Mallorie + Michal | Love Shoot Hermosa Beach

Hermosa Beach is seriously one of my most favorite beaches in Los Angeles, I love it almost as much as I loved Mallorie & Michal! I love people who are fun, silly and adventurous, and these two were exactly that, plus they are unbelievably gorgeous and madly in love and I loooove Love! What a beautiful background the Pacific ocean provided for this fun "Love Shoot" and what better way to commemorate their love by strolling the beach on a beach cruiser bicycle!!

































Plus these two are an awesome example that you dont need to be engaged or married to get photos done. You just need to be in love! =)

Jenn + Matt | Married! Griffith Observatory

The utter amazingness of the session needs no words, these were beautiful and intimate portraits for a simple and small ceremony, shot at the AMAZING Griffith Observatory, that sits on top of all of Los Angeles, the pacific ocean, and the Hollywood sign. If you've never been I highly recommend it, I was speechless up there, what a beautiful view of the "City of Angles" and what a gorgeous couple.

Utter deliciousness in California

This may be terribly geeky, but I love to eat. I love to cook, I love to go out to dinner, I love trying new foods and I love foods that remind me of my family and my background...soul food, Chilean style. So obviously when I was out in Los Angeles, I went to hit up a little Chilean restaurant & bakery in Hollywood (Rincon Chileno), that I only recently had heard of. Everything about the place was simple and classic, there wasn't anything fancy, fusion, or modern about it and that's why I loved it so.

If I could of physically ordered and eaten everything on the menu I would have, but unfortunately my eyes are much bigger than my stomach. I can say though, that after eating a several course meal, we proceeded to the bakery next door and ordered some empanadas to take home as well as some pastries & freshly baked bread to eat for the ride home. Being that I am Chilean, and Chilean restaurants arent as abundant here in the states as other types of Spanish foods, it really is thrilling when I get to sit down at a restaurant and eat food that is just simple, home-cooked, heart swelling, family soul food.

Too bad I don't love the gym as much as I love to eat...

Angelle + John | Anniversary Shoot, Beverly Hills

I was in Los Angeles all last week, it was 95+ degrees and sunny all week long, now I'm back on the east coast and it's 40 degrees and snowing! Boo! Boo! Boooooo! What a welcome home, I miss the warm, sunny beach already and Ive only been back for 12 hours! At least I have pretty photos to look at to keep me happy.

I was so unbelievably lucky to meet some of the coolest, sweetest people in California, who also made for the most amazing photography. My couple, Angelle & John, were some of those people. They were so awesome, and so nice and I was so happy to get to meet them, share a cupcake and shoot their photos, as they were celebrating their 1 year wedding anniversary. We met, wandered around Beverly Hills, I finally got to try a Sprinkles Cupcake (delish!!) and roamed Rodeo Drive as tourists looked on, confused, trying to figure out what "celebrities" they were (could you blame them, how gorgeous are they both?!?!?)
So for all you east coasters, enjoying your first snow of the season, enjoy some sunny California photos to warm you up today!

I'm leaving on a jet plane..

JFK->LAX (on a "way too early in the morning" jet plane)