Hudson {dog photography}

Now here is some more from the luxury shoe eating dog, Hudson. I was thinking that there's not a lot of dogs that could get away with chewing on a pair of Monolos and still be loved, but that's probably because in order to even have a chance, you'd have to be as cute as this guy, and not a lot of dogs come close.

I mean, Seriously!












After chewing on a sufficient enough number of shoes, it was on to tastier things for Hudson. We left Melanie's apartment and headed over to Ottimista to meet her parents for some wine and a walk around Union Street.
















So hard to pick just a few of these! His face looks like that in every single picture!

Justin's Bar Mitzvah

I love this family! I photographed Chloe's Bat Mitzvah a few years ago and loved them then, and now, just about two months ago I photographed Justin's big day. All of their aunts and uncles gave me big hugs and treated me like an old friend- it was so unexpected and sweet!

Friday evening we did some family photos in their backyard. And as I remember pointing out last time, this family is incapable of creating an average-looking person- they are all GORgeous!!






Their Vogue shot:






And they again had the celebration the following night at the Hotel Valencia on Santana Row, but this time the theme was "Justin's Safari Adventure", decided after a family trip to Africa where Justin fell in love with everything.




(it's good to be the "man of the hour")






















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And now for the top 3 reasons I LOVE bar mitzvahs:
They make otherwise perfectly mature adults rat their hair like a teen in the 80s, color it purple, play air guitar, and do a million other completely silly things


I get to witness 13-year olds slow dancing (I clearly wasn't the only one amused)


But most of all, the vertical awkwardness of this stage in life is priceless; it gives me such a giddy feeling to see!



Then on Sunday morning I photographed brunch back at their house.
















The event was designed and coordinated by the fabulous Ellen Lovelace of Quicksilver Concierge, and videoed by the talented Andy Hirsch of Blue Moon Productions.

Mariana and Shawn before Julian was living on the outside {maternity photography}

So, posts like this aren't nearly as exciting when the real thing is already among us, and especially when your partner has shown you up and already posted pictures of the real deal! But oh well, here we have some of my favorites from the session I did with Mariana and Shawn back in the beginning of May when Julian was still hanging out on the inside.
We started at their favorite cupcake spot, and then we went and spent the evening with the Red Dragon, the Vespa Mariana rode around town before she got knocked up :) Anyway, I found the prop choice to be absolutely perfect- a little icon for their life pre-baby.































Thank you so much for letting me do these pictures of you guys at this moment in your life. Complete honor.

Melissa and Oggie {Engagement Session}

In case you haven't yet seen them on our Verité blog, here are a few from Melissa and Oggie's Engagement Session, and I have to say, theirs was one of my most favorite engagement sessions ever- everything was just so pretty!
Be sure to check out the whole post here. Maria and I were pretty pleased with ourselves over this one :)