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Tahoe winter wedding at the Resort at Squaw Creek

Sunday, March 7, 2010 Posted in Monique's photos, weddings

By Monique

Lindsay and Lloyd were married in December at the Resort at Squaw Creek, a great location for their intimate Tahoe winter wedding. The couple had been planning a ski vacation at Squaw Valley, and when Lloyd proposed earlier in November, they decided to include the wedding in their vacation plans, inviting their close family and friends to join them. Squaw Valley is covered in snow during the holidays, and Lindsay and Lloyd, never having been to Tahoe before, wanted to take some time before the ceremony (and before the sun set so early!!!) doing some portraits in the snow, with the snow covered mountains in the back ground.

The Resort at Squaw Creek had a holiday winter setting for Lindsay and Lloyd's December wedding.

Lindsay at the entrance to the long hallway at the Resort at Squaw Creek, a twinkle lit tree at the very end of the hall.

The lights of Mountain Run at the Squaw Valley ski resort shine in the background.

We had a lucky pink sunset for a few minutes during the portrait session.

The Resort at Squaw Creek is surrounded by snow and trees lit from top to bottom with white twinkle lights during the holidays, a perfect setting for Lindsay and Lloyd's December wedding, the scene is topped off by the crecent moon.

After spending some time outside for the portrait session, Lindsay and Lloyd warm their hands by the outdoor firepit, spending a few moments alone, before heading inside to get married.

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Check out my guest blog on No Knows Weddings

Monday, March 1, 2010 Posted in Promotions

By Monique

Nicole, a friend of one of my past brides who has a background in event planning, started a blog recently to help brides with tips and ideas on how to plan an elegant, yet affordable wedding. She asked me to contribute a guest blog entry about affordable wedding photography.

Check out her blog No Knows Weddings for more tips for planning your wedding.

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Kid’s lifestyle photography in the Santa Cruz Mountains

Monday, February 15, 2010 Posted in Monique's photos, portraits

By Monique

I went to visit my family a few weeks ago in the Santa Cruz Mountains, and of course I brought my camera to document my 3 year old nephew Rowan and my adorable 8 month old niece Lyla. I hadn’t seen them for a month since the holidays, but Lyla looked so different, her hair is getting blonder, she is pulling herself up to standing, and she is even starting to bob up and down and back and forth dancing to music! Documenting a child’s growth is one of the highlights of my work as a photographer. My nephew and niece are my muses when it comes to this part of my photographic path.

My sister Nanette with her kids, Lyla and Rowan, at the park in Santa Cruz.

Lyla tastes a leaf at the park.

On the left, Rowan on the same cement serpent slide that my sister and I played on when we were kids.

Lyla's first swing ride, she loved it!

I just love the cupcake tights!

Back at Nanette's house, on a different day, Lyla looking serious.

Throughout the week of my visit, we put Lyla in countless cute outfits for documentation! (It was tough editing the photos for this post, so many cute outfits to show off!) On the left, she is wearing her soft purple Patagonia fleece, on the right, she is in what I call her "hippy" pants.

Lyla hanging out on her parent's bed. On the left, she is wearing a sweater that belonged to her other aunt Adelia when she was a baby.

Rowan taking after his aunt Monique, using his play camera to take pictures of Luna the cat.

Rowan gets a little tired of being photographed so much, often giving me faces like this one when I ask him to smile!

Me with the kids on the last day of my visit. (After being a little trooper with all of her wardrobe changes all week, Lyla finally looks done with the photographs!) I can't wait to get back there again in a few months, and I am sure Lyla will be walking by then too.

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February 15, 2010 - 7:31 pm Keren - You're an awesome sister/aunt to have. Look at all those wonderful pictures! So sweet.

Winter engagement photo session at Lake Tahoe with Melissa and Anthony

Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Posted in Scott's photos, engagement photos

My lucky string of fun young couples continued last week as I met Melissa and Anthony in South Lake Tahoe for an engagement photo shoot prior to their March wedding. The day was grey and snowy but that did not put a damper on these kids’ spirits. We started out by shooting some photos on the pier at the Timber Cove Marina. From there we went to check out their wedding venue, Edgewood golf and country club and made some photos in the trees there as the snow turned to rain.I shot a few photos through the rain of my car window. We stopped at a random real estate office which had these great giant icicles. After taking some photos through them, they broke two large ones off and had a quick icicle fight in the parking lot which was a lot of fun. I can’t wait to shoot the wedding this March, it should be a lot of fun.

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Anthony and Melissa at the start of their engagement shoot in south lake tahoe.

icicle portrait

We found one random building with huge icicles and decided to have some fun.

Icicle fight during our engagement shoot

engagement photos on pier

These stairs were new, and I thought they looked cool from the water so I took off my shoes and waded in for a few pictures.

These gulls seem like they are always on the pier.

On the pier at the Timber Cove marina.

couple through rain

Since it rained the whole time we were shooting, we made it work for us.

couple walking along frozen beach

Walking along the frozen shores of Lake Tahoe

couple in trees

We took a quick run around the venue for their wedding, Edgewood.

high key photo of couple

I decided to go for a very high key look and mute the colors on this shot.

young woman fashion

They wanted a few shots of each of them by themselves and this is the one I like best.

couple kissing in trees

couple kissing in snow

At our last stop in Zephyr Cove, the snowball fight got so intense that Melissa had to toss her jacket. Of course she probably didn't think she was going to be taken down onto the snow at the time.

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March 7, 2010 - 11:41 am Wanda - Beautiful pictures and couple, looking forward to the big day and wishing you all the love and happiness you deserve.

February 9, 2010 - 5:32 pm Brandi - Melissa and Anthony, You guys are sooo cute together and I loved the pictures... Melissa you are sooo beautiful and Anthony great action shots! You guys rocked the photo session and I can't wait to see you guys get married, it will be AWESOME!!! xoxo

February 9, 2010 - 1:26 pm Laura - I Love them ALL! Beautiful couple & beautiful photos! Can't wait for your big day. Melissa, you could be a model.

February 9, 2010 - 12:58 pm jimmy renteria - The pictures are beautiful,i wish u two the best!

February 8, 2010 - 4:41 pm Jennifer W - The pictures are awesome! I love the one on the steps, the black and white on the pier and the black and white walking next to the lake, those were my favorite, but they are all beautiful! Can't wait to celebrate next month!

February 8, 2010 - 2:07 pm Jesse W. Reta - Awesome photos you two. It's going to be a great ceremony.

February 7, 2010 - 4:17 pm Janet - Wonderful pictures, wish you both all the luck and love ...

February 6, 2010 - 10:28 am Carma - I LOVE the pictures!!!!!! I don't know if I can choose a favorite. Very unique--Very REAL!! Beautiful couple!! <3 Mom

February 4, 2010 - 11:13 am Linda - The pictures are great, looking forward to the big day.

February 4, 2010 - 9:38 am Shane Way - Your photos really are amazing.Bravo!

Photography by Monique at the Heart Association Fantasy Bridal Expo in Reno

Monday, February 1, 2010 Posted in Promotions, products

For the fourth year in  a row, Monique and I set up a booth at the Heart Association Fantasy Bridal Expo in the Grand Sierra resort in Reno, NV. This event is a charity fundraiser, so that part is always nice, knowing that your fees go to a good cause. In addition it allows us to catch up with a lot of our friends who are in the business and we don’t get to see a lot. The Reno market is a bit different than the Lake Tahoe wedding market, so we usually only pick up a few weddings each year from the event, but we have fun talking to brides all day. Monique had the idea to build three 30 x 60 inch photo collages, and have them printed at our lab and mounted onto foam board to form the background for our booth. We had fun and did one panel of weddings, one panel of bridal portraits, including lots of boudoir photographs taken while the brides were getting ready, and another panel of maternity and family pictures. I’ll let you guess what got the most interest and attention from all the young brides…..

Here’s a quick look at our booth, with the background panels, and another shot where you can see all our new album offerings in the foreground.

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