Oh hey! Head on over to Ruffled to check out our latest feature! We had a friggin blast working on this bright, summery, Independence Day inspired styled shoot, made possible by some amazingly talented industry folks. And a big ol thanks to Ruffled for the stunning feature, a snippet of which is below … our favorites from the shoot soon to come!

Awesome Radical Vendor Creds …  Styling + Design: E Events Co. // Florals: Tessa’s Garden // Gowns: Daughters of Simone // Hair: Malina Terra // Makeup: Kelly Jones // Paper Goods: Vellum & Vogue // Desserts: Pure Bliss Baking // Wood Table: Alibi Interiors // Rentals: Frances Lane // Bride: Erin Edmonson // Groom: Mike Coover // Venue: Castle House + Garden

 

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We love love love this sweet lil fam. We had the pleasure of shooting these three a little while back on a gorgeous evening to capture not only Emily + Pat’s engagement, but the incredibly special age Mele was at (no longer a babe, not quite yet a toddler). These guys are some of the nicest people you’ll meet and we love every minute we get to hang around them. We absolutely cannot WAIT for their wedding this summer. Here’s just a few from our (PIGTAIL FILLED!) evening together.

 

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Our first wedding of the season, guys (ya, we’re just a little bit backed up with the blog posts). And it happens to be one that is incredibly close to our hearts. These two wonderful people knew each other in middle school, but didn’t connect until later in life, thanks to a little matchmaking scheme by yours truly. As individuals, Mike and Christina are the best kind of people, and we’ve had the gift of their friendship before becoming a couple for many years. As a team, their radness has only multiplied, they share an incredibly deep love, they’re considerate, strong, ambitious, inspiring, adventurous, and have created one hell of a beautiful family. Riding the wild ride that is parenting with these two (our boys are 5 months apart) has been a friggin hilarious pleasure, and one of the most precious gifts for us as we try to find our stride as parents, while keeping in touch with the people we once were pre-child. Life is just all around better with Mike + Christina as a part of it, we’re so lucky to have them in ours. And their recent wedding in Kauai couldn’t have been more perfect (even with the tropical storm that blew through). Here’s our (super long) take on their awesome celebration.

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So, if you haven’t noticed, we’ve been diggin on the North Coast (area between Santa Cruz and say Pescadero-ish) A LOT lately. There really is no place like it (especially when the wind comes whipping through there and you happen to catch a killer sunset or thick rolling fog). Also, the mustard flower fields have been just so good to us lately. When this lovely bride-to-be told me her favorite color was yellow, and her awesome hubby-to-be proposed to her at a lighthouse, I practically insisted we hit up Pigeon Point and the surrounding wildflower fields for their sweet engagement shoot. “Can we bring our dogs?” the answer is always YES. We had a magical evening with these lovers and their furry children. Warning: more North Coast, more yellow flowers, more radicalness. Enjoy!

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In the midst of meeting/photographing strangers that quickly become friends, which is totally awesome in its own right, we occasionally get the chance to document precious chapters of our oldest and dearest friends’ lives. It is a crazy special honor for us. Matt has known the papa in this little family for Zack’s entire life and they were raised together more like cousins than friends. In fact, you might recognize Zack from other shoots we’ve done, including his own engagement and his brother Jake’s wedding (the first wedding we ever shot). This family means SO MUCH to us and to be having/raising children at the same time as them is just about as good as it gets. This blog post is unique in that we’re sharing their sweet fog-filled maternity session AND their cuddly little newborn session all at once (our backed-up blogging schedule is for once working in our favor 😉 ) And wait until you lay your eyes upon the heart-melting little Madison! We hope you enjoy a few of our favs from both of these very special shoots.

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Holy moly! We were totally beyond thrilled when an oldie but goodie wedding was published in the Spring 2014 Today’s Bride SF Magazine! We got this news (and tons of copies of the magazine) a little while ago, but neglected to share on our blog, so here it is! A big heaping thanks to Today’s Bride SF for the beautiful feature, and to Katie of Wiley Weddings for designing/planning/sharing this wonderful wedding.

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