Kirsty {Vacaville photoshoot}

Kirsty & I had a fun time doing a photoshoot, just her & I. It was perfect - an afternoon at the park, great weather, taking pictures, and time with a friend! Can't ask for much more than that :)





Kirsty you look gorgeous in purple!








Loved this flower ~ it even matched Kirsty's outfit!






One of my favorite shots! :)



Kirsty & I are planning on spending more time together doing photoshoots for fun, can't wait. She just got a brand spankin' new Canon DSLR & setup a blog of her own! Check it out HERE!

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Luke {2011 Senior Dixon}

I had such a great time with Luke taking his Senior pictures! Goodness, it feels like I just had Rose Photography take mine yesterday! (Wow, has it really been 5 and 1/2 years since I graduated?!? Crazy!)

Luke was super easy to photograph & up for any and all of my suggestions, love that!!! Congratulations on wrapping up high school! I'm SO excited to see what God has planned for your future :)







I have to wonder, is this smile on his face because his FAVORITE team, the San Franciso GIANTS, had just won the World Series??? Perhaps! ;)




Probably my favorite! Super handsome! :)












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Josh & Katie {Vacaville wedding}

This is an exciting post for me to write beeeecause... it's for my sister's wedding! On September 5th Josh & Katie became husband & wife! It was a beautiful wedding and Katie was a stunning bride. I'm also thrilled to now have Josh as my brother!

They had their ceremony at the Ulatis Gardens and an intimate dinner reception at the Vacaville Opera House. When people found out Katie was getting married I was often asked if I was doing the pictures. While it would have been fun I'm very glad I wasn't the main photographer. I was in "bridesmaid/wedding coordinator mode" & was running around too much to get into "photographer mode". Which was fine by me because I was able to enjoy the day & the fabulous Rose Koogler & Ryan Greenleaf had the photography well under control because they are amazing like that :)

But you know I couldn't let the day go by without snapping at least a few pictures...





Emma was the cutest flower girl! All of the gorgeous flowers were done by Kathryn Grace Designs. I highly recommend her!


I believe that Ryan set up this awesome shot!




Congrats Katie & Josh! I love you both!
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Katie & Josh {Vacaville/San Francsico/Napa engagement}

Last weekend was so much fun because Josh, my soon-to-be brother in-law's family came to visit. (wow that's the first time I've typed that I'll have a brother in law! weird I'm not used to that haha!) Josh's dad, Jim Rector, is an awesome photographer! So put the two of us and what do you get? A weekend filled with photoshoots! :)

We traveled all over Northern California taking picture after picture because Katie and Josh didn't have a choice were so willing! ;) Just kidding they were fantastic! I think between Jim and I, we took more engagement pictures than some people have wedding pictures! That made it tricky to narrow down but here are some of my favorites.


We started close to home, in the Vacaville hills... We didn't have much daylight left when we started but what was left of it made for some beautiful golden light.













The next day we headed over to San Francisco! We had the goal of getting some shots on the beach with the Golden Gate in the background. But the weather had other plans... Afternoon fog rolled in and there was no bridge to be seen! Instead we got a lot of shots around Fort Mason. It didn't have your typical 'city scenery' but I'm not complaining because it sure was fun to shoot there!










Loved this door! And the wall! Okay, and the couple too :)



Who would have thought that this garden-lke setting was steps away from the heart of SF!?



We made a quick stop at the Palace of Fine Arts - such a beautiful building!




Katie, you are so gorgeous!



And before wrapping up the day, we paid a visit to my other sister working at Brix in Napa,CA. I could shoot here FOREVER! Love it...










A little spin move? Yes please! :)




Don't they look good together? That's a rhetorical question, because of course they do! :)




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