this is under the engagement photo section, but should be under the yay we've been married a year! section because lauren and brandon are celebrating a year of marriage.  lauren and i were at biola together, in many many photo classes throughout our years there.... and i honestly was so nervous going to this session--------- ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER! what the heck!! i confessed my anxiety while we sipped drinks at the border grill before the session and she calmed me down...... thankfully, because the free spirited nature of these two was so rad.  so many unique little moments.  brandon cracked me up, lauren is absolutely lovely, and we had an evening of fun in santa monica, loving life and exploring the world.

so fun! i screamed with happiness when i saw this one.

going through the photos i was honestly confused when i came across this sweet moment in the next two.  i have no memory of shooting them.  sometimes (okay, more often than not) i am so in the moment that i forget what happened 2 seconds ago.  can anyone relate?

and here's another beach photo revitalization that we created:::::::::

brandon likes closeups he said, so we DID some closeups.

this series lights me up-----------