Fall Mini-Sessions

I am excited to announce Serendipity Images fall mini-sessions!  Mini-sessions are 20 minute photoshoots held back-to-back at a single location.  This is a fun and affordable way to capture the perfect image for your holiday card or to update the portraits around your house.  Better yet, Gift Portraits make great gifts!  (How great would it be to check gifts off your list without having to hit the mall?)

Date: Saturday, October 15
Times: by appointment between 8am and 12 pm
Location: A nature center in the Anaheim Hills area
Session Fee: $75 (more than a $200 value!)
Includes: a 20 minute photoshoot, 1 digital file (edited & high resolution), 10% off additional purchases from this session

Contact me to book your fall mini-session!  These quick and easy sessions will fill up fast! :)
 
Here are some past shoots I've done at this same location:





Please schedule your appointment to join me for a fun Fall mini-session! :)

Rock the Dress: Diana & Cesar

I'd been looking forward to this session for a long time.  Diana & Cesar got this free Rock the Dress session from me as part of a promotion I was running when they booked their wedding, and I knew they would be fabulous!  We met up on a late summer evening, on a narrow, run-down Whittier street, and Diana rocked her dress!  Here are a few of my favorites from the session:
 

Love, love, love this one!





Is this not the most gorgeous couple you have ever seen?

My Sister's Wedding Weekend: Part II

As a wedding photographer, it kills me to not have a single picture of my sister in her wedding dress.  Not.a.single.picture.  I actually don't have a picture of Alyssa and Paul together, either!  They were in good hands with their hired wedding photographer, and I can't wait to see the images she captured from the wedding!  I was the main photographer for all of the getting-ready shots, truly enjoyed being able to photograph my sister getting ready to marry the man of her dreams!  Here are a few wedding-day favorites! :)

Alyssa and Paul got married on a beautiful (warm!) Temecula day. Isn't this the perfect spot for a ceremony?

The florist did a gorgeous job on this bouquet! The cream-colored band on the bouquet was also Alyssa's "something old." The lace was from my grandma's 1946 wedding veil. When our parents got married, my mom sewed my grandma's lace onto her headpiece. When I got married, I wrapped the headpiece around my bouquet, and Alyssa did the same! :)

And now, the bride :)




This is one of the only pictures I have of Avery dressed up in her wedding outfit! I was so busy, and Avery wanted so badly to be held, that I didn't get any others. Avery loves exploring jewelry, and especially my mom's necklace! :)
Aaaaaand, cut to the honeymoon departure! :)


Alyssa & Paul - I absolutely could not be happier for the two of you as you start your life together! Thank you for letting me stand by your side during your wedding. I can not wait for all the fun we'll have in the future, together and with our eventually-growing families! Have a fantastic time in the Dominican Republic! xoxo :)

My Sister's Wedding Weekend: Part I

Last weekend, my sister Alyssa and her now-husband Paul got married in a beautiful Vacation Rental by Owner estate in Temecula.  They had the house for nearly a week, and all of their siblings (and our families) were able to stay in the house!  It was a lot of fun to get to know Paul's family better and spend time with Alysa and Paul, who I hardly see because they live out-of-state!  Here's a look at some of our weekend fun! 

Avery made friends...

We ate well. Very well. :)

The kids all played together...

My parents got to spend some quality time with Avery...

Did I mention that we ate well? ;)

Avery got to play with her cousins...


And we (by we, I mean, my mom) put finishing touches on the wedding decor!


Watch out tomorrow for another pre-wedding blog post! :)