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    Hi there!

    I am Erica and I am a Southern California/San Diego Wedding and Portrait Photographer. I love capturing people in LOVE: from the engaged and newlyweds to babies and families. I love creating images that capture emotion, excitement and the joy of life. My favorite images are those of people laughing. I love nature and am particularly drawn to creating images in nature... with a natural feel and using natural light.

    This blog follows both my personal and professional life, and features images from the weddings I shoot, the places I travel and the friends and family members that mean so much to me. Thanks for visiting!

Sarah & Evan | Engagement Session | Torrey Pines, CA

We photographed Sarah & Evan’s engagement session last night (yeah! we’re fast!) at Torrey Pines State Park and beach in Del Mar. I have loved getting to know Sarah as a bride, and enjoyed meeting Evan last night- they are so happy and giddy together! Evan is in the military and has spent a good portion of their engagement away from Sarah- so they were very excited to be together last night! I can’t wait to photograph their wedding THIS Sunday at the Temecula Farmhouse!

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Shawna & Eddie | Engagement Session | Cuyamaca, CA

I photographed Shawna & Eddie’s engagement session a few weeks ago in the local mountains… always one of my favorite places to go! Shawna and I graduated high school together, and she and Eddie are high school sweethearts! I am looking forward to photographing their wedding in January!

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Cassie Giles - August 31, 2010 - 10:07 pm

Beautiful pictures of two people that I love so much! Great job Erica! There are so many breathtaking pictures I don’t know how they will choose between them all.

Grandma Sally : Rest in Peace

Deven’s grandmother Sally Thompson passed away last week while we were in Mammoth; her passing was anticipated and her family and friends were happy to see her move on to the next life peacefully. Sally was an amazing grandmother to Deven as well as her other grandkids and great-grandkids. She lived a long, full life of 90 years! I know that Deven will always be grateful for the lessons she taught him and her influence in his life.

May you rest in peace, Sally.

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Mammoth Lakes

Deven and I just got back last night from a week-long vacation in Mammoth!!! We had such a great time. We drove up last Sunday and pulled into the Mammoth Mountain Inn at around 2am; Monday morning we set up camp at Old Shady Rest campground, where we would spend the next 4 nights. We did a lot of relaxing, sleeping, dual sport riding, hiking and some fishing too. Check out the pics!

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The drive up at night…

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Gettin’ camp all set up. The weather was so warm!

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“Hi, I’m adorable.”

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Here’s our first dual-sport ride around the local mountains… a great view of the town below.

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Our matching KTM bikes… and some action shots.

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He kills it.

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Happy hour.

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Topped off a fun day with a relaxing soak in this natural hot spring… so awesome at 105 degrees! And no, you can’t keep our dog out of the water.

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The moon rising.

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The next day we conquered the trail to Laurel Lakes- about 10 miles round trip on the bikes. As you can see, it was a little technical. The views were amazing.

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Check out this awesome terrain!

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A little picnic lunch.

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The MOST amazing tasting fresh water you’ve ever had!

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Off for a little hike (climb, in my opinion- it was straight up!).

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We hiked this to the base of the snow drift to check out some abandoned mines at the top. You could really feel the elevation!

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The view of Laurel Lake (where our bikes are parked).

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Being silly.

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The proof!

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The next day we visited Devil’s Postpile- what an incredible creation.

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Did another ride to a lookout point- you could see forever in every direction! This was at about 9,000 feet.

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So beautiful!

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That’s Mammoth Mountain on the right side of the shot.

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Did some hiking and fishing in the San Joaquin river!

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My water dog… loved the freezing temps.

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Deven fly-fishing… not too many fish in this here river.

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Just like her daddy!

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It was so much colder on our last day- down at Minaret Falls in the valley.

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Here’s the truck all packed up and ready to head home! We had such a great time. It was so nice to be on a week-long vacation. Can’t wait to do Colorado next year!

Jessica & Cory | Wedding | Rancho San Diego, CA

Deven and I photographed our good friends’ Jessica & Cory’s wedding at the beginning of August; they were married at The Church of Saint Luke with a reception at Cottonwood Golf Course in Rancho San Diego. Deven has played baseball with Cory since they were kids, and it’s been great to watch Jess and Cory fall in love over the last 5 years. They share an avid love for sports- believe me, you haven’t met a more athletic couple. They golfed at 8am the morning after their wedding for goodness’ sake! Congrats, Jess and Cory- and thanks for allowing us to be a part of your big day.

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