Alyssa and Brian, coming soon!

I'm itching to edit and post photos of one of the coolest weddings ever, and the one closest to my heart (aside from my own)... patience! Pretty goth October wedding coming soon.

(oh, and have a spooky weekend!)

Autumn leaves, our house

I was lamenting that we didn't have time to take a fall trip to New England to go leaf peeping, when I realized how much color we have in the area. I'm so glad I caught this tree in our front yard, when it was still all aflame!









And a few other things in the garden:







(All 35mm and 120 color negative film scans)

Trisha and Mark's Elopement, a few more shots

Just a couple more, belated black and white 120 film shots from Trisha and Mark's Muir Beach Wedding in August. I got these developed, then got busy, and have really enjoyed taking a second look. What do you think?









Cause I'm kinda loving em!

Kayaking!, Sugar Pine Reservoir, Foresthill

Some fun shots of a weekend trip Devon and I took in July to visit friends in rural Placer County. We had fun kayaking the stillest, beautiful waters of the Sugar Pine Reservoir in the area. I snapped some shots with my plastic underwater camera - reminds me of the photos from our trip to Whiskeytown in 2007. Fun!

Jessie and her crew, Old Adobe State Park, Petaluma

Since California is still waiting to hear which state parks (if any) are being closed, I can't report on whether you, too, can go visit lovely Old Adobe (or "obie dobie" as some of us have called it as kids) after Labor Day weekend. So go visit in now, just in case! Jessie and her beautiful daughter and lovely friend Hannah took me to the park for picnicking and history last month. I brought that trusty Yashica that I have been talking about so much lately, along with one roll only of 120 film (only 12 shots, agh!), and got some artsy shots I liked. So, yes, I ran out of shots by the time we went to cool Green String Farm (and even by the time Lennon woke up), but sometimes you just have to put the camera down and be there. Right?





Hannah impersonating the plaque General Vallejo, who settled this area for the Spanish back in the day (hint: he had a crazy mustache):





It's funny revisiting field trip spots as a grownup, because now I am often actually interested in reading the maps, curated info posters, etc., that I was supposed to pay attention to as a kid. Does that make me old and boring?

Pretty cacti:











On a sidenote, the day after Jessie's sister, Lauren, married her husband in one of the coolest weddings ever, Lauren's best friend from high school married her guy at Old Adobe! I love when weddings are in familiar, nostalgic places that you wouldn't necessarily expect.

Beautiful Petaluma summertime hills, teensy oaks and eucalyptus in the background, old old lichen-y fence in front:



And the actual old adobe clay bricks that make up the house (except where the mice have gotten in):



Here's Jessie letting me "test the light" and take this cute picture of her assisting me at Melissa and Brett's wedding:

Me and Devon, the beach, Big Sur

The day after Henry and Isby's wedding, Dev and I had a bit of time to play on the most beautiful (and warm!) Pacific Coast beach in Big Sur before heading home. I wish I could transport back there right now...

I took these shots with my vintage Yashica 120 camera. Film!







This is my favorite little series:







It was such a beautiful day! Next time, we are definitely staying longer.