Traveling has been a passion of mine since I got my first passport at 6 months old (no joke!) I sat on my moms lap and made gaga sounds at the photographer. I started traveling alone at age 6 to visit my Aunt in Missouri every Summer. I haven't stopped since. Where I go, my camera follows. I love experiencing new places and capturing each one in my own way.
Blogging from Maui today! Aloha! I thought that would be appropriate since this cute couple got married on Maui themselves. 
Brea contacted me last year to set up a session for their vacation to San Diego! Brea’s parents met in SD and on their anniversary of the day they first met, Brea, Steve + I took some awesome photos around Balboa Park (where her parents later married). Brea is an awesome photographer in the Baltimore area so we snuck in some headshots for her as well!
I posted an Anniversary session a few months back and Jen posted on my Facebook that she loved the idea! After a little bit of chatting, we realized we would be in Maui at the same time – one year after they got married! It was fate. We stopped at some gorgeous spots around the island and celebrated their last year of bliss!
I met Karen and Albert last year at their wedding in Maui and was so excited to see them again this year! I told them this has to be a tradition now, even if they move to the other side of the world 
They live in Palm Desert but drove out for the day and I took them a few of my favorite spots!
Happy Anniversary you two!!
I love these two! Sara, Pod and I all went to college together. Sara is also runs several successful wedding businesses in Central Illinois! They hadn’t taken a trip since their Honeymoon so for their anniversary this year they came to sunny San Diego! They fell in love with it and I was so happy to capture the love for the city and each other on Coronado for my first shoot of 2011! We were blessed with an amazing pink sunset too! Enjoy and leave these lovebirds some words on how nice and warm San Diego is while they are freezing in the Midwest! Maybe they will move West!
My parents stood barefoot in my Grandparents backyard and committed to spend the rest of their life exploring the world together. They had no idea where they would be in even one years time but they knew they wanted to be there together. My mom and dad mean the world to me and I want them to know how much I appreciate them and am so fortunate to be their daughter.
And explore the world they did (and still are doing!) They split their time between Portland, OR and San Miguel De Allende, Mexico. They have lived in and traveled most of the world. My mom keeps a blog and right now is transcribing her journal from the 1970′s (including many drawings and slides) as they traveled across Africa, India and Asia (just to name a few places). If you are curious, you can see her blog here.
In a strange case of irony (you know, since their only child is a wedding photographer), my parents do not have more than a few candid photos from their wedding day 40 years ago. But here is one that I grew up looking at. I love the joy in my moms face and my dad’s nerdy glasses!
August 23, 1970 – Torrance, CA
January 2010 – Guanajuato, Mexico
Fun Fact: My dad still wears the same gold wedding band from their wedding day – purchased at KMart for under $20!
And just because I think these are fun to share, my grandparents on their wedding days! Check out that bouquet and that headpiece!
Left: Paternal Grandparents, Charlotte and Del McClure. Right: Maternal Grandparents, Barbara and Jim Harlan
I love you guys!
xoxo, M
