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Northern Wisconsin
09.04.10
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| A photo that I took on my trip in early August to Northern Wisconsin. It was beautiful up there. Can't wait to share the wedding images that were taken behind these trees! |
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Lucy
07.11.10
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| One of my closest friends was pregnant for 6 months. She found out that she was going to have a baby girl and immediately named her Lucy. Lucy had severe complications that led to a very early delivery. My friend asked me to photograph her time in room 614. |
The staff at the Evanston Hospital were incredible. I have never seen anything like it. My hat goes off to nurses everywhere. They were unbelievable.
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| Little Lucy did not make it. She was loved. A lot. |
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The Big Storm
06.29.10
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Last week, I headed out to photograph the aftermath of the huge storm that we had. I am SO glad I did! I love these images so much. Matt from I Do Films came along for the ride. Check out their work too. It's awesome!
These were all taken around 830pm in Evanston and Wilmette. The colors were insane! |
| The view from right outside of my place in Evanston. |
| The Bahai Temple in Wilmette. |
| I swear this is a water fountain at the Bahai Temple. I swear. |
| Such a cool night. I need to grab my camera for personal work more often! |
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California Dreamin'
05.07.10
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California. I love you!
My pre-wedding season trip to California was worth every penny. I always love going to Northern California. It has to be one of the prettiest places ever! It was great to be able to photograph so much personal work. I started off in Napa. Amazing!
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| Sonia Roselli happened to be in Napa the weekend that I arrived. We had a little photo journey around wine country. Here is a shot of her husband Nick in awe of all of the wine! |
| Sonia and Nick. Sonia was WORKING the camera in this shot! |
| Let's talk about the light. If you are shooting in California and you can't get amazing photos, just quit taking photos. Seriously. How can you take a bad photo with the California light?! |
| I stayed the night in Napa, waved to Sonia and Nick and then headed to the coast. Highway one IS my favorite place so far. I drove the coast a few years ago and I am sure it never gets old. I want to set up a tent and just stay in this spot forever... |
| This was a message board from a state park along the coast. I stayed at this park when I drove the coast a few years ago. What a sad little message board. |
| Another place to set up camp!! |
| Bury me here, I would be cool with that. |
| I crossed over this bridge on my way to the giant redwoods... |
| I could look at this forever! These are some of my favorites... |
I ended my journey at Jenny Elwick's! I love Jenny. Jenny used to photograph weddings with me in Chicago but she moved back to California to be closer to her family. After this trip, I can see why! If you haven't already, you should check out Jenny's awesome wedding work HERE.
She lives in Petaluma, CA. Petaluma is yet another place in California that I could call home. It was a great town!
Here are a few things that I noticed when I arrived! |
| Poor Jenny. Her best friends broke right before I showed up. Shoes stink. Sandals rule. |
| Her sister just threw these together for Jenny's new studio... |
| I had to grab some tissue to contain the tears of joy for the California weather. Yeah, that was a little cheesy. I know. |
| Um, this is in Jenny's backyard. WHAT?! |
| Her very cool 'art' barn... |
We decided to take a road trip to Jenny's ceremony site. I will be photographing her wedding this fall.
Jenny and her fiance, Scott, had to take care of their sick little kitty before we left. He was hit by a car and lost one of his nine lives but he is fine now! Poor thing. |
| He took the meds like a pro! |
| But he was not impressed with these meds! |
| We finally arrived at her ceremony site... The sign alone got me excited for the big day! |
| She was excited about that. =) |
| This is it! Imagine this site filled with Jenny and Elaine dreams. Elaine is her sister. LOVE Elaine. She is crazy like me. |
| This was the local movie theater. It's like out of a movie set?! Crazy. |
| These movie posters were painted under the marquis. |
| And this one was too. Oops. The Birds IS coming?! =) FAIL! |
| And then we headed back to Petaluma. Our drive back was pretty interesting... |
| Um, words cannot describe. We almost ran off the road when we noticed the man-nun. |
| And no, we did not do this. =( |
| This place just existed there. AMAZING! I loved this old barn. |
| Jenny got her camera out for this one! |
| I took a few shots of Jenny and we were on our way to Bodega Bay. |
| I really love these photos of her! |
| Bodega Bay is where they filmed Hitchcock's movie, The Birds. Here is the actual church from the film. |
| And this was a lucky shot!!! The steeple from the church with a possessed bird flying over it. |
| I am still not sure how we ended up shooting at the races in Petaluma but I loved that RV in the parking lot! |
| A quick shot of the fans watching the race and we went back to Jenny's place. |
| I love this shot of her barn at the end of the night. |
| The next day was her birthday! I was lucky enough to be a part of it. They had planned a Wizard Of Oz theme. Jenny loves her rainbows! =) |
| And they even had a disco bouncy house! |
| The bounce house was a huge hit... |
| Love this one of her brother! |
| And then the house died. Sad. |
| But it didn't matter because her brother cooked for everyone! |
| Jenny's mom tearing up some chicken! =) |
| Oh no! The princess gets it. |
| This cute little family showed up and I could not stop taking photos of this guy! =) |
| Star Wars and Wizard Of Oz all in one day... |
| Scott was pondering all of the clean up that was going to have to take place the next day! |
| Jenny's sister, Elaine under the rainbow... |
| And then Jenny destroyed the rainbow... |
| Her mock proposal to Scott. |
| And then we took a few photos with the cool artwork that her brother created for the big day... |
| Not sure who is playing who in this shot but I know her wedding will be a piece of cake. Her family is crazy! Me likes. |
| And finally, Jenny and Scott... |
| Thanks for letting me crash with you both. I loved experiencing your own version of Oz. I can't wait to come back!! |
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Going Home Again
04.30.10
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Here are a few shots from my last trip home.
He was NOT impressed. Would you be with those stupid things on your head?!! |
| The hardest little girl to photograph. Of course, I love a challenge! =) |
| My aunt Janet with Molly. |
| She does smile in mid-air. =) |
| This was his way of telling me, this shoot is over! |
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