What's black and white and green all over?

The answer is 

One of the most beautiful bridal showers I have ever attended.  My niece Kendall is getting married in January and is currently at the height of her "shower season".  It began with this

elegant affair a few weeks ago to start off the young couple with just the right "seasoning".  The hostess Kim left no detail unchecked.  Everything was stunning.  I can't wait for this wedding. I'll be shooting the wedding with Eric of LOOK photography.

If it's anything like this shower,  the evening will be just grand.  

A few shots of the details...

Kim and Danielle (mother of the bride) checking out the details on the tables...

Some of the guests outside...

Dinner is served... the maid of honor, Dani, and fair weather reporter in Idaho for Local News 8...

A personal detail hand made by the hostess, Kim.  Seriously special.  She made these hangers/ placement tags for each guest.  Wow~

A view of the room...

Kendall and the gals on the other side....

A big yummy canvas from me for the new couple taken right after he popped the all time 

big question and got a huge "YES"

Time for just one game of "Newlyweds" with Brandon answering questions on DVD...



What is Kendall's favorite store?  You could hear a pin drop waiting for Brandon to answer this question....dude, don't get this wrong....

And there was lots of this....


And plenty of this....I think they will be busy playing with all of it.

Check out the details of their upcoming wedding day here

Congratulations Little k!!

I am thankful for....

moments of joy when finding the perfect shell....

Happy Thanksgiving!

After any day spent in an emergency room, it's not hard to realize how much I have to be thankful for.
I wish for all of you a meaningful day however you choose to spend it. I am thankful for the guy I am stuck in traffic with.
He makes everyday just a little bit better. Now go stuff yourself. What are you doing here?

Playing in the rain...

I am not sure how I got so behind. It happens. I am catching up though. I'll be playing catch up for the next couple of weeks. If only they didn't expect me to show up at the hospital. I would be golden. I am posting a few pictures of an edit I just finished today; my good friend and faithful blog reader Miss Kendyl, or Mrs Kendyl, I should say. I have known her since she was a little one, and now she has adorable little ones of her own.
As I am typing this, I am listening to the sound of the rain moving in. Faintly at first, but now its pouring. It's fitting that I am posting these pictures now because it also rained us out on this same morning. In fact, I think it was the last time it rained in southern California when we took these just about a month ago. I really hope we get just a little more rain to atleast keep the brush damp for awhile, but certainly not enough to cause mudslides and havoc for those who just lost their homes and neighborhoods. This rainfall is about a week overdue. I would have loved to have seen it rain ten days ago.

It was really unfortunate that we were rained on...Katelyn and Justin took it in stride. We stayed dry just long enough for a pretty quick shoot. Hopefully, we'll get together again in the near future and shoot in some drier conditions.

















There was a swell moving in this day as well. This picture was taken just before a wave engulfed my camera bag (note to self: put it up on the rocks) and covered my shoes up to my ankles. Unbelieveably, everything inside my backpack was dry. Thank you Canon.





















Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!