It was early morning on an unseasonably warm day in San Francisco. As I waited at the beach for this really cool couple to arrive I reflected back on how lucky I felt to be photographing these two again. Marcela and Seth are the super smiley, beautiful, and seriously hilarious pair I had the joy of meeting at their engagement photo session and at their wedding last year.

Oh what a difference a year makes. Marcela and Seth have moved back to the West Coast after Marcela finished med school. She is deep into her residency with plans on moving into a blossoming career in Opthalmology. My eyes are horrible, it must be why I secretly love her so much. She is a fiery personality, charismatic, charming, and insanely likable. Seth is a dream of a husband, doting, kind, always there to make Marcela laugh and help her out while balancing working full time and trekking across the country managing moves and their jam packed social calendar. These two are a powerful team! I am inspired in their presence. When they contacted me about photos for her growing belly I was thrilled to see them again!

We wandered the beach with the gorgeous blue skies above. I was slightly mortified when we stumbled upon the weirdest mass seagull grave on the beach, I am so glad we were able to chuckle about that even at their newborn session 🙂 We forgot about the poor birds after we found a beach ball dancing in the waves, we ran into the water, we ran on the sand…I thoroughly enjoyed every second of this session with them. They were keeping the gender a surprise for birth (incredible way to do it!) and I was itching to find out if they were going to have a spicy little girl or a sweet little mini-Seth.

Much love and congratulations to this fun-loving couple! I can’t wait to share photos from their newborn session too 🙂