Blair and Travis came from Texas to exchange vows at the gorgeous Estancia Hotel and Spa in La Jolla.  I had not met these two until the night before the wedding.  I loved how expressive Blair is and how sweetly Travis treats her.  They are so kind and gentle with each other.

Jennifer Bueno of Beauty to Be was just applying the finishing touches when I got there.

You know the day is going to be fabulous when you start the wedding with a little Vera Wang:

Looking stunning!

Meanwhile, on the other side of the property, Travis was trying to stay cool in the heat!

Gorgeous flowers by Modern Bouquet:

The fantastic Reverend Powers performed the ceremony. I love this shot of Travis watching his bride walk down the aisle

My lovely assistant Aaron took this shot.  Can you spot me?

Every wedding, one of my favorite shots is the bride and groom walking back down the aisle!  Brides, take a lesson from Blair!  Love her expressions!

I told them to give me attitude – I think they nailed it!

Some alone time

<3 <3 <3

mmmmmm Cake. Sweet Cheeks, to be specific!

Fav <3

Love me some unique bling!

Funny moment after the cake cutting…Travis smeared cake on Blair’s nose!

Don’t worry, he helped get it off too!

]

The rockin’ band Atomic Groove kept the dance floor packed!  Highlight?  When they busted out Baby Got Back!

A huge THANK YOU to Kasey Shephard of I Do…Weddings for making the day run so smoothly!  So glad we finally got to work together!

B&T I hope you are having an amazing time in Maui!  I’ll have to look you up when I got to Dallas in the future!

xoxo, M

Enjoy your slideshow!

While I was visiting family in Oregon, I spent some time with the extended Schuman family!  The two little ones are Alexa and Zoe and they are the nieces of Janice and Andrew who got married in Vegas this past May! 

Meet Alexa, she is a ham for the camera!

And the little bit shy, Zoe

Look at those beautiful leaves and that beautiful family!

It was great to see you all again and thank you for letting me photograph your family!

xoxo, M

I posted one blog about my trip to Oregon last week but I wanted to post a few more photos since my extended family showed up later in the week!

My family spent a week on the Oregon coast in a town called Gearhart.  My dad grew up here and we rented the home the grew up in!  They found a few remnants of the old house like some hidden wallpaper and even my dads yearbook (complete with signatures to him back in 1961)!

My dads favorite hobby is clamming.  You get up 2 hours before the low tide of the morning and search for air holes made by the razor clams!  I woke up early enough one day to capture some photos.  Of course that was the day that they only caught 2 clams!  The limit is 15 per person with a permit.

My little 2nd cousin Rohan had his own clam gun!

and my dad searching…

A shot of the whole family!  It is called the Wood house because that is the name of the current owners.  My grandparents owned the house from 1945 to 1973.

One of the reasons for the reunion was to spread my grandmother’s ashes in the area.  On Saturday we all headed to the beach to do just that!

The family hanging out after the ashes were spread.  My aunt is the small figure on the hill, she couldn’t walk all the way down to the beach

Dinner!  These are the clams my dad caught!

We had two birthdays that weekend!  Uncle Dave and my little 2 cousin Ian

This is mostly what the weekend consisted of: eating, drinking and lots of talking!

and my parents <3  

It was great to spend time with my family, I don’t see them enough!

xoxo, M

These two lovebirds are getting married in one week in San Diego!   When I was in Portland this past week, we got together for a last minute engagement shoot. 

We met at Union Station and walked around some in the Pearl District.

It’s like Portland knew I was coming…field of tall grass in the middle of the city?  Why thank you!

Can’t wait for your wedding next week!

xoxo, M