What happens when you arrive at a location and find that it's closed? You put "park" in your GPS, smack dab in the middle of the 'burbs and hope for the best. While I would have never chosen this park in advance, guess what? The location didn't matter. At all. This family has been coming to me for 3 years now and the sole focus of this shoot was their connection which is all I really care about anyway.
It is such a joy watching this family grow and aren't the girls just the cutest?!
Earlier this year I had the honor of hosting two more Blair & Thurston retreats with Elena Blair. We have been putting on intimate, luxury photography retreats since 2016 and when we announced that one would be taking place in the Napa/Sonoma region it immediately sold out. After some discussion we decided to go ahead and open up a second retreat in the same location to take place two weeks later and that ALSO sold out! Unreal. We are so thankful that we get to do this and call it work.
Our retreats took place at an amazing 6 acre working farm in the heart of downtown Sonoma. We welcomed 14 women at each one, pampered them with the luxury accommodations, a private chef, yoga, an on-site wine tasting, and wonderful guest speakers.
We also love to get out and do a shoot and that's where the Nicholson family comes into play. Elizabeth is actually a good friend of mine and her daughter Abigail goes to preschool with my daughter Sloane. Can you believe that prior to this they have never had family photos done? They were so natural and wonderful in front of the camera despite the stress of getting a flat tire en-route to the retreat.
Our retreat attendees LOVED getting to photograph this family and Elena and I had a wonderful time posing, shooting, and sharing what we know.
Our next photography retreat takes place this September in Portland, Maine and we will be making our 2019 location announcements soon. If you're a photographer, make sure to sign up for our mailing list to find out first!
Laura and Alex are the sweetest, most down to earth couple. We met on a beautiful sunny evening in Half Moon Bay for their engagement shoot. Their wedding took place at the always stunning Nestldown and I can't wait to share their wedding photos with you soon!
