California Vacation

Last month I had a lovely 5 day trip with my boyfriend Robert in California. Met up with my brother and visited my dad, stepmom & my new "little brother" (their new puppy) in La Quinta, had a day trip to Palm Springs, then headed to Downtown LA to visit some of Robert's awesome cousins.

Swimming in my dad's pool, hot tubbing at night and being pampered with home made meals and fresh squeezed juice was so fantastic. Robert and I borrowed their bikes and had so much fun cruising around at sunset, we came back with 10 giant grapefruits. The Living Desert zoo was awesome, I hadn't been there for years. Had such a great time in Palm Springs exploring all the boutique hotels and checking out the mid-century architecture. SOOO beautiful, bright and fun! SO much good food too, ahhhh!

Went to the Griffith Observatory and a ton of awesome restaurants and bars for the first time in LA. Wish I had gotten some photos of the speakeasy style cigar club/bar we went to! Never enough time to do all I want down in Cali!

Thanks to my boyfriend for taking all my 'non chalant modeling photos' while we were in Palm Springs.

Nick - Model

Nick is awesome AND he's the first ever male model I've photographed! He was kind enough to let me use he & his girlfriend's cute apartment studio they set up themselves. We are both Game of Thrones nerds, phodels (photographers + models haha) & indie music fans. Glad to have met this guy for sure, it's always lovely having friends with similar interests.

 

 

Stephanie - Model / Boudoir

Spent a fantastic day with my last model, miss Stephanie Lazaro! I had admired her awesome modeling skills online for a year and we finally made a shoot happen. This girl has lingerie GALORE! I asked her to bring a couple outfits to shoot in and she literally brought two suitcases packed with pretty lingerie and clothes. So jealous of her collection!

Stephanie is super sweet. After we shoot all the lingerie looks at my apartment, I introduced her to Volunteer Park and we had a ton of fun walking around the park on a gorgeous Seattle day shooting some fashion and lifestyle images by the arboretum.