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Jan 25 2012

San Francisco Portraits
Josh, Kate and Beckett

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She calls herself the CFO and VP of Life and House Development at Casa de Masthammer. She’s a bundle of sugar wrapped up in J.Crew strolling through Sausalito with an iced latte from Starbucks, her two husky pups, and a laptop for blogging. He’s a producer, a lover of online gaming, and the humblest guy that’s on his way to the top. Seriously. The stories he tells with the most unassuming manner… And now, there’s been an addition to Team Masthammer. He loves to smile, he hardly ever cries, and his deep baby belly laughs could melt Everest in January….

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Nov 23 2011

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

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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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Sep 27 2011

Oceanside Newborn Portraits
Brianne, Chris, & Beckett

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I can’t begin to fathom the amount of love a child is born into. Jeff and I have been watching our past couples and life friends have babies over the past three years or so. Couples that nine months prior were in the same duo state as us – just two people in love making their way through life. And then they become three. But that number three is so much more than just a third of the whole. It’s everything. To both of them. The complete and total loss of self into an uncontrollable flood of adoration for a…

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Sep 26 2011

Del Mar Newborn Portraits
Jesse, Bethany, & Kensington

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There’s something so peaceful about walking into a home with it’s first newborn. After all of the anticipation, the showers, the gifts, the painting, the decorating, the washing, and the prep – the little bundle of joy has arrived. And if we shoot a newborn session (which is not very often – couples are our specialty), we like to shoot within the first week, so the new parents have literally just become parents. They don’t know who their little person is or will become. They’re just figuring out how to change a diaper, they’re getting spit up in their hair,…

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Sep 23 2011

Lake Tahoe Portrait Session
Dean and Tiffany

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They met on a motorcycle ride in Lake Tahoe, and flirted over pizza later that afternoon. His peaceful nature and soulful eyes drew her to him (not to mention he was super cute) so this free-spirited girl revved up her dynamite smile and plopped down across from him at the pizza joint. Soon enough, this thoughtful Reno boy and outgoing Texas girl were married. We met over midnight beignets in New Orleans. Tiffany and Dean sat down across from us with a stack of beignets as we were plowing through our own plate of pastry goodness, and through the cloud…

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Sep 09 2011

Cardiff-by-the-Sea Maternity Session
Danica

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Once you’re a Youngren couple, you’re always a Youngren couple. We photographed Chris and Danica’s wedding back in 2008, and three years later their duo is transforming into a soon-to-be-trio. Danica is one of those girls that exudes glamour, grace, and confident beauty, so when she contacted me for maternity photos, I just couldn’t turn her gorgeous self down. She wanted a session by herself to surprise her husband, and it was such a fun time photographing just this beautiful girl and her perfect belly bump. Danica brought along the perfect outfits for the shoot. I’ve fallen in love with…

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Sep 08 2011

San Diego Maternity Session
Bryan and Crystal

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Bryan decided that it was time to finally start meeting some girls. He had just moved away to college and his high school years were behind him – so he knew that he had to start putting himself out there and making new friends if he was going to make it through four years of living at school. He was sitting in the passenger seat of his friend’s car as they were driving through campus when he made this bold social decision in his head, and his friend stopped the car to say hi to some friends walking by. Bryan…

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Sep 07 2011

Oceanside Maternity Session
Chris and Brianne

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I don’t shoot maternity sessions. At least, that’s what I’ve been telling myself for the past five years. I fought tooth and nail not to shoot maternity sessions for a VERY long time. If you had asked me to shoot your prego belly, I would laugh and say, “Me? Maternity? Ho no. You must have me confused with someone else…” Fast forward to today. I’ve shot three maternity sessions in the past month. Not because of me trying to book maternity sessions (quite the opposite), but because the right couples have come along that have – in their own quiet…

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Jul 29 2011

Chicago Portrait Session, Neal and Ashley

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Ok, so this blog has taken WAY TOO LONG too post. Not only did we get to photograph an adorable couple, but we got to mentor a fabulous photographer at the same time. In June. I told you it’s taken much too long. All of our shoots are blogged waaaaaaaay quicker than this, so don’t judge. I hear you judging. Last month, we photographed Craig and Melissa’s cheery summer wedding in Chicago, and while we were there, we spoke at the Chicago PUG, the South Bend, Indiana PUG, and did a photography mentor session with the lovely Jennifer Anderson of…

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