October is my favorite month of the year. I love everything about it-the beginning of the holidays, dressing up, the crisp weather & allllllllllllllllll the candy at the stores. Candy corn, chocolate covered marshmallow pumpkins….I could go on & on about all the fantastically sugary sweets that I gobble up during the month of October (but I’ll spare myself the embarrassment). I hope you have a safe, happy & fabulous Halloween this weekend! For now, here are some of my favorite things about fall….
The gorgeous colors…
My gold flats (really doesn’t have anything to do with Fall….but whatever.)
Pumpkin Patches & furry vests…
Fun school carnivals…
Sugary sweets…
Fun, fun, FUN!
Today my lovely, sassy & beautiful little girl turns three! I can’t believe it-she literally has grown up right before my eyes. She brings such happiness to us & I am so grateful to call her mine. Being a mother has brought me more happiness than I ever thought imaginable. She is truly perfect & such a little joy. Each night as I tuck her into bed, I think about what a sweet angel she is. She literally is my favorite person on the whole planet & I love her more than words can describe. Happy, Happy Birthday, Hadley!
Here’s a small sneak peek of the two amazing weddings I photographed last weekend…
Chad & Kelly’s fabulous Palm Springs wedding…
and Matt & Jen’s gorgeous backyard wedding…
Both weddings were so gorgeous, so fun & made me even more grateful for what I do! Can’t wait to post the rest from both of these fabulous weddings!!
I‘m a pretty lucky gal. This weekend I am going to be shooting Chad & Kelly’s wedding in Palm Springs. I’m not going to lie, I’m super excited! They are an awesome couple & I know their wedding will be just like them-fun, fabulous & perfect!
Here are a couple of photographs from their engagement session up in Seattle…I can’t wait to post their wedding photographs when I get back!
Their love is evident through the small things: in the way Crystal talks about Mike’s cooking…it’s in the way they write little notes to each other…it’s in the way that they always want to be together…it’s in the way that Mike will spontaneously dance with Crystal without any music. It’s in the way that they love doing everything together-from playing pool to going on walks. It’s through the very small things that you get a little glimpse of how truly big Crystal & Mike’s love is. And even though they’ve been married for four years, they still are crazy in love with each other! You read that right-they were married four years ago in the Oakland Temple! Unfortunately, they had very few photographs from their wedding & Crystal was never happy with the photographs that they did have (side note-I wasn’t their wedding photographer!). Crystal contacted me awhile back about doing a photo shoot of them in their wedding clothes & I was soooooooooo excited! They flew to California all they way from Texas just to have their photos taken by little old me. We had a great day exploring & we were able to get photographs at the temple, the Japanese Gardens in San Francisco & even the beach. It was fabulously fun to get to know them & to be able to take some photographs that I know they will love!
Crystal & Mike-thanks a million for flying all the way out here to have your photographs taken! You are such a sweet, kind couple & it was so fun for me to photograph the two of you! Wishing you happiness in all the coming years…xoxo, marielle.
I love finding new ways to photograph the temple…I especially love the colors in the fall!
This one is my favorite from the day-I love this building!!!
I love how the sun flare turned out on this one-look at the rainbow!
We headed over to a favorite location of mine-the Japanese Tea Gardens in San Francisco…
I love this one of Crystal…
By far my favorite one of the day-this location is incredible!
