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Meet the Hopkins!

Heather — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 08:00:06 +0000

Ahhh… what a good looking family! Meet the Hopkins! The two little rascals are Chase and Christian + their parentals are Patrick + Tammy. Talk about a fun group. Thanks for being AWESOME!

Laura + Hugo {Fullerton, CA}

Heather — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 08:00:07 +0000

Laura + Hugo are homies. That is a fact. Also, they are some of the most fun people around. We met Laura + Hugo at another couple’s wedding that we happened to be shooting last year. Then the next week we strolled into Paper Source and she was working there. It was fate! We talked for a bit and found out that she was engaged. Duh… were photographers and you are getting married, so let’s get together and take some awesome pictures. So we did and here they are!

We made a quick stop off at 7 Eleven. Slurpees and Bubble Tape Baby!

Pretty Good… Losing it… Lost it!

The Natural…

You guys are our homies too!

Mike + Roya {the gnome and the squirel}

Heather — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:29:35 +0000

Let me start off by saying that Mike and Roya are some of our favorite people in the world, we absolutely love these people! I met these two balls of awesome right after {or before??} I graduated high school. Roya and I were always the photo nerds and Mike was the guy in all the bands, haha. Roya and I have been shooting together for years and it was always awesome! So before it was me and Grayson, it was me and Roya. She assisted me with a lot of my weddings and vise versa. Actually, Grayson shot his first wedding when Roya was shooting with me and got sick! I called Gray, he was at the movies and I said “you NEED to come shoot this wedding with me!” Of course that lead to a brief moment {or few hours} of panic on Grayson’s side, you see, he had never shot a wedding.. or anything at this point. I was still teaching him everything and now he was being thrown into it.. literally. But he did great and here we are today!

Annnyyywaaayy. Mike and Roya got married, then Mike and Grayson fell into a deep man love. We got married a month apart at the same place and we were in each others weddings, it was a good time and a half. Well after all this they helped us move to Washington {a 25 hour straight drive from CA to WA… no stopping except for food and to pee, it was nuts}. Road Trip Bingo was a hit for sure. The next day we all slept for 14 hours and didn’t get a chance to set off all the fireworks we bought {because they’re legal in WA!!!}. So after we moved, they moved to Chicago!

We take any excuse we can to go see them, we’ve been twice so far! Thank you Chicago weddings!! For some reason I can’t get enough of Chicago, it has a lot to do with the fact that these two lovely people are there and we get to spend 2 weeks with them! You see, Roya and I are both overly excitable people and everything is the most exciting thing in the world when we hang out.. and since she too is a wedding photographer we have the same, very open weekday schedule so we get to hang out the wholleee ttiimmmeeeee!!! So it’s awesome going to see them and having someone be able to keep up with the glee! We decided to shoot them while we were there this time and just went nuts!!

We started shooting the night before in the alley behind their apartment.

We wandered downtown for a bit, but it was so late we kept getting kicked out of areas!

pure glory in beard form.

I love this photo

I love this man… and his {Roya’s} fake glasses.

We went through a phase of only taking photos on our iphones {not sure why now that I think about it}, so here are some of the photos we took on our trip

……………….Hot Dougs….. is the best hot dog I’ve ever eaten in my life. We ate there twice in a week, I suggest the Keira Knightley dog

The Bean…. such a tourist trap, but I fell in! I’m a sucker, I loved it!!

Chuuunnkkkkkkk!!!! Their new puppy… I can’t handle the cuteness of puppies, especially Boston Terriers.

I don’t remember what this place was called {Katz Deli??} but it was so-good! WAY too much meat for one person.

on the way to the wedding we were shooting {Ling + Michael!!}

walking to lunch… I love lunch in Chicago

Grayson took this photo through the sun roof, I’m into it.

oh Chunk…. how I miss thee.

So moral of the story, if you want us to shoot your wedding in Chicago, we would be more than happy to!!!

Lisa + Keith {Little Compton, Rhode Island}

Heather — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 10:00:56 +0000

Lisa + Keith’s wedding was one of two that we traveled to on the East Coast in consecutive weekends, so we thought, “Why not make a roadtrip out of it!” We started out in Boston a couple days before the wedding and stayed with Heather’s aunt and uncle. It was so nice just to relax and check out a ton of the old historic places. After a couple of awesome days, we drove down to Little Compton, RI and met Lisa + Keith. Their family had rented an old farmhouse for the week, which was extremely packed full of people, and made that their base of operations. There was wedding decorations everywhere and everyone was pitching in when we got there. It was like a craft store pinata was bashed open in the living room!

The farmhouse was right on the coast and you could see the ocean about a half a mile away. The scenery was covered with climbing ivy that covered old cars and farm equipment, mounds of blooming flowers, and winding crushed clam shell roads. We had a bit of a scare with the weather (it ended up raining, but cleared up for the ceremony and reception), but ultimately it turned out great. Lisa + Keith were such an easy couple to work with and everything went awesome. We’re fans of Rhode Island!

Lisa chose to pick her own flowers.

We asked them to grab a rock on the beach that they liked… it was interesting to see the difference in their selection.

A little rain crept up and surprised us, but we got through it!

Bridal party sword fight to the death!

I love the intensity Lisa. Keith… step it up a notch next time!

Jeff + Rafedah – {Sonora, CA} Boom Baby!!

Heather — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 13:29:43 +0000

First of all, let me say that we are jealous of Jeff + Rafedah. They received the most awesome wedding present that we have every seen (which you will see). That better be displayed proudly in your house! That’s all I have to say.

We had an amazing time in Sonora for this wedding. The town was so small and old fashioned; just our style! We were fortunate enough to get to spend an extra day here and got to do some interesting things. We went to a very weird town called Columbia for most of the day. Some of the activities included making candles, drinking sarsaparilla, and panning for gold (I wanted to yell “Eureka,” but we unfortunately didn’t hit the motherlode). Altogether a very cool experience.

The wedding was in an old Catholic Church on top of a hill in downtown Sonora and the reception was at Union Hill Inn. The reception site was so beautiful and hidden in the hills. Jeff + Rafedah made their grand entrance on our favorite mode of transportation: the tandem!

A.J. + Brittany {Newport Beach}

Heather — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:00:41 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we had the chance to come back to CA for a couple shoots and A.J. + Brittany’s engagement was one of them! A.J. + Brittany actually live in Arizona and just love coming to the beach for vacation and chose to get married here. We checked out their venue while we were there and we are super excited to be shooting their wedding in October. We had a lot of laughs and fun with some cotton candy, especially when we realized how awkward it is to eat ice cream on camera! So you’ll be seeing more of them later on in the year, here is their shoot!!

some random girl walking by gave me a nice opportunity to get this shot! convenient :]

Douglas + Erinkay – {Anaheim, CA}

Heather — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:31:20 +0000

We first met Douglas and Erinkay at a Starbucks a long time ago when they wanted to meet us and talk about their wedding. We clicked right from the start. Erinkay and I (Grayson) actually went to the same high school together and talked about that for a bit. I didn’t remember her (she was a couple years older than me), but luckily I had a yearbook in the car. No, I don’t keep my yearbook with me at all times; I was in the process of moving and grabbed a couple last items from my “previous residence,” aka my parents house. We thought that it would be funny to take a picture of Erinkay’s senior portrait on our phone and text it to her as a joke. We thought it was hilarious, but didn’t hear back from her until the next day. We were getting really nervous that she might have taken it the wrong way, but she loved it and we all got a good laugh. I think that is what sealed the deal for us!

Douglas and Erinkay got married at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA. For you that haven’t seen this massive glass castle, its the one that almost makes you crash when you drive past it and the sun reflects right into your eyes. The party was at the Grand Californian Hotel right outside of Disneyland; which allowed us to take some cool shots of the bridal party. We did have a tough time getting past security though. We thought it was pretty funny that the reason that Erinkay couldn’t get through was that she looked too much like a princess and would mess with Disneyland’s mojo. We were told that they didn’t want little kids thinking she was one of the princesses and wanting to take pictures with her. It guess it would take away from the Disneyland “magic!” We finally got it sorted out and got some great shots. It was pretty funny and i’m sure that it will be something that they won’t forget.

One of the things that we loved about this wedding was that everyone loved Douglas and Erinkay so much (we understand why) and they were not afraid to show it. The reception was full of “performances” and awesome speeches. The sisters performed a song with cutouts of the couple, Erinkay’s dad and brother-in-laws sang a song to the tune of “my girl” with new lyrics, and the parents went all out when talking about the couple. It was really cool to see! We had a great time and wish Douglas and Erinkay the best in their marriage!

Jessica [the amazing]

Heather — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:46:00 +0000

I had the pleasure of shooting my good amazing/beautiful friend Jessica’s college graduation photos. She just graduated from Cal State Fullerton with a degree in art. Jessica’s art is amaaaazzzinnng! She does these portraits of people that just blow me away. She gave Gray and I this print I was in love with as a wedding present, we hung it over out TV so we could see it all the time! So if anyone needs a custom painting, she’s the one to talk to.