Happy Thanksgiving! Today is so wonderful, I wish every day was thanksgiving. It feels so much better to be thankful than to be grumpy. Not like I’m ever grumpy or anything. haha

Everyday, I am sooooo very thankful for my client-friends! Hope you all have a truly blessed day.

I have three, count them THREE weddings I’m working on right now. Hoping to get them done soon.

Here’s a random picture from my 4th that I love. Sometimes I like to bring my camera to out-ings to see what craziness ensues. Hope you had as much fun as I did!

Kelly + Mike, Mt. Woodson Castle So many great details I can’t wait to show you! Guys wore purple bow ties!

Erin + Jorge, Pine Rose Cabins Another colorful + fun details wedding.

Julie + Johnny, Mission Santa Barbara So much happiness and love on this day!

Welcome to my newly designed blog!  I wanted to add some features and come up with a new design. It was time for change! Plus I needed to add items that reflect my personality and style a little better, like the tag and twine. I’m so in love with it!

You might notice that my logo now has the word “boutique”  in it because it fits so well. It means, ” A small shop serving a specialized clientele.” My client-friends are SPECIAL-lized.

Another fun new feature is the side bar of inspiration, latest and popular. I have such inspirational clients, I wanted their ideas to be easily accessible and fun to look through. You can also find the latest posts easily instead of scrolling down and popular posts are always a good time.

Facebook is now connected and every post can be tweeted, Facebooked, blogged, baked and fried however you like! It’s delicious!

Also, updated is my about me page. There’s a ridiculously silly video of me. Watch it at your own risk!

I want to thank Allison of Designed by Allison for doing such an amazing job! I couldn’t be happier. Use her, use her for everything and anything!

Let me know what you think! (But only if it’s good! haha)
xoxo,
Dana

Strangers in the Night..la la la la la Well not exactly night; evening, if you will. How much did I love shooting at The Frank Sinatra House? A lot, thanks for asking. I especially love this shot my associate nailed of this cool “stranger”.

This wedding shall be blogged soon….

Lately I’ve been exploring the concept of what I’ve been calling “Reject Art.” Started by my Reject Heart. It’s all about making something beautiful accidentally or finding the art in something that didn’t turn out “right.”

I finally developed some Holga film (I usually wait so long, I forget what I’ve shot and it’s like Christmas when I get them back!) One of the reasons I love the Holga so much, it’s not perfect. But my recent developments, were even more un-perfect.. But the more and more they come out wrong, the more I’m loving them. These are all medium format film and even that didn’t quite turn out right. Only part of the side of the film showed up.

Nothing even came out on these ones, but I’m in love with the numbers and the colors.

This is a little more typically Holga but still cropped off. From one of my favorite weddings.

From this rad wedding. Even though these didn’t turn out, I gave them to the bride and she loved them.

A merry go round in Perris (looks totally creepy to me) and a building in Paris, Ireland or London.

Totally wacky, from this Engagement Shoot.

From my trip to Utah in December.

This is closer to the look I’m going for with my Holga, but this is also (accidentally) double exposed.