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  • We are Brett and Liz!

    We've been shooting together for 5 years and love the combination of our two specialties: organic, personal moments and detailed photography. Both of which create lasting memories.

    We invite our clients to become part of our little family and when we're not capturing your special moments we're out playing with our family of dogs, cruising the beaches of La Jolla or driving our vintage Cadillac out to the county side for some wine tasting.

    We make laughter and love a priority in our relationship, so let us focus on yours for all of life's special moments.

Hug ME! it’s Valentines!

For two romantics like ourselves, Valentine’s Day definitely ranks high on our list of holidays. From  sneaking around trying to get each other something special(which if you run your business with your significant other can be a true challenge); to lining up an order of flowers.  Or making each other homemade cards and finding fun little gifts that say I love you in the smalest and most subtle ways. All those little things that lead up to the afternoon activity: should we go to the beach, to the mountains, or just curl up by the fire and watch a movie together??? Decisions, decisions.  Well of course doing an impromptu little shoot never hurt either. Enjoy our little fun shoot and we wish you and yours a very happy and love filled Valentine’s Day! Um Blooper Alert!I’m thinking this one might be our Lady and the Tramp moment.
Just imagine the face Brett is giving me.  There are so many it could have been.

February 14, 2012 - 4:25 pm

Your San Diego Wedding Planner - Those are so cute!! I love the puppy ones too!!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
xoxo

DIY with Spring and Tailored Sweets

Do you like DIY but maybe some of its is a little bit daunting?  That is frequently  how I feel.  I look up how to make lots of amazing things on Pinterest but when I finally attempt creation, they never turn out quite right.  Well the lovely coordinator for this inspiration shoot Spring has come up with a great solution.  She has put together a series of hands on DIY workshops that teach a variety of fun skills from, center pieces to handmade jewelry and whimsical hair fascinators.  Spring stylized a recent photo shoot with us using an array of the skillfully crafted decor that will be taught in her classes.  These are some of our favorite shots from the recent inspiration shoot with these fine wedding industry professionals.  Thanks everyone involved for all the hard work, and we can only begin to tell you how much fun it was working together.

Coordination and Design- Designs By Spring

Sweets- Tailored Sweets

Hair- Hair Ya Go

Make up -Blush Make Up Artistry

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Amanda- stylin at the Train Station

We LOVE San Diego.  Everywhere you go in this town there is an amazing place to shoot.  I grew up in this ever growing city and still cant believe all the unique places we stumble upon every day.  The Solana Beach Train Station is a spot we have been wanting a photo op at for a while now.  Every time we drive by I oogle at the glass elevators and invision possibilities.  Guess what! We were finally given the chance to shoot at the Train Station.  It was all I had hoped for and more.  Well except for the elevators, in reality they are much to small when you get 3 people in + 2 cameras and a pro-photo studio light but then again I think every elevator is to small for all of that.  Amanda was just so much fun to work with.  She wanted some fun new portraits and was up for anything creative we could throw at her.

Fun with Christmas Family Photos at Damon Lane County Park

We wanted to share one of our favorite family photo shoots from the holiday season.  Kristen from White Wedding Day Events brought all sorts of fun props for her family to play with and we just loved the Damon Lane County Park they chose for their photos.  The park has wonderful winding pathways through enormous eucalyptus trees, lots of enormous rocks just begging to be climbed on and a lovely little bridge.  Thanks for a ridiculously fun shoot!family christmas portrait holding up grandma

cute family photos in a winter field san diego county

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