it's one of the most important days of a bride's life and she's put a lot (time + money) into looking her best. here are 3 tips to making sure you get every detail within the session!




1. start farther away to get the bride warmed up to the camera. if her groom is nearby, have her look over at him and you'll definitely get a genuine smile. you can have her turn her back to you to get a full length photo of the dress in the back. another pose i do is having the bride take a few steps back and slowly walk toward me while looking down, to the side and back at me when i tell her to.

my family visited san francisco when i was really little, so i don't remember much of the big city. so my sister and i decided the other day to take a little trip over to the bay area. we didn't plan ahead, just decided on places to go on a whim! we had a great time! we began our day at twin peaks to see the beautiful view of the city skyline. we then headed down to the fisherman's wharf where we ate at Boudin for lunch. they are famous for their delicious sourdough bread (+ they even make cute sourdough bread animals too!) i ate the sourdough bread bowl with tomato soup and steph had the sourdough pizza. both were delicious and warmed us up because it was a little chilly out. we walked around the pier and looked in the stores then decided to head over to Alamo park to see the painted ladies. we kept singing the "full house" theme song in our heads. (ohh thank you 90's) 
til next time san francisco...

here's a little video of our quick trip to San Francisco! my sister and i decided spontaneously to visit the big city so we made it happen. i'll be posting the photos soon!

+ with a little help from youtube and now having a wonderful iMac, i am so excited to start sharing a little film from the trips we take! perfect timing for our big trip coming up to poland and denmark.

last week my sister and i took a little road trip to visit my mom and relatives in reno! one thing i love about living in sacramento is how close you are to different places. san francisco not too far on one side and lake tahoe/reno on the other! my mom was in reno to visit her sister so we drove over to spend time with her. we went shopping, ate cupcakes, treated ourselves to pedicures and went out to lunch at a yummy restaurant downtown to celebrate my aunt's birthday. we had a great time visiting but it was so nice coming home to a loving husband who missed me dearly. ;)