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This summer's wedding season flew by! I had a packed season and it was complicated by my helping on a 12-week civil trial (non-photography related). I certainly learned a lot about the legal system and have a whole lot of respect for lawyers. I'm a bit behind on blogging, so expect the next few weeks to be chock full of weddings and sessions!

Upcoming events for me personally? We are going to try to take the kids to the snow for the first time ever this winter. Probably at Yosemite's Badger Pass. Check back regularly or subscribe to catch up on the latest photos and stories.

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If you want to know how I became a photographer, there are no sappy stories about my grandpa giving me my first camera when I was 6 years old and igniting my photography passions…because that didn’t happen.  I became a photographer at first because of two seemingly unrelated things…I had a crush on a guy and I love technology gadgets.  A long time ago, I was a professional engineer starting work at “real” job.  To stay in shape, I decided to swim on my lunch breaks at the public pool nearby.  There was more than just swimming on my mind though.  A cute guy was a local high school water polo coach.  I’d see him over on the side of the pool coaching his team…and I’d wait for him to ask me out.  Wait.  I’d wear a great looking swimsuit, walk across his line of sight. Wait again. Nothing.  Finally, I got brave and asked him out.  We had a great time together, but he always seemed to be busy coaching that water polo team.  In an effort to woo him, I attended a lot of water polo games.  Unfortunately, no matter how much I watched that first season…I didn’t seem to be getting any smarter about the game.  I decided to bring along a camera to mask my continued ignorance of the game.  It was a great diversion and I had a blast sharing the pictures with the team.

And, here comes the expensive part…then Canon put out its first digital SLR camera.  The D30.  I didn’t buy it (one of the last times I ever resisted the urge to buy camera gear).  A year later, Canon released the D60 and I finally jumped.  The idea of a digital SLR was just too fascinating to resist finally.  That first DSLR camera body cost $3000, was only 8 MP, and had terrible low-light performance.  BUT…it was perfect for water polo games.  At the urging of the team, I submitted the photos to the local newspaper.  What do ya know?  They liked them enough to publish them regularly AND hire me as a local photographer.

And that’s the story of how a crush on a guy and my inability to resist technology lead to a photography career. It’s also the story of how I met my husband, the cute water polo coach.

Eight years, two kids, 6 cameras and 16 lenses later…I am still madly in love with my husband and photography.