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Ever feel like you’re watching a legacy in the making? Like you’re witnessing an important part of history unfold before you? That’s how I felt at Cecelia + Mo’s San Jose Family Photos at Hellyer County Park. And it’s because we’ve been walking with this sweet couple for years now. SAN JOSE FAMILY PHOTOS One […]

I remember a time when this girl was too little to tie her own shoes. There were days that my mom—her godmother—carried her while chaperoning my 4th grade field trips. While I don’t have any biological sisters, Lauren is my soul sister, and her Dreamy Senior Session was one of the most emotional and sentimental […]

breathtaking.

Can you believe that until Jeremy & Christa’s Big Sur Portrait Session, I had never been south of Carmel? All this time I’ve lived by the coast and never did I venture south past those luscious cerulean waters of Clint Eastwood’s town. And even then, I hadn’t been to Carmel until just a few years ago. WHAT? Right?

Michael and I left early knowing it would be…

story.

10 years of friendship. 3 months of dating. 6 months of engagement. Approaching 6 years of marriage. Jensen & Elizabeth have been among the lucky few to be married to someone you’ve known for pretty much your whole life. That kind of connectedness is…

together.

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been studying and meditating on the idea of “together.” How even the most introverted of people who hide away from all commotion and noise need other people. Humans are built for community. It’s written on our…

dress. it. up.

Could you have guessed this sweet Morgan Hill family portrait session features three country folk who work outside on their farm every day? Breanna + Andy’s family portrait session called for a couple hours of heels instead of cowboy boots, long and luscious locks instead of messy buns, and button up shirts instead of ranch flannels. This young family is…