Sammy + Natalia's Wedding | Newport Beach, California

What in the world can I say about these two! :)
Sammy and I have been like best friends for quite some time, and we'd hang out all the time! He has been such a blessing in my life, and Im SUPER grateful for his friendship throughout these years!

When Sammy started liking Natalia....OMG I was more than happy for him! :)) When they first started dating, I was given the privledge to take some pictures of them, their first photoshoot together as a couple! Only God knew that I'd be given the opportunity to photograph their proposal, engagement photoshoot, engagement party and their wedding(which was amazing)! :) Maybe next is a future baby ;) hehe

I want to give a little shout out...that Sammy and Natalia decided to launch a photography business together! You can check out their site here and their blog here!

A little about their big day...Sammy played a huge part in planning this wedding. Not many guys do! And I loved it! You can see his creativity played out throughout everything. He made the invites, and the program for the day at the wedding and so much more! How cool is that?! They got married at the Turnip Rose and the flowers were all done by Bella Bloom!

May you continually be blessed! Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share this special day with you two! (by the way, I couldn't choose from your pictures...you had a ton of great portrait shots of you two...so I posted quite a few!)

Also....a big special thanks to my long time friend Jennifer for helping me second shoot!

Baby Anabelle

This was my very first time spending some time with one of my closest friends baby! I went over for an hour, and decided to take some pictures while I was at it! I shot my friend Martina's maternity photos, which you can view here in late 2008.
Well here are some pictures of little miss Anabelle while she was playing and having a little snack! :)

My sister is getting married!

I still can't believe it! My little sister Lidia is getting married! The day I flew back from Italy, from the Jose Villa Workshop, my sister and her boyfriend flew out to Portland for the weekend, and she got proposed to the day I got back! Initially the plan was that I would go take their pictures and hide behind some trees or something, and plans changed! My youngest sister Nicky ended up taking a few pictures during the proposal, and they turned out great! :) Here are some pictures from the proposal!

This past weekend, I flew out to LA for the holidays, and on the 19th we had a small family get together and had an engagement party! (Yes! I said small! We're Romanian...and small family get together about 45 of us. haha!) We all went out to eat at Fogo de Chao! If you are a meat lover, that is the place to go! Afterwards, we went to our house, and I took a few pictures of my sister and her fiance! Here are some pictures of the family at the restaurant and pictures of the gorgeous couple!

Growing up, my sisters and I have always talked about who will be getting married first, and I always knew it was going to be Lidia! I couldn't be more excited for her to start her knew life with Andrei! :) I'm already missing her tons, since I moved up to Portland....so I'm hoping she'll move close by soon ;) I mean common...later on wouldn't it be nice if our kids grew up together?! lol I love you tons Lidia, and am excited for you! Your wedding is coming up so soon, and we have tons of work to do, but I know its goin to turn out AMAZING, because you are amazing and everything you set out to, do turns out great! ;) Can't wait for March...you are going to be the most gorgeous bride out there! ;) Love you sister!
xoxo,
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