Sneak Peek... Matt, Steph, and Liesl

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the Drago's! St. Louis Family Photography

Meet the adorable Drago family!  I have to start off this post by saying that Jen did a fabulous job picking out their outfits.  I love the green highlights and how the brown brings a touch of fall.  If you're thinking about doing a family session, definitely get in touch with me beforehand to get some tips on how to dress your kids, choose slimming (but not boring!) clothes, and how to coordinate, rather than match, your family's outfits.

We met at the park in St. Louis a little before sunset and captured that awesome soft light.  We were lucky to get a pretty pink sky at the very end of the session too.  Katelyn and Colin had so much energy... their favorite thing to do was run and crash into each other :)  Whenever they didn't want to smile, all I had to do was tell Jen and Brian to kiss and that elicited several minutes of giggling.  Enjoy!

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First Rain! San Diego Photographer

Last week, it rained for the first time we've moved to San Diego (about two months now!)  I was glued to my computer all day but went outside around sunset and managed to catch these beautiful clouds from the second floor balcony of our apartment building.

While I was outside, I saw someone else taking pictures on the opposite street corner.  Turns out I am next door neighbors with another portrait photographer, Luci Dumas!

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the beach sunset

We've been in San Diego for a little over a month now, and still haven't tired of going to the beach at sunset.  You're pretty much guaranteed a beautiful picturesque scene.  Here's a few photos I took at Solana Beach recently...

the sun looked almost jagged as it was setting amongst the clouds:

and here's a couple of Bill in the surf:

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Carolyn + Will Married! St. Louis Wedding Photography

Carolyn and Will tied the knot on a sunny, warm day in June.  This was my second time photographing one of the Soke sisters weddings and it was definitely a blast!  The bright pink colors they chose contrasted perfectly with the greens of summer (give us the greens of summer, makes you think all the world's a sunny day, oh, yeah!)  You'll notice in some of the photos that the wedding party has those hand held water bottle fans - all my idea!  I definitely recommend them for all summer weddings.  Since it was so humid out, we didn't have a ton of time for portraits at Forest Park, but I did sneak outside with the couple to do a few gorgeous photographs at sunset at the Sunset Country Club.  Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Skowyra!

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