Veronica & Walter were married several weeks ago in a small San Francisco ceremony & celebrated with their friends and family last weekend. The party at Velvet Cantina was zesty, spunky, delicious and hugely meaningful--so many guests were childhood friends and most flew in just for this great Saturday night celebration. Veronica & Walter are very special. Congrats!!

We started the evening with some fun shots around the Mission area of San Francisco.

Congratulations to the lovely Johanna & Norris who are featured on the The Bride's Cafe this week! This was the most beautiful central coast wedding--filled with tons of laughter and love. :)

My husband, Chris, has been working on his PhD for five years; he's balanced full-time school, full-time internships, full-time jobs, a 300 page dissertation and somehow, sanity. I am in total awe of him. We received news this week that he officially earned his PhD--just in time for the Mets visit against the Giants. In the middle of the fifth inning a message appeared on the scoreboard: Give a HUGE CHEER of CONGRATS to the NEW DR in the house: DR CHRIS HARRISON!!

It was so much fun. Here's a little video

(thanks, tigues!)

When I edit weddings, I often come across what I call "little presents". These are images that move me but I initially overlooked during my first cursory edit. I love when I find these images--usually they either excite me or make me cry. :) Yesterday I realized that on top of these little presents, hundred of images of joy are imprinted into me every day. It seems a little silly but I finally just realized that these beautiful, happy people are becoming part of my soul... just by editing them! Wow, such a gift. So from now on, I'm going to do additional posts with images of joy. Sometimes it will be weddings, sometimes engagements, sometimes things that make me happy because they are pretty/yummy/funny/touching/exciting/.

Enjoy the joy, friends!