Morning shoot in Yosemite

It is always a treat when you get to go somewhere breathtaking to do a photo shoot.  A few weeks ago I was contacted by a woman who wanted to do family portraits in Yosemite.  It was her parents fortieth anniversary. They had met there in Yosemite, and they had married in one of the Yosemite meadows.  I was thrilled that she called me to do the pictures. 
  On the morning of the photo shoot I got up at 5 a.m. to make sure I gave myself plenty of time to get to the National Park, and to make sure I had found a good location.  I wasn't quite positive where the meadow was that the marriage had taken place forty years ago in, but I knew an area that looked similar.  As I was arrived in the park I stopped here and there to take photographs of the gorgeous morning before me on the valley floor.  ( those pictures will come later)  I then proceeded to head to the meadow I had originally intended to photograph the family in.  However as I headed to the meadow, I passed another location that I thought would be much more appropriate.  Turns out, it was the same meadow that the wedding took place in.
   The family was so cute, and so much fun.  Leah and her family live here in CA, but the rest of the group had come for a family reunion in the park it all started in.  I am so glad I got to be there to hear their story.  Enjoy the pictures! 

Rocking Sonora with the Wilsons!

I usually wait to post when I am done editing a session.  However I am so excited about the shoot from this past weekend I thought I would post anyway.  A few years ago I lived in Hollister CA, a small cow town in the San Benito county.  No this is not the infamous Hollister we see on shirts everywhere.  To tell the truth, I don't think that place exists.  Anyway, while I was there I made some really good friends, one of which was Amanda Wilson.  I remember the first time I really interacted with Amanda, we were at dinner with a woman who we both knew.  I remember as I sat there listening to their conversation, I thought to myself, "wow, we have absolutely nothing in common."  I was wrong!  Amanda ended up being just the sort of woman I could relate to.  Amanda is a very talented woman, she is actually the one who designed my logo.  We have been talking about doing a photoshoot with her family for ages, but have never really gotten to do it.  This past weekend she brought her kids up to Sonora and oh, did we cover this town!! It was not a short photo shoot, but her kids were awesome!  We had so much fun.  Her daughters are little models to the core ( especially her youngest).  Her sons were a little more camera shy... though they played well.   I wish all photo shoots could be that much fun, and truthfully most are.  Stay tuned for more pictures of the Wilson's tearing it up in Sonora CA!