dec 14: a month of charitable giving -- american cancer society | sf bay area photographer

i'm not sure about you, but whenever i see one of those commercials about celebrating another birthday, i can't help but feel grateful for the american cancer society.  cancer is such a vicious disease,  it seems like it is everywhere i turn these days -- from family to friends to my favorite tv characters and fictional book heroines, i just can't escape it.  so i help in the little way i can, by donating to the american cancer society throughout the year. 

james and i met sandy and john at a cooking class years ago, and we love seeing them every year.   enjoy today's family holiday photo, taken at hotel del coronado. 

happy holidays!

dani + james

dec 7: a month of charitable giving -- the breast cancer site | sf bay area photographer

this is a really cool and super easy way to give this year, it is FREE!!! yes, all it takes is a few seconds and a click of the mouse and you can give a woman in need a free mammogram.  visit the breast cancer site here and click your way to giving.

today's family photo was taken at the hotel del coronado, a fantastic hotel in san diego that provides a great backdrop for photos or is fabulous for a little r&r.  love how the colors pop here, and love the leather sassiness, fierce!

happy holidays,

dani + james

engaged! robyn and jesse

happy monday to everyone. today we are sharing the super-fabulous engagement session of robyn and jesse. after a couple drinks at the prado, we walked around balboa park for some nice romantic images. then it was over to coronado for a gorgeous view of the city and finally over to hotel del for a chance sunset. here are our faves from the shoot...

mia | san diego children's photographer

happy friday! i wanted to share this little cutie, who we photographed this year at the hotel del. she has grown so much since we first met her last year, but she has that same adorable smile. it was a super-bright sunny day, somewhat uncharacteristic for a san diego morning, so we tried to find some hiding places for mia. here are some of our faves from the shoot...

engaged! brittani and jon | san diego wedding photographer

we are starting off this week with one of our amazingly hot and super fabulous couples, brittani and jon, whose wedding we have the pleasure of photographing this july. and after you see these engagement images, you'll see why we're so excited. great smiles, great chemistry and super-photogenic, we can't wait!! we did the engagement session in balboa park, and then headed over to coronado, two of our fave places in san diego.

we started off at the organ pavilion, and i just loved how brittani's dress played off against the white of the background...

next it was onto one of favorite little hidden spots in balboa park, this cool jungle bridge, which just brought out even more of the hot-ness of brittani and jon...




after balboa, we headed over to the coronado ferry landing park, which has a great view of the san diego skyline.



then we finished off our day at the hotel del, with a fantastic sunset...