They met through a mutual friend 2 year ago and now they are getting hitched in May at the beautiful Foresthouse lodge. When Katy and Charles arrived to their engagement shoot they were all dressed up in the cowboy boots and I thought how much it represented the rugged side of their personality and I thought about the last wedding I shot at Foresthouse and I really believe they chose such a perfect venue for them. Katy mentioned in her email that Charles really liked the big outdoors so we decided to meet up in Folsom. What I love about them is they are so silly together and they really wanted their pictures to be easy and fun. Charles said to me during their engagement shoot, “You don’t know what you got yourself into…” and with all my couples…I wouldn’t have it any other way. Congrats you two and I cannot wait for your wedding.

I’m heading out to WPPI in a few days….and I’ve been eating healthy all week to get vegas bod ready. (Well, sort of, besides that one incident with the pound cake, but lets not talk about that.) Well in the course of eating healthy I discovered how much I like Arugula and I crafted up this simple salad that is oh so yummy.

Ingredients
Arugula
Chicken Tenders or Breast
Crumbled Feta Cheese
Soy Sauce
Lemon
Butter

Instructions
1. Melt butter in frying pan. I use about 1/4 to 1/2 a tablespoon.
2. Turn down heat half 1/2 way. Add Chicken to frying pan. Brown on 1 side for about 30 seconds. Add soy sauce to your desire. (I add about 3 tablespoons.)
3. Squeeze in a 1/4 of lemon juice.
4. Turn Chicken over, brown for 30 seconds and drizzle excess sauce over your Arugula.
5. Continue to cook Chicken on low heat until done. If you are using Chicken tenders it will probably be about 5-7 minutes.
6. Place Chicken Tenders on top of Arugula and top with Feta Cheese.
7. ENJOY!

Also, don’t forget to check out this week’s video blog with what I’m bringing to Vegas: Packing for WPPI. Fun Stuff. I’m super excited and believe it or not I didn’t go to the mall this week at all for new clothes. Double Pat on the back (besides the pound cake incident, teehee). Anyway, talk to you next week. Enjoy the video.

Happy Valentine’s Day. Hope everyone has awesome plans with their special someone…or happy hours with friends. To celebrate the day of love I have some images from my last red hot valentine’s marathon with Jaclyn Tara. I loved this shoot with her. She brought so many cute outfits and laughed a lot! We had so much fun shooting her video too. If you haven’t check it out make sure you see the hot boudoir video. Also, a special behind the scenes video. My fave sets are the ones in front of the window. Sit down with chocolates and enjoy these sexy pictures. XOXOX

Hey hey. Happy Saturday. I just finished up Jaclyn and Hollywood’s boudoir videos this week. Check out both of them on my vimeo channel. They are super sexy and super fun to shoot. I just wanted to share some behind the scenes footage from this shoot. Enjoy!

…and if you are interested you can also check out a very short video on how I lit these sets. Honestly, there wasn’t much to tell since I used 1 light for all the sets and pretty much used the same lighting setup. Check the lighting vlog here: VDay Lighting.

Hey all. WPPI is happening in about 1.5 weeks. I’m super excited and I know those of you that are going for the first time must super anxious. I remember my first year went by in a whirlwind and I felt scared because there were so many people there that knew where they were going and seemed to have places to be. I did a little vlog this week with a video with 10 tips for WPPI. Hope this helps you and I will see you there.

Also, I wanted to mention that when taking taxis it’s better to carry cash on you. The taxis charge a $3.00 card charge on top of your fare for using your card.

You can also check out my blog regarding scheduling for more WPPI tips: 5 tips for scheduling your calendar