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Kat of Rock n Roll Bride interviewed me in the September issue of Photo Pro Magazine! You can read the entire interview on her blog here. And she was sweet enough to mail me a copy… it’s great to see it in print, all big and glossy…
I was going through some stuff after I moved my office into the studio and discovered an old roll of 35mm film, so I took it in to get developed this week & had no idea what was on there… What a find- this roll was taken on mine & Stuart’s first date! He took me to the sandwich shop in La Jolla and then we went to the cliffs over Black’s Beach…. over 10 YEARS AGO! goldmine!
(these are straight out of the camera- no processing)
Be still me heart! Stuart when he was 24 years old… & he just keeps getting hotter…
Below is my fave for sure.
I love those two! They came all the way down from Canada to do this 2 hour session with me. Right before we started, Amey whipped out some tequila shots for us– my kinda peeps! We shot this mostly at Summers Past Farms in east San Diego- then drove around and did the rest of the session in the surrounding area.
** UPDATE ** We just got a mega rad feature of this session on Style Me Pretty by Emilia Jane! Check out lots more pics from this session here. 
I love this one below so much.
Reflected in the little mirror… magical.
This one below gives me the warm fuzzies.
l.o.v.e
sweet
don’t these guys belong in an Urban Outfitters catalog?
** UPDATE ** We just got a mega rad feature of this session on Style Me Pretty by Emilia Jane! Check out lots more pics from this session here.
Just a reminder that we still have some spaces available!
Please find all the information for the September 4th workshop on my blog here:
http://www.featherlove.com/blog/feather-love-photography-artist-workshop/
And I totally forgot to mention that there is a discount for students! If you are an art or photography student, please email me for more info about how to get a discount on the workshop!!
And feel free to send me any questions: info@featherlove.com
Stuart and I went to Massachusetts for the 4th of July weekend. Our dear close friends Bill and Emilia got married! Remember them from this engagement shoot I did a while back? Well this was the first time I got to go to a wedding as a guest in like maybe 4 years or something, so we were really excited. Plus Emilia designed her entire wedding (view her Sweet Emilia Jane Event Design blog here & Auburn & Ivory here), it was absolutely the most perfect and beautiful backyard hippie wedding in history, all on her parents’ property in Sutton.
The wedding was all photographed by the magical duo over at Davina & Daniel Photography! Who are the sweetest couple ever. And btw, we got to take some pics with them too! Here’s a photo that Davina & Daniel took of Stuart and I:
(above PHOTO: courtesy of Davina & Daniel Photography)
The next day we went back to the property to have brunch with everyone and we took some photos. Emilia’s parents’ house was built in 1790!! Dream. Home.
I would do almost anything for these gorgeous antique insanely-wide plank wood floors. Seriously some of the planks were maybe 20 inches wide!
Stuart took some pics of me.
And look at the beautiful newlyweds!!
After brunch we took the drive down to Scituate, MA. The town is so pretty- everything I imagined an east coast beach town would be. Stuart’s family has a beach house over there and they happened to be hanging out for 4th of July so we paid them a visit for a couple days. Stuart hadn’t been back in maybe 20 years or so, so we were really excited!
That’s my dude <3
This little tiny dog is named Little.
I really love this one below.
Stuart took this one of me & his cousins’ kids below— I love it, so Eggleston-esque!
All the kids, and all the dogs, are so sweet! <3
Going tubing.
I love our east coast family. The nicest funnest people : )
After that fun-filled beach day, we wanted to try some of the local food. Stuart and I were advised to go to Barker Tavern nearby, everyone swore hands-down that the food was incredible…. We were told to go to into the “back” which is where the locals go, no tourists….
Food was insane (evidence above- me stuffing face). Service was the best that either Stuart or I had ever experienced. We couldn’t stop talking about how amazing it was. We started chatting with some really nice local folks in there, everyone was so friendly. And then we had some cappuccino and this indescribable dessert… I don’t even know what the hell it was called but it tasted & felt exactly like what it might be like to bite into a chocolate cloud… I was in heaven. When in Scituate- go to Barker Tavern!
Stuart took this outside the tavern.
Then we went back to the beach house for sunset and fireworks with the family.
This sweet labradoodle (I don’t remember his name) that belonged to the family actually saved us from a coyote that night! It tried to sneak up the stairs right past us and Best Dog Ever (that’s what everyone called him after the incident) chased the coyote away and held down the fort for the rest of the night to make sure it wasn’t coming back…. bless his heart.
Our room was upstairs with 360 degree views and a constant ocean breeze… the sounds of waves crashing rocked us to sleep…
Below: taken on the plane coming home the next day.
These are my dear close besties: Jay, Rob & Josh (aka Sugarrush Railroad Inc.). This is their new music video “it calls us by name”. Directed by my insanely-talented brother-in-law Iain Sclater. Cinematography by Drew Dorsey. Colors by Operation Mindblow.
sugarrush railroad inc. – it calls us by name HD from iain Sclater on Vimeo.
Check out the awesome Ruffled Blog FEATURE we got today for this DIY wedding, with tons more photos!
Venue: The Oviatt Penthouse
Catering: Cicada Restaurant
Brideʼs Dress: Designed by bridesmaid Kate Kolb
Hair: Jennifer Injaian, owner of Phoenix Salon
Makeup: Lina Negret
Baker: Helena Wirth Cakes
Cake Topper: Etsy
Cupcake Wrappers: http://www.paperorchidstationery.com/
Flowers: The bride & her maids created all bouquets, boutonnieres and table settings. Flowers bought at the
LA flower market.
Music: The groom mixed all the music himself.
Invitations & Place cards: Designed & handmade by the bride and groom. Home screen printing using Gocco.
Calligraphy: Peter Garcia, LA local tattoo artist.
Wedding website: www.nutterwest.com Designed & coded by Paul, illustration and typography by Aaryn
Don’t forget to read Aaryn & Paul’s story at the end of the post!
The The Oviatt Penthouse is absolutely gorgeous! Complete with tons of deco details and beautiful lines, textures, furniture, colors, art work….
Look at the color on these walls outside!
This bathroom is KILLER.
One of my absolutely favorites is this one below that Moe took while I was shooting them inside… it reminds me of a classical painting…!
This one below is another fave of mine that Moe took… it’s perfection!!!!!!
That’s me in a fishbowl
Check out the awesome Ruffled Blog FEATURE we got today for this DIY wedding, with tons more photos!
Read Aaryn & Paul’s story:
“Paul and I met during Thanksgiving Weekend of 2001, quite innocently on a dance floor in Oxford, England. I was visiting a good high school friend [and future bridesmaid!] who was spending the semester studying abroad. Paul had recently moved from Oxford to London, and was back home visiting a friend for the weekend. He was a graphic designer and doing freelance photography; I was a student in Los Angeles studying both subjects. We traded email addresses and remained pen-pals loosely over a 5 year period. At some point when the stars were finally aligned our communication went from sparse to daily, and soon we knew that we had to be together. We applied for a Fiance Visa and waited over 9 months to get the green-light to have Paul come over so he could marry me and stay while he applied for a green card. On June 20, 2008 we had a tiny ceremony on the roof of my friendʼs
apartment building in West Hollywood. Kate, my bridal dress-maker and bridesmaid, was our minister 
,The photos from our first wedding are here.
Things were blissful for months and we began planning a proper wedding ceremony for all our friends and family – when I married Paul neither of my parents had ever met him!! Lucky for me I have great parents, and Paul is a total catch. But then a few months later Paulʼs mother fell ill back in England. Unfortunately for our circumstances we made the compassionate, yet unwise, decision to return to England to try to see her before she passed. Sadly we were unable to accomplish even that, we missed her by only hours while we were on the plane. Due to the nature of Paulʼs immigration status at that time, even as my husband, he was unable to return to the states with me. Less than six months into our marriage I was having to apply for a whole new visa all over again, while Paul waited at his Dadʼs house in England. It took another 9 months and we had to postpone our big wedding / renewal / reception / party another year, but finally Paul returned to Los Angeles. Since then our lives have been happily drama free! Again the wedding plans resumed, this time to take place on our 2 year anniversary. Because we are both graphic designers, we wanted to do a lot of the projects for the wedding ourselves. Paul works in the web-print-game world of graphics and I work in apparel doing textiles and tee shirts, so we tried to combine our talents and create an event that was true to our styles. The invitations were hand printed on Gocco machines by the groom http://www.etchworld.com/index.php?app=ccp0&ns=prodshow&ref=61-3103A&mktsrc=googlebase.
The invitations were designed to have a few paper cards held together by string, which fit neatly inside fabric pockets, hand-sewn like tiny pillow cases, in a variety of 5 different floral prints. The colors for the wedding were purple and green, with the bridesmaids all wearing unique dresses in shades of purple. To save money we did two major things… 1 – I decided to take a community college class on floral arrangement so that I didnʼt have to pay a florist. 2 – Paul bought some digital music mixing software and we made mixes that we could play instead of hiring a band or MC. I canʼt say it didnʼt stress us out a little, but we ultimately averted disaster and saved a lot of money in the end. That way we were able to focus our investment on the venue, photographer and food! 
Luckily I have an amazing husband willing to play such a big role in helping to plan the wedding! He designed and coded our wedding website, he designed and hand printed all the stationary in our invitations, and digitally mixed 6 hours of music for the event. And it was even he who picked out our adorable, and incredibly fitting cake topper.”
The morning after their wedding, Jenny & Luc set up a day-after session with me at this crazy-cool restaurant, the Saddle Peak Lodge in Calabasas, CA . She was inspired by a Twin Peaks sort of vibe and this place nailed it… (& I just keep falling deeper and deeper in love with these beauties…)
See their entire wedding, complete with video clips on my blog here.
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