April 2015 in Review

April provided me with a little bit of adventure! Here's what the month looked like:

I got the opportunity to attend Coachella again. Although I didn't take as many photos as I would have liked, and although I didn't get myself a press pass, I still did manage to take a few to remember the time there. There's always next year for more photos!

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I had a couple different beach adventures, one to San Clemente and one to the Newport Dog Beach:

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I documented Claremont's Annual Earth Day Celebration (check out those owls!)

Lastly, I hung out with some horses and took some graduation photos for a friend:

March 2015 pt. 2 - Monica + Oscar's Wedding!

I was lucky enough to second-shoot this gorgeous wedding with the best bride, groom, friends and family ever! Can I just say that I want to adopt them all as my family and friends? And thanks to Monica's dad's speech, I'll never look at pelicans the same way..! Below is the summary of the course of my portion of the day. See the full set of my edits here.

My childhood friend's company that I shot for, Ladybird Pictures, can be found here.

March 2015 in Review (Photo Field Trip Special!)

Hey folks! March was pretty uneventful, except for perhaps one of the best events I have ever attended. Let me tell you a little about Photo Field Trip. PFT is a photography conference of sorts where about more or less 400 creative types gather to take classes, play, network, camp, plunge into the cold abyss of an ocean, and more.

Held in El Capitan, Santa Barbara, the setting was a joy-- picture luscious oak forests, a generally people-free beach with smooth, round stones, scenic ocean bluffs, a shaded canyon, and lots of adorable cabins, safari tents, and TICLA tents. Staff went above and beyond in creating a community space where we trippers could grow and learn.

We received much swag by super generous and amazing sponsors. We got to play with gear, process film, and hear talks by favorite/famous photographers. Oh yeah, and we took a spiritual walk to go view llamas. Yes, llamas. We also had a raucous dance party with lots of sparkles. I got to have a micro-mini jam session with an instructor, and had a really in-depth, extremely helpful conversation about workflow from an apparently elusive unicorn of a instructor/photographer. Seriously, just everything about this place was just magic.

There are so many beautiful things for me to say about this experience, and I really don't even know where to start, aside from what I've already babbled out. I would go again in a heartbeat. I get all the feels just thinking about it. It was everything I wanted it to be and more. Photo Field Trip 2015 will always have a place in my heart!

Alright, alright, so here are the visual goods:

Day 1: