Hope everyone had a great Valentine’s weekend! It was a double-wedding weekend for Scott & I, so we celebrated Friday with a homemade dinner & some relaxation. I pretty much cause some sort of mini-disaster everytime I enter the kitchen (today I ruined toast, TOAST!), but together we put together a delish Valentine’s meal. He also surprised me with a couple home design books which, as much as I love candy/flowers, were the BEST Valentine’s gifts ever. They pretty much had “I actually listen to you every time you start raving about a new design blog you’ve discovered” written all over them :)

I posted these up on Twitter today as well, but I’ll leave you with a sneak peek from the two amazing weddings we had the honor of documenting this weekend! They were both filled with such emotion & love – can’t wait to share more!

On a sunny winter morning, I met up with Amy, Andy & Kaitlyn for a portrait session by the sea. I was so fortunate to have met them through Andrea + Taro last year, and to be able to capture some photographs of Kaitlyn just past her first birthday. I love all the props Amy brought along – a tutu, a cake {which Kaitlyn happily devoured}, bubbles, and a bundle of pink balloons. Kaitlyn has such a sweet and adventurous personality and it was so much fun watching her explore her surroundings!

It’s an amazing thing how memories can turn a regular place into the most beautiful location. What was once just a coffee shop, or a city park, or a stretch of shops, becomes a place you recall in your mind with so much love and adulation. Suzanne & Rob chose UCLA for their engagement session, a location that served as the place where they first met (a story not too different from Scott & my own :), and as we walked around the campus, they pointed out the spots where their memories were created.

I loved how the session came out – it wasn’t the cover of a UCLA brochure, with Royce Hall & the Sculpture Garden in the background, it was the UCLA that Suzanne & Rob remembered best. It was the hallways where they had neighboring offices, where they belonged to student coalitions fighting hunger and homelessness in LA, it was the “less-scenic” South Campus where they would meet between classes, it was the back lunch patio by a familiar building.

I hope when Suzanne & Robert look through these photos, they can feel filled to the brim with memories of excitement and happy moments :)

Stay tuned for Part II, camping in the wilderness! A tent, hot chocolate, and piggy back rides soon to come!

Suzanne told me that she specifically bought her shirt for the session, & that it was from *swoon* none other than Anthropologie. I think Anthro’s romantic styles always look so beautiful in photos!