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step on over to the brides cafe today.  the wonderful janie has featured bryn + chris wedding.   if you are a bride looking for beautiful wedding inspiration, the bride’s cafe is one of my favorites.   real weddings and adorable ideas are featured daily.  i feel so honored to have my work up on the blog again.  thank you and head on over there now!

a fun pre-wedding session in golden gate park.

i will be in chicago and have openings for sessions thursday, october 15h and friday, october 16th.   i would love to meet you.  i am open for mentoring sessions, engagements, and portraits.   please email me if you are interested:  jillthomasphotograhy@gmail.com

i know i say every session is so fun, but it is because i have so much fun at what i do.  you can ask all my clients.  i get super excited and way to giddy.  i just am loving life!   but i will once again say, i was just loving this session with bethany + chris.  i just adore them!  they inroduced me to seal beach, which i have not stop raving about since last week.   they are such a fun couple, these photos show that.   they have so much fun together and were just so easy to work with.  when a couple can just be themselves, interact as if i am not even there - well, it just makes my day!   i want to capture a couple how they truly are and i loved this shoot because i truly feel this is bethany + chris.  casual, fun, friendly, and oh so easy to be around.   i cannot wait for their wedding next year at mammoth mountain.  thank you for a fun session and enjoy!

this session was so fun for so many reasons.  one was that i already knew andrea.  she went to my same highschool and i cheered with her older sister (yes i did cheer).   she is so beautiful inside and out, purely one of the sweetest people i know.  she came with her outfits all ready to go and wow, they were amazing.  i seriously was giddy when i saw her.   also, i pulled out all the props on this one.  andrea loves props, so i got into my stash and brought it all.  we had so much fun.  wes was such a trooper and did an amazing job.  i mean seriously they are gorgeous together.  

we went to downtown san diego and then we headed to del mar for a differnt kind of beach session. it was fun to finally do a session in san diego!   i loved how theses turned out.   i am so excited for their wedding next year.  you can only imagine how beautiful their la jolla wedding will be.   enjoy! 

san diego has brought a lot of new and exciting things to me and my family but so far the funnest thing that has happened is the new addition we brought home last week.   meet jude.  she is about the funnest sweetest thing!  of course i have been crazy about taking pictures of her!  she is a now 9 week old golden retreiver.   i have been wanting to do a “we moved” announcement to all of our friends, updating our new address, so i took the kids down to the beach with jude for a little quick photo shoot.  here is the one i think i am going to use.

this is on our way to get jude.  we were at the pool and the lady called and i told us we could pick up jude one day early, so of course we packed up our stuff and went straight there!   don’t these kids look excited for a puppy?? (you got to love the pool hair)

this is one of the many kisses jude will receive from noah.

okay seriously … isn’t she the cutest thing EVER!?!

so if you take a walk on over to the fabulous green wedding shoes blog today, you will see me.   jenn was so kind to feature sarah+michael’s engagement session.   the blog is full of such great style and taste, i am seriously honored each time she features my work!  thank you jenn- i am such a fan of green wedding shoes!  if you haven’t been please click here and visit now!

so i have a winner of the contest.   it was hard.  there were SO many good blog name ideas.   all of your really took kami and style and made it your own … i love it!   thank you for all the good suggestions.  however i could only choose one winner and the winner is :

BLUSH AND CRUSH

we loved it!  it was so kami and so dang cute - just purely perfect.   so ali please email me your info so we can connect and schedule you a portrait session!!  congrats!  

just so you know, we did have a close second and it was hard and i thought i would let you know the runner up.  i am so sorry you don’t win anything but you made us smile and laugh and we love it.   thanks to:

THE SHOULDER PAD

thank you again all and please stay tuned as kami gets her style blog designed and ready.  i will be keeping you updated!