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Mr. & Mrs. Chavez | Married | Cathedral of Our Lady of Angeles

June 3, 2015

It’s spring and love is in the air, blowing wedding veils like no one’s pretty business. Hall-le-lu-yer for wind! Abner and Denise planned for a sun shine-filled Saturday, but instead April showers arrived. When do we really get April showers in SoCal anyway? We needed the rain, but this beautiful couple surely didn’t want to see one drop. I kept the situation light and offered them an umbrella and reminded them that rain on a wedding day is good luck!

Both Abner and Denise looked ravishing from head to toe, but I must say my brides, like Denise, are absolutely stunning! Each detail was perfection, from her gorgeous lace-trimmed veil to her ah-maze-ingly sparkling Betsey Johnson shoes. The pretty details just kept going!

My current favorite ceremony location is the Cathedral in Downtown Los Angeles. The light and space are just stunning. Their ceremony was beautiful! The love and laughter just continued to carry on into the reception, which was held on the same grounds. After all the sincere speeches I thought everyone was going to keep on crying a river until the best man came out with a poster-size childhood photo of him and the groom! From zero to sixty we all went from sentimental tears to that of uncontrollable laughter. If things couldn’t get any better, all of their immediate family and wedding party opened up the dance floor with a traditional Mexican wedding dance, with a bull-shaped piñata, baskets full of fruits, and pretty ribbons wrapped around liquor bottles! This wedding was one for the records! Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Chavez, may the rest of your marriage be filled with nothing but sun-shiny days!

Ceremony & Venue: Cathedral of Our Lady of Angeles | Shoes: Betsey Johnson | Hand lettering: Laniletter Paper Co. | Photographer: Eva Marie Photography

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Charlie Marie | Turns Two | Orange County

May 26, 2015

Charlie Marie is as spunky as her adorable name! She is turning two this June and I couldn’t have asked for a cuter way to photograph this special occasion for her. I blushed a million times over when her mom contacted me and wanted to mimic Charlie’s second birthday photo session after my daughter’s first birthday. She even wanted to do a two-year old cake smash…how cute is that, right?! She definitely tweaked the session’s decor to fit Charlie Marie’s style and personality. Her mom spray painted gold eucalyptus leaves and added some pretty greens and white roses. The cake was a beauty as well. They ordered a yellow ruffled buttercream cake that complimented her black and white romper (etsy purchase) and gold headband. I love it when parents make a little and buy a little. It’s a perfect combination if you ask me. And then these yellow wildflowers appeared and it was like the heavens parted and I sang a sweet “ahhhh” song of praise to the photography gods. Ha! Happy Birthday to sweet sweet Charlie Marie that doesn’t really do dresses but loves rompers and cake!

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Athena | Newborn | San Pedro

May 13, 2015

Motherhood is a beautiful and most rewarding experience in life. Before becoming a mother you can imagine, dream, and some might even cringe at what it’s like, but being a mother is a million times better with heart explosions every day (I know so cliché). It’s the fact that this being is here because of you, because you nurtured it for ten months, and then after this gorgeous babe entered the world you continued to love, feed, and help him or her (or both) grow. The baby, child, teen, and so on carry parts of your personality, morals, nose, hair and eye color, character, and everything else in between. Now being a first-time mother is well even more the bomb, (lol is that still cool to say???) because all these expererinces are brand new with unknown end results that most of the time end in laughter, like hearing tiny baby farts, or just plain warm and fuzzy feelings when your babe says your name. Motherhood is a wonderful thang ya’ll!

I thought I’d write a little longer then usual and dedicate this portion to the mamas because we are in May, but pretty much the same goes for dads except the whole child bearing portion that is basically allows your babe to enter into the world (Ha! You know I’m just being hard on you dads.)

Meet baby Athena again! I recently had the honor to photograph her Day After Birth session, which was an amazing experience being on the other side of that hospital bed! Here she is again just as adorable or even more because her personality is starting to shine through after just twenty-one days of life. Congratulations Cindy and Herman on your first babe. She’s just a doll!

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Monica & David | Engaged | Venice Beach

April 27, 2015

There’s something about love and springtime. Everything seems to looks so much prettier when flowers are blooming and snazzy little dresses are worn (just sayin’). Monica’s wearing the most perfect pink number here to dazzle the socks off of David for their engagement session. I’ve known Monica and David for some time now. They first hired me to take their perfect-haired, super adorable, and ultra fashionable son Liam’s baby photos. Each session after that I’ve come to know and care for all three of these lovely individuals. Now to say they are one of the sweetest couples I know would be an understatement. It’s their calm and gracious attitude that just makes me feel at ease every time I get to photograph their beautiful family. Last year I witnessed and photographed David surprising Monica with the “big question” and a fabulous rock might I add. In about a month I will have the honor of photographing them again, but this time for their wedding!!! Ahhh I’m so excited. Monica and her sister are exteremely creative. I’m just drooling thinking what they have planned. Till then here are Monica and David’s engagement photos at the gorgeous canals in Venice Beach.

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Athena | Day After Birth | South Bay

April 21, 2015

Please help me welcome beautiful baby Athena into this world. Cindy, Athena’s mom, went into her Ob for the final weekly check-up and her doctor informed her that she was already dilated 4 cm. Then they requested that she immediately check in at Labor and Delivery. Being that it was the day before April 1st Cindy thought this might be an early April fool’s joke. This was definitely no joke! Baby Athena arrived on her grandfather’s (dad’s father) birthday and their family couldn’t be happier! Cindy gave birth to her 7 lb. 13 oz. like a champ with not an epidural in sight. Dad, Herman, was there along side for each fascinating experience viewing a beautiful thing we call life.

Congratulations Cindy and Herman. Athen is a healthy and beautiful babe!

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Isaac | First Year Photos & Cake Smash | Los Angeles

April 14, 2015

How does a year fly by so quickly? Everyone always says it, but parents don’t actually feel it until it’s time for their child’s first year photos. I’ve had so much fun hanging out with and photographing Isaac’s family since before he was even born. I welcomed them into my “photography family” as I like to call it over a year ago when I photographed their maternity session, then came newborn photos, holiday sessions, and now this…year one for baby Isaac! I know these adorable babes don’t realize that I know them so well, especially when their parents are trying to stuff cake into their mouths and I’m some weird lady that makes silly sounds and obnoxious faces, but in the end we all have a good laugh and memories to literally last a lifetime.

Isaac had three boyish and super festive outfits for his session. He’s been teething for a while so until dad threw him up in the air is when he was willing to show us his pearly growing whites. But his pouty lips is all I would need to frame! And for his finale, he looked back at us with one finger up in the air, as if he was saying, “you put me through three outfit changes, had me eat a whole cake, and you did this all in front of a very public audience…I’m going to flip you all the number one!). Gotta adore this kid! Happy first Isaac!!!

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Denise & Abner | Engaged | Pasadena

April 8, 2015

Finding true love is simple, you just have to have an open heart, like Denise and Abner. Denise and Abner met some time ago while they were both working at the mall. I know, it sounds so cliché, but it totally happens. And how cute will that They became romantic, started dating and voilà now they are engaged. You can tell he totally adores her (and why wouldn’t he) she’s gorgeous, has these amazing hazel eyes, and well is a total sweetheart. Thank you Denise and Abner for selecting me to help you capture all of your lovey-dovey moments. I’m absolutely thrilled to photograph their wedding, which I can just imagine is going to be fabulous, in a few weeks!

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Jacob, Juliana & Baby Justin | Siblings | Irvine

April 3, 2015

One, two, and now three adorable littles have made their family complete. Big brother Jacob, six, and big sister Juliana, two have recently welcomed almost three-month old baby Justin into their lives. I was watching oh-so-carefully at their love and kind interactions with one another. Their mom and dad probably thought I was a tad crazy because I was over-asking questions about their beautiful children and how it was like raising three. I was interested in their interactions, the brother-sister relationships and how it was like having a darling little girl smack in the middle of two brothers. They had mentioned to me how Jacob was a perfect little gentleman to both his younger siblings and Juliana enjoyed helping out as well, even if she’s only two. Nothing could prove this better then their sibling (which was a great idea for a “final count” photo session) session with me. When Baby Justin start to cry during the photos Jacob just held him carefully while Juliana tried to give him a pacifier. Neither brother nor sister was distracted and well that made for some super adorable photos.

Everyday a million and one people tell me three is going to be crazy, I have no doubt of that, but working with Jacob, Juliana, and baby Justin made it look more like love! I think their session was God’s little way of whispering to me, “everything is going to be okay.”

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