October 2008 Archive

How lucky am I that I book a wedding 2 hours from home and then proceed to book another the day before, one town over! Sounds like a Workcation (that would be a Work/Vacation – just made it up) to me!
Friday morning, Tim and I headed to Old Town Pasadena and checked in to our hotel. We only had a few hours before wedding #1 so we went to lunch next to our hotel. On the way there I was busy gabbing on my phone. Once we were inside Tim says to me, I can’t believe you didn’t notice the cupcake store that we walked by. I couldn’t believe it either! A whole store dedicated to cupcakes and I didn’t even smell it?!?
Needless to say we stopped by after (and for the next day – they are closed Sundays) to try out their product! The shop is called Dots and from what I can see they are only in Pasadena, in 2 locations.
The cute boxes they come in, below. Those non-color dots on the box are extra – they are authentic rain drops!!

Day one I had the Red Velvet and Tim had Apple Pie.Day two (pictured below) I had Chocolate Mint and Tim had Hostess.Overall I think both our favorites were the Red Velvet!

And of course an embarrassing shot of me enjoying my prize. Nice hair, I know.

Thanks for letting me ramble on about cupcakes. It is a passion you know.
On another note, I am leaving for Las Vegas today for an awesome workshop with Mike Larson. I am super excited and will get to hang with my buddy Charise for the next few days!
Internet may be non-existent in the hotel, so if I don’t get back to you right away don’t panic! I will be home Wednesday night!
Enjoy your week everyone!!!
XOXO, M

The wonderful Kim Irons asked me to 2nd shoot with her this past August. It was my first time at Rancho Valencia Resort in Rancho Santa Fe and it was gorgeous!

Kirsten and Scott chose the resort for their Destination wedding. And it was hot, especially compared to the chilly Seattle weather they are used to!

The gorgeous bride!

I love this moment I caught during the ceremony of Kirsten wiping Scott’s tear!

The couple’s favorite past time is to play croquet! How perfect that there was this croquet field (is that correct verbage?) at the resort!

This little one was a handful, but she sure was cute!!

It was one of the best toast’s I have ever seen! The groom is a graphic designer and his groomsmen made and entire True Hollywood Story video about Scott’s life…I mean from beginning to the present! Everyone was laughing until they cried!

Thank you for having me along Kim, I had a blast with you! Good luck to the sweet couple!

xoxo, M

I entered a contest recently and now it’s time for the voting part!  I can win a custom blog from In to the Darkroom, they are awesome!

Please visit the website here and take a look at all 171 entries if you have time!  You will be asked for your email one time, but that is it and they promise not to spam you – it’s for vote tracking only!  Click on the image you want to vote for.

Please feel free to vote for the one you feel deserves it, but I will not be opposed to your loyalty vote!

This is the image I entered below, #019!  The theme was Capture the Summer.

(you can also click on the photo to go to the voting website)

Thank you so much, I love all my loyal blog readers/stalkers!

XOXO, M

It’s been quite a few months since I shot an engagement session and during the drive to Balboa Park, I was worried that I would be a little rusty. Turns out, it’s kinda like riding a bike.

Well, it also helps when your couple could double as underwear models! Wowzers!!

Ann and Kyle will be married Thanksgiving weekend at the gorgeous Prado in Balboa Park.

Those babies are bright blue in color…Yum!

Here is where we ran in to the fabulous Melissa Koehler shooting bridal portraits!  It’s so fun when I see photographers I know around town 🙂

There were some amazing colors tonight in the sky!

I’m so looking forward to your wedding in November!

xoxo, M