This is the Lake District. Lake Como and Lake Maggiore. Note: there was a model at the Milan train station that briefly gave me smeyes. Be sure to click below to see more photos!
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Paris. It may be cliche, but I’m in love with Paris
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I’m going to start a series on my blog titled, “Reasons to go to: ….someplace.” It’ll be minimal text, mainly just a bunch of photos I took while walking around when traveling. There is a slim chance that these posts will be few and far between, but hey, having this will make me take a few more vacation/leisure photos whenever I travel now. The good thing is, I’ve got 3 lined up because of my recent European trip. So, I’m going to kick off the first part of this brand new series with London! Enjoy!
P.S. If anyone is at all interested, I’m happy to offer any of these images as affordable, custom fine art matted prints. Please send me an email if you’re interested!
Back in early June, I took a last minute trip to Auckland, New Zealand. Part vacation, part smoking hot deal. Can you believe Air New Zealand was running a 48 hour sale from Los Angeles LAX to Auckland for only $400 round trip? I couldn’t believe it either. So, I quickly put up a post on FB/twitter to see if anyone wanted to take advantage. Lucky for me, Jerri Ann and Anthony were down for this crazy idea! As soon as there was interest, we started chatting and it became real. They were willing to take their engagement pictures in Auckland, thinking they could also make it a pre-wedding honeymoon. So, two hours before the sale ended, we purchased flights and started researching locations. I couldn’t believe that I was going to New Zealand!
You have to understand one thing about this situation. In 7th grade, I had a geography teacher named Mr. Coates (I think) who talked about NZ and Australia during class. I remember him talking about how the weather in NZ is nearly perfect year round and just so gorgeous. From that class in 7th grade, I decided to one day go to NZ and see for myself. Well, 15 years later, I get to. However, since it was a last minute trip (3 week heads up), I could only stay for 2.5 days. Yes, less than 100 hours. But, it was worth it.
Meet Jerri Ann and Anthony. Their wedding isn’t until August, but I think they would’ve eloped in New Zealand on top of Lion Rock if they could have. They’re adventurous people who love nature, love each other, and love randomly breaking out in song together in the car. So, our engagement shoot turned into a 1.5 day shoot and exploratory musical adventure. We started off at Brick Bay Winery, where we found vineyards, cheese, and sheep. Then, the next day, we headed to the top of Mt. Eden (a dormant volcano) and took some incredible photos with downtown Auckland as the backdrop. That afternoon, we headed 45 minutes west to the Waitakere Ranges and Piha beach, home to Lion Rock. It’s incredible to me to start in downtown, drive 35 minutes, be inside the mountains of northern New Zealand, and then drive 10 more minutes to get to the beach. It takes me 45 minutes to drive from downtown Dallas to the suburbs of Plano. All highway.
Lastly, you’ll find a few images from the actual “vacation.” We had the pleasure of having Kim Le and 1 of her couples join us in New Zealand as well. We had a great time exploring the city together and just running around taking pictures. You’ll see a few of the non-engagement photos near the end, including a really strange GOLDEN ice cream bar, freshly caught fish and chips (OMG YUM), and a group photo in front of the Waitakere Ranges. (and you’ll see why I try to stay behind the lens, not in front of it :p) Enjoy!
P.S. It should go without saying that I love traveling and would go back to New Zealand ANY day for ANY reason! Plus, I still want to visit Hobbiton!
I had the fortunate pleasure of hanging out with Abby and Matt a few months ago for their engagement session. They took me to a local ice cream shop called Wild About Harry’s in the charming Knox-Henderson area of Dallas. It’s one of their favorite date spots. We also stopped by Lakeside Park and lastly, the top floor of Matt’s parking garage.
So everyone knows that heat melts ice cream. Put that ice cream in Texas and you increase the speed at which said ice cream melts. Then, add in Abby and Matt, who are hot for each other (as you’ll see), and the ice cream reverts back into milk. Seriously.
Abby and Matt brought their A game to this shoot. Abby showed us that Loubitins aren’t just for wedding dresses and Matt showed us how to keep a straight face while standing 15 stories above downtown. Do you realize how awesome my clients are??
Abby and Matt are getting married in October and I can’t wait for their big day! (to see what other life threatening things I can get Matt to do.)
