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Serrano Country Club in El Dorado Hills, CA – Wedding Album

Ben Jenkins — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:41:34 +0000

We’ve had a lot of questions about our wedding album designs and layouts. We thought the best way to answer some of these questions is to just upload a sample album and you can check it out. Each of our wedding albums are custom designed to tell the story of your wedding and capture all of the emotion of one of the happiest days in your life. Coming soon we’ll be blogging with pictures of these albums in their final printed form. We look forward to sharing more soon!

If you have any questions about our albums or prints please send us an email using the contact form or give us a call at 916.607.1494. If you’re getting married and find yourself connecting with our style and our heart for healthy and loving marriages, we’d love to meet you for coffee or tea and hear about your dreams for your wedding and marriage.

Sacramento Children’s Portraits – “Cuando Lost Gatos Se Van…”

lauren — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:55:48 +0000

“Los ratones hacen fiesta.”

In English, that translates to “When the Cats are away, the Mice will play.” It doesn’t really rhyme in spanish, but a friend of mine introduced me to that phrase several years ago now, and I thought it was just the funniest thing.

ANYWAY, on to the post.

Last week, my parents went on a mission trip to Honduras leaving my adorable-hilarious-precocious little brother Jacob in the care of Benjamin and me. I don’t usually get a whole lot of opportunities to hang out and take pictures with Jake and Liam together, so while the parents were away… we three little mice got to play!

If you’re interested at all in hearing about the mission trip, and seeing pictures, check out the blog on the church’s home page: http://fbcfo.com/

Liam sure does like his Uncle Jake!

Children’s portraiture is so fun, because you never know what you’re going to get from them. Kids are so unpredictable, and so amazing with the depth of the emotions they carry for having so few years under their belt.

This is the face Jacob gets when you tell him that there ARE in fact games on the iPhone, but no, he may not play them. hahaha.

I LOVE LOVE L O V E This series of him. It’s SO his personality.

WRESTLE TIME! One day, Jake, One day… You will likely not be the bigger of the two of you.

A little vintage action? Yes.

Sacramento Infant Portraits with Baby A!

lauren — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:30:44 +0000

God made the world with towering trees,
majestic mountains, and restless seas.
Then paused and said, It needs one more thing….
someone to laugh and dance and sing.
To walk in the woods and gather flowers…
to commune with nature in quiet hours.”
So God made little girls with laughing eyes
and bouncing curls,
with joyful hearts,
and infectious smiles,
enchanting ways and
feminine wiles.
And when He’d completed the task He’d begun,
He was pleased and proud of the job He’d done.
For the world, when seen through a little girl’s eyes
greatly resembled Paradise.

____________

I found that poem today and it totally reminded me of little A. Such sweet eyes, delicious little cheeks and when her smile happens, it’s just the cutest darm things… she absolutely glows.

We had A’s family over yesterday to hang out a little, take some pictures, carb up, and I have to say, they’re just rad. We had some fun and at the end of the day, got some amazing pictures of all three!

Thank you guys for coming so early! I know it was outside of your normal schedule. You are awesome!

Sunshine and love, Lauren

Cameron Park Newborn Photographer

lauren — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:10:08 +0000

OH BABY!
Little Mr. V is just about the sweetest little man ever! (next to my own munchkin, that is) From his perfect little newborn curls to his teeny tiny terrific little toes, he is just fantastic.

I went to high school with his mom, who has since high school made her way down to Berkeley, so I took the opportunity to head down there and spend a couple of hours catching up, hanging out and taking some newborn portraits.

I am incredibly partial to New baby pictures in black and white, but I threw a color one in there just for good measure.

:-D

Love and other good things, L

Folsom Outdoor Wedding with Dan and Courtney

Ben Jenkins — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:09:56 +0000

Gold Country Wedding with Quinn and Eric

Ben Jenkins — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 10:51:37 +0000

Have some heart, get some stuff. (win – win?)

Ben Jenkins — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 21:49:58 +0000

We want to help with the relief efforts in Haiti, so for every session booked between now and February 28, we will donate $25 to the American Red Cross.
To sweeten the deal a little, if you book to donate, we’ll toss in a free 11×14 print! (Um.. $60 value? yeah… it’s worth it)

Call Lauren @916-607-1494 or use our Contact us form to book a session

Sacramento Delta King Wedding with DJ and Nicole

Ben Jenkins — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 10:52:48 +0000

Nicole and DJ are such a fun couple. We almost instantly became good friends with them during their engagement shoot. Being a part of their wedding, sharing their day with them and capturing some amazing images was like icing on the friendship cake that we had already developed.

We had been looking forward to being a part of a wedding on the Sacramento Delta King for quite awhile; DJ and Nicole came along and made that happen. The Delta King is a beautiful place for a wedding and affords some great places to capture some really fun pictures.

In addition to the great staff at the Delta King we had the opportunity to work with Sound Image Entertainment. Thank you Brandon and Kami for the phenomenal job you did with all of the lighting, Disc Jockeying and wedding coordination. It was a pleasure to working with and getting to know you. We look forward to our continued relationship.

Congratulations Nicole and DJ! We are so excited for you both! We are so happy to been a part of your wedding and for the friendship we have found in you and your family. Thank you so much for letting us capture your love story.

Folsom Lake Natoma Inn Wedding with Matt and Melissa

Ben Jenkins — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:37:44 +0000

Matt and Melissa are brand new friends of ours through other good friends of ours (and we couldn’t be happier about that!). This sweet couple was married at the Lake Natoma Inn in Folsom. Their ceremony was in the Inn’s back Garden area, complete with Harpist Pamela Pamperin. The reception was in the Inn’s GORGEOUS Pavilion. I was so impressed at all of the beautiful little details put together for their day! Everything was lovely down to the poetry clad tissues, the bubbles during the first dance, the wonderfully hand crafted programs and name cards, and so much more.

Congratulations Matt and Melissa. We’re WAY excited to have you come hang out with us in Young Marrieds!

In Studio Senior Portraits with Jenn

Ben Jenkins — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:48:33 +0000

Ok, I like Jenn so much, we decided to shoot just a little more. This girl is ROCKIN!

We did a mini studio session, played a bit with makeup colors and here’s what we came up with:
It’s almost as though she is working on her modeling headshots… She has such a great artillery of poses, and beautiful deep expressions, I’m just super blessed that I get to call her friend, and have the opportunity to shoot her!

Jenn — The camera loves you, and so do I!