Serena Grace Photo Blog

14 years ago I met this beautiful young lady.  She was barely just in kindergarten and I was a dorky high schooler helping with a VBS out on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona.  I fell in love with all the kids there and over the years I’ve made many trips back out to help with the VBS and to visit my “students”.  Earlier this year Nikki’s mom got in touch with me about doing Nikki’s senior portraits, and a couple of weeks ago they drove out to LA and I got to photograph Nikki at the beach in her beautiful traditional Navajo dress!

Congrats on your graduation, Nikki!  I’m so proud of you and I’m excited for what’s to come!

A photo from way back when.  Nikki, far left //  Me, far right

Had a wonderful time assisting Adrienne Gunde on this gorgeous wedding at La Venta Inn in Palos Verdes!  The whole day was so stylish and chic, and more importantly, filled with so much love!  I especially loved seeing the look on Mark’s face when he discovered the awesome gift his bride-to-be Christina had surprised him with!

Had a wonderful time assisting Alice on this sweet wedding.  Congrats again, Jessica & Henry!

Venue:  San Gabriel Hilton

Coordinator:  Weddings & Events by Jenn

Videography:  Ponderosa Productions

Lighting/DJ:  TMMPRO

Over the weekend Jeremy and I drove up to San Francisco for a short getaway to celebrate our 5 year anniversary! Can you believe we’ve been married for 5 years?! It feels like just yesterday that we tied the knot. The last 5 years together have been wonderful and full of fun memories and I’m excited for what the future has in store!

We brought our bikes up to SF with us and basically biked everywhere – down Embarcadero, through Golden Gate Park, up The Wiggle, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and through Crissy Field! It was really fun to be able to see the city on our bikes. I’ve heard SF is a really bike-friendly city but I was still surprised at how nice & patient drivers were and how easy it was to get around via the many bike lanes & sharrows. Thanks for a wonderful weekend, SF!

Roli Roti Gourmet Rotisserie and Blue Bottle Coffee at the Ferry Building Farmers Market.
Finally got to check out the California Academy of Sciences!
On Sunday we stopped by Sunday Streets, an open streets event in SF similar to LA’s CicLAvia.  It was cool to see so many people out in the streets rollerskating, biking, making music, and just enjoying a day out.
And lastly a fun photo booth picture courtesy of Photojojo. =)