once upon an old daydream
that’s what you gave me
out on the corner of Broadway and 48th street
i don’t know my way through a maze of gray skyscrapers
but i’m willing to learn

you are my Manhattan from the sky
you look so neat and tidy when i’m way up high

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This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. Get on the LA subway {yes, LA has a subway!} and take it all over, getting off on entirely random stops and emerging to eat & have coffee, to saunter around, to make photos. We went from Union Station to Wilshire in K-town, to Hollywood Blvd, and then back again. One of the rolls I shot came back with these weirdo blue lines which bummed me out, but I enjoyed this adventure & these shots too much to just shuffle them away without sharing :)

Hello everyone! Just wanted to drop a quick note that I will be out of the office until the end of the month due to a trip to Europe! It’s been quite awhile since I’ve had a vacation solely for the sake of a vacation and am super excited to explore Europe with friends! We’ll be passing through Rome, Venice, Paris, Amsterdam & London – if you have any recommendations for some of your favorite places in those cities, I would love to hear! :)

I’ll be doing my best to check email while I’m gone but am not quite sure what the internet situation will be like – all emails will definitely be replied to upon my return on the 29th. Thanks for your understanding!

P.S. Random note, I photographed a lovely wedding at the SmogShoppe earlier today, and found out that the bride & groom is honeymooning in Italy and that we’ll be on the same flight tomorrow! Love little random happenings like that :)

Yet another adventure with the Traveling Hearts!

You may remember our previous trips to Palm Springs and Big Bear – this time we met up in breezy Santa Cruz for the usual shooting, laughing, cooking, eating, drinking, interspersed with local activities like beach visits, roller coaster rides, the Mystery Spot, and lots of hanging out on our sunny little deck.

It’s no secret that I love these ladies to pieces. They are smart and sweet and warm and ambitious and hilarious and as evidenced in the photos below – stunningly beautiful both inside and out :)

As always, I’ll start it all off with our stopmotion video – put together brilliantly by Mary!

A behind the scenes shot.

Ending it with a couple group photos, the first taken by Ala (“be bridesmaids!!”) and the second set up by Heather. Already can’t wait until our next trip!!