Folsom Family Photographer | Liz + Joe + Adalee

I love this family. Liz and Joe are totally my people and every single time I get a chance to see them I have the BEST time. They have been by my side when I almost get plowed over by a bike at their engagement session, ran around in the sprinkling rain and acted like super heroes together at their wedding, joked and laughed almost nonstop through their sweet maternity and newborn sessions, and I am so happy they came back again for photos of their baby girl turning one! I am so honored to share Liz has started her own photography business, Elizabeth Koston Photography, and is doing phenomenally!! Happy birthday little one, you are so very loved!

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Yosemite Family Photographer | My Family

I recently read a great quote by Elizabeth Gilbert about balance and life and it rang so true to me and inspired me to be ok with editing and sharing some personal photos when I am still working furiously on my client work. That woman is wise…and I am going to try my darndest to live this every day.

“If you can get some stuff done in the chaos sometimes, god bless you. If you can basically hold it together, propping yourself up with duct tape and glue, rock on. If you can manage stay upright even one hour a day, you’re doing pretty great, as far as I’m concerned. And if you can be kind to the other stumbling fools around you half the time — well, that’s just heroic.

Basically, I think we are all just sloppy stupendous champions.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

We took the kids to Yosemite for spring break this year (so many months ago in March) and we had an absolute blast. I love when we all ship out somewhere as a family, living in close quarters, all piled on top of each other, exploring, getting dirty. We may not have hiked any mountains (the toddler dictates our activities haha) or adventured like we used to pre-kids, but we did this trip together and that is what matters. This is embarrassingly my first trip to Yosemite. I don’t know how I have lived 37 years without visiting this glorious, amazing place.

Wow.

No words to describe driving into Yosemite for the first time.

I still get goosebumps thinking about it.

We played “My House”, all the windows down, sunroof open, in awe of the majestic beauty. Every time I hear that song I know think of Yosemite.

Now to put a bride and groom in this glorious park (hint hint) I would love to shoot a wedding here one day, universe.

Thank you, world, for looking at my family photos. I love photographing my kids and need to to it more this year. Being a family storyteller is such a joy and I loved reliving our trip through these images.

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Sacramento Maternity Photographer | Hoi Mei

Hoi Mei is the cutest pregnant woman. She first contacted me a few weeks ago for a maternity session and I am so happy we were able to meet before she has her baby boy! She was 38 weeks and adorable at her maternity. We met in the Mission District of San Francisco where she met her fiancé, and she found the best alley full of murals for us. The light was perfect and the two of them were perfect. After spending some time wandering the street and smiling with tourists and laughing with all the neighborhood kids riding their bikes we headed out to the coast. I had been warned San Francisco has been incredibly foggy, and about a mile down the road I hit a wall of fog. The coast was blustery and cold and damp but absolutely amazing and gorgeous and windy and honestly perfect. I adore weather. I mean, in California we have summer and summer and winter so to this valley girl the fog is awesome. I love love loved shooting there and Hoi Mei was the best model. Her pink dress blew softly in the wind, the way these two looked at each other…again, perfect. I cannot thank them enough for having me out to take these photos for them and I am so excited for their newborn session later this month!!

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