To All My Sisters Out There: Floral Design

One of the things that brides often ask about, is floral design. Who do I like working with? What looks best? To be perfectly honest, every bride is so different,  I could never say what looks best. Each wedding is unique to itself, and the floral design usually echoes the style of couple perfectly.

And, that's what I love about my job. I don't have to be the amazing designer behind the floral work, I just get to take photos of the beautiful art.

So this post showcases a few talented vendors and some of the beautiful work we captured this past wedding season. By no means does it showcase all of the vendors that I love, just a few who stood out last season. Hopefully their work will inspire you and help you in the planning process.

Feel free to check out our friends below. They would love to hear from you: Melinda with M Creations Pam with Cambray Rose Florist Seasons Floral Design, Napa

So thankful to work with such talented people. Have a great Thursday everyone! K

Love how Lacey included these photos of some very special people in her bouquet.

Chico Event Photographer: Walk For Water

It is always incredible to photograph weddings and people, but there is something different about photographing an event. Especially an event that is working to change the world. On Saturday, I was honored to team up with Bridging the Gap and capture the 4th Annual Walk for Water event here in Chico. The event works to build awareness of water deprivation and raise funds to provide safe water around the world. To call this a life changing event, is an understatement. People begin the day in Bidwell Park with empty water buckets. At the start of the walk, the crowd fills their buckets with water and completes either a 3k or 5k walk with full water buckets. Along the way, they may stop at different stations, each station educating people a bit more on the water problems across the globe. It is pretty amazing to watch the park fill up with people carrying water buckets.

To learn more about this event and see what Bridging the Gap is doing in our world and how you can help, please visit their website here. It is quite incredible!

We had some great corporate sponsors of this event. Many thanks to all the businesses that helped make this possible.

As everyone finished their walk, we saw the fruition of so much hard work come together. Shirley presented over 30,000.00 worth of checks to both World Vision and Individual Organizations helping to make a difference in this world.

And at the end of the day, we have these amazing people to thank. As founders of Bridging the Gap, Shirley and Grant are doing amazing things in an effort to provide water to so many around the world. You guys are awesome!

Chico Wedding Photographer: The Waiting Process

We live in a "microwave" generation. The world is at our fingertips and it seems that waiting for anything can almost be unbearable these days. And so I just want to say thank you to my clients who wait so patiently for their wedding photos. All photographers are different, but most of my wedding clients receive their photos within six weeks of their wedding. That can seem like a lot of time to some, or maybe not so much to others. Either way, thank you for waiting. This gives me the opportunity to carefully select the best images, work diligently to edit those images, write a blog post, prepare them for print and package your photos. Among this, I am also photographing other weddings, editing other sessions, responding to emails and phone calls, and simply trying to run a business well. Sometimes it can all feel a bit overwhelming, and I put a lot of pressure on myself to get things done quickly. Yet I am learning that a job well done, often takes time. So again, thank you, thank you!

And because this couple is busy waiting for their photos, I wanted to show them what I have been working on. A full blog post of this wedding is coming up next week.

Much Love and Happy Weekend! K and K