Sarah is a Senior!

Manteca, California: Imagesmith Senior Session...

Sarah is a senior at Sierra High. I have known her family for years and her dad was my jr. high Sunday School teacher...and that was a while back. She is an awesome worship leader and young lady. It was a great time and her sister Jamie is a great assistant.

Here's some of what we came up with...

Baby Luke

Manteca, California: Imagesmith and a newborn session!

Because of the wildfires in Santa Cruz I had to postpone several sessions. Baby Luke was one of those sessions. His parents, Josh and Jessica, were awesome about it and when I got back they were at the top of the list to reschedule. I met Luke's brother Noah earlier this year and had a great time with the whole family again...

Some quick edits...

Cory and Phoebe are Married

Santa Cruz, California:  Imagesmith in Aptos and Santa Cruz!

Phoebe and Cory are a great couple that love each other and more importantly love God...It was a refreshingly simple and elegant ceremony with tons of personality.  Beautiful flowers complimented the sweet colors and the church up in Aptos was a perfect backdrop.  The reception in Santa Cruz was fun and capped a great afternoon on the coast of California...

Here are some early edits...

Trash the Dress...

Washington:  Imagesmith After-session and Trash the Dress (kinda)...

Back in the day there was a Digital Rebel.  I shot my sister in-law's entire wedding with the Rebel and a 50mm f/1.4.  This past week while on vacation we wondered out loud as to whether or not Janee could still get on her dress.  I offered to take some pics if she could get it to fit.  I pulled out the 5d, a 580ex, and a couple of pocketwizards.  We drove around the beautiful area surrounding my in-laws and I got pretty lucky with the lighting...

Here are a few...

There were so many thorns in those flowers...apparently they are some sort of wild berry.  Flip flops were not a good idea...

Loving the blue skies...didn't see much of them while I was there.

Original bouquet as well...

And I had to throw in her husband Jack...since he held the flash for the others...this one is sans flash.

What I did on Summer Vacation...

Washington:  Imagesmith R and R in Washington...

My In-Laws live in Southwest Washington and in what has been at least an annual pilgrimage, we travelled North for a visit to Grandma's house.  The weather was once again a contrast to California, it never got above 80 degrees and rained most of the time.  A nice change of pace.  My Father in-law is known as the "Blaster Pastor" and has a team of guys that shoot fireworks with him.  I got to hang out close by with my camera and try to capture some of the intensity.  Can't really record the sound or smell in pictures (but the video on the 5d mk2 is kind of nice)...

Time with family is always fun and spending time relaxing can be very helpful in bringing perspective to what's important in our lives.  

How about a little fun in pictures?

Took the girls to the Zoo in Seattle and had a great time in the cool Summer sun of the Northwest...

Breakfast first...

Monkey climbing on a monkey...

Mommy and Kali in the background...Auntie Ne and Cousin Jordynn in the front...

Blur only my point and shoot can provide...

Taya can't wait for the carousel to start...

After dinner at the Crab Pot...I felt like a Sea Creature...

Taya got a tattoo and wanted to show it off to Daddy...

Kali coming in to give Daddy the big kiss...

Swiss Army Session!

Hughson, California:  Imagesmith in Hughson!

I went to high school with Derick a long time ago...We recently re-connected on Facebook and he asked if I'd come out for a family session.  The session turned into a family, kid, infant, couple session...I loved it!  It was a great time with great people.  I look forward to working with them again...

Some early edits...