Mi Semana al Lago de Tahoe

Usually I like to post fairly quickly after a session but tonight I'm playing catch up. Last week I was at Lake Tahoe for LTCC's Intensive Spanish Summer Institute . As it's name implies it's an immersion program for students, professionals (e.g. teachers, healthcare workers (like me:) and it seemed like a lot of retirees.   As much as I wanted to be online all the time I was pretty busy listening and speaking in Spanish in a number of sessions from grammar in medical spanish to learning how to sweat it out with some salsa.  This was the first time I've been to South Lake Tahoe during the summer, winter yes, for snow of course! And it turned out to be pretty spectacular.  I'm still conjugating verbs as I fall asleep.  Below is a photo of mi clase durante una loteria and processed in that nice greenish tiajuana flourescent light. 

Matt and Carrie's Wedding

A couple weeks ago I had the honor of capturing Matt, Carrie and Elijah's big day.  It was a perfect celebration at the Petaluma Hill Gardens above Santa Rosa, California.  There was not a dry eye (including mine!) during Matt's vows to Carrie's son Elijah.  It was so sweet and the reception was great fun.  

Thanks and congratulations guys!

Gina and Chad's Wedding

With a sweet intimate ceremony in Shakespear's Garden to kick off the day, Gina and Chad's closest friends and family joined them for their lifelong commitment to each other and an evening of celebration. The fluids and music flowed into the wee hours of the night with DJ Marcus on the ones and twos spinning beats all night long. I had the fortune of shooting with a good friend, Michelle, who soon came to be known to this party's bad boys as "camera girl...hey camera girl take a picture of THIS!" Oy!

It was a fantastic day with a fantastic couple. Congratulations Gina and Chad!!