bliss...
this whole series made me laugh so much. Dan is just so stinkin' goofy.
Oh and this is just the beginning. Check back on Friday for part 2 of Dan and Erin's e-session... I know. I know. I'm mean aren't I. It's worth the wait though. If that makes you feel any better :)
Sarah & Josh are getting married next May and I had the ripe privilege of shooting their engagement pictures while in Central Florida last month. According to Sarah's mom, there is WAY too much kissing going on in these pictures. But I'm pretty sure Sarah just nodded and say, 'Yup! It's perfect.' Sarah & Josh, thank you so much for letting me hang out with you two for an afternoon, get up 'in your business', ask you to smooch more often than might be healthy, and all that stuff that makes me smile about my job. We're just gonna have check and see if we get to hang out again...oh, like say, next May?! ;) 
