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Mar 15 2013

Go Get Your Chic On!
Join Me for Image Critiques

Goodness gracious, March is FLYING by! In the past few weeks, we’ve been to Lake Tahoe, Las Vegas, and next week is Panama. I know I’ve said that we’re not traveling much this year, but March kind of threw that plan out the window for 30 days! Ha! I promise we’ll be home a LOT come April, which is why I am so excited and honored to be a Celebrity Photographer on Chic Critique during the entire month of April! Woohoo! Chic Critique is THE elite resource for women who love photography. Their Celebrity Photographers (I’m one of them!) encourage,…

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Feb 13 2012

Announcing Our Photographer-Only Blog!!

Good heavens almighty holy grief… get ready folks, ‘cuz this is BIG. Kind of like my hair last Tuesday… but that’s another story (stay focused Erin). You know how we were just in San Francisco for two weeks in January? And how we were all mysterious about what we were up to? Well, wait no longer peeps, because the day has finally come to let it all out (again, just like my hair). The Youngrens are launching a photographer-only blog. Today. Yep, you read that right folks. As of 9:00am Pacific Standard Time today, we are offically a dual blog fam-dam-ily….

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Feb 08 2012

We heart Gifts

Jeff and I love gifts. I mean loooooooove gifts. If you haven’t noticed, our blog is a big giant present… We got the cutest gifts in the mail this past month and I want to send a shout-out to the cutest people in the world. When we arrived home at the end of January from a month of travel, this little package from Liz and Ryan was waiting patiently for us. Liz and Ryan are wedding photographers in Baltimore and were our models for our mentor session in Philadelphia last November. They’re cute, cute, cute and this adorable package made…

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Nov 23 2011

Philadelphia 1:1 Mentor Session
Ashley, Ryan, and Liz

Tags: 1:1 mentor session | ryan and liz

Sheesh – if this cuteness doesn’t end soon, Jeff and I may up and move to Philadelphia cuz we are now three for three on drop dead fabulous sessions! First, we had Mike and Sarah’s melt-my-heart-romantic country club wedding. Then came Pepa and Isabel’s crazy gorgeous and classic engagement session at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. And now we have Ryan and Liz – a couple that is so melt-your-face adorable that I feel like crowning them as the official King and Queen of Adorableland. While we were in Philly for our four days of marathon shoots, we were able…

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Tags: 1:1 mentor session | ryan and liz

Nov 14 2011

The Last Thing I Never Knew I Needed

Tags: daily life

Yesterday, Jeff and I had some work to do (on a Sunday I know – we can normally take the whole day off but there were pressing deadlines), and my mind was everywhere but where it needed to be. My brains were in a fog – I couldn’t think, I couldn’t focus, and I wasn’t getting any work done. I slogged through the two red hot must-get-done-now items on my to-do list and then I wandered around the house, grabbed a swiffer and vaccuum and began working on the floors. But ten minutes later, I found my foggy self standing…

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Nov 09 2011

Pictage PartnerCon, Bedroom Voice, and Our Biggest Fans

“Not everyone gets to have a mom that is their biggest fan.” So true right? The lovely Jan Cleveland, a photographer friend of ours from Milwaukee reminded me of this on Monday after Jeff and I just finished speaking at Pictage’s PartnerCon at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego, a conference for wedding and portrait photographers. Since we were getting to speak in our hometown – a rare treat for us since we’re usually speaking while we’re on the road – Jeff invited his mom to come watch us. She was DELIGHTED to come be a part of her…

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Oct 31 2011

Getting the Shot

Tags: daily life

Jeff and I are at the Salt Lake airport on our way home from the For the Love Workshop in Oregon, and our amazing album designer/employee/right hand woman, Julie, posted this photo on Facebook from our day at the Oregon coast. My favorite Facebook comment on the photo thus far is from our buddy Mark Lenoce: “Shooter – a new fragrance from J.Crew.” LOL. Hugs, Erin

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Oct 26 2011

A Week in Our Life: Wednesday

Tags: A Week in the Life of The Youngrens | daily life

(I’m writing a short series on the blog about a week in the life of The Youngrens. This is the second installment – read all about Tuesdays here.) Most Wednesdays are typical workdays for us (i.e. pure madness), but once a month Wednesdays mean something different. For the past four years, Jeff and I have been privileged to lead the San Diego Pictage Users Group, otherwise known as the PUG. You’ve probably seen us mention it a bunch on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram and wonder why in the world we keep talking about dogs and showing pictures of people giving…

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Tags: A Week in the Life of The Youngrens | daily life

Sep 15 2011

Ira Glass on the First Creative Years

Tags: daily life

For anyone who has ever been a creative, my question to you – when do those years of disappointment with your work end and satisfaction with your art begins? Does it ever happen? Or is there always going to be a (healthy) disappointment? Whatever the answer may be, one of my favorite creatives is Ira Glass, the man behind This American Life, and he offers a much needed “Me Too” moment in the midst of a busy season. Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo. Hugs, Erin

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