Home Again!

 What an awesome Road Trip! Tons of fun! No matter how great a trip is, it's always so good to be home.
Before we left San Diego we had one last shoot with the sweetest baby girl, Genesis, at La Jolla Cove. Isn't she so beautiful!

We gave her this lolly-pop and she loved it. But she would not put it in her mouth, she just wanted to stick it in the sand!

Road Trip Day 6: San Diego, California

After a long day of driving on Monday we got to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in  Los Angeles, CA.  There we did a shoot with Dallas who was fantastic! She looks so glamorous in the dress yet, off sets everything with all her tattoos. Love it!

After that we still had a 2 hour drive down to San Diego that night. So we crashed last night. We got a late start on our morning beach shoot with Emma this morning, but it didn't really matter because the sky was overcast all day. (Really love overcast for shooting.) 

Wow! Was Emma amazing! Perfect and gorgeous! And such a sweetheart! OK, I'm gushing because Emma just happens to be my cousin - but all those things are still true!

Emma's a California surfer girl and she was awesome to get in this cold water with that dress. (Wedding dresses get really heavy when wet.) By the way, why was the water cold?! It's July, for crying out loud!

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Road Trip Day 4: San Francisco, California

So yesterday I left Reno in the morning and drove into California. The drive over the mountains was so lovely.

 I met the beautiful Stephanie in 'Old Sac' Sacramento, CA for more wedding dress fun and yes, it's really called that. 

So much fun! Stephanie fit that fantastic princess dress from Bonny Bridal perfectly!

Then no rest for the weary. I drove to the San Francisco airport where I was reunited with my assistant Carmen! Ahh, San Francisco. A crazy city so we did something crazy. Today we went to the Golden Gate bridge viewing area and asked random girls if they wanted to put on a wedding dress. Crazy, I know. But we did get some takers. Brave Lisa and Rani from Germany put on dresses in the public bathroom and we did a little photo session. Shout out to Lisa & Rani -'We love you! You made our day!'

Aren't they great!? Love serendipity!

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Road Trip Day 2: Reno, Nevada

As it always is with life - nothing goes according to plan. The plan was for myself and my 2 assistants/best friends, Ashley & Carmen, to all do the road trip together. But because life is crazy I had to make the first leg of the trip alone. But before I completely left the Vegas desert I talked Carmen and Ashley into waking up early to do a shoot out in the desert before I got underway.  And I swear that we did not coordinate our outfits! It just happened like that. See how much we think alike.

So because Ashley is gorgeous we stuck her in the dress.

Then I had an 9 hour drive up to Reno, NV all alone. But I managed to keep myself entertained.

After I got to Reno and visited with my beautiful, long-time-no-see friend, Jessica, she said she was up for some night shooting. So we grabbed her friend Kerrie, who was so classic & lovely, and went into downtown Reno.

And now this afternoon we will be shooting again! I'll have more for you soon.

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Road Trip Coming Up!

So the wonderful folks at Bonny Bridal sent me some lovely wedding dress to take on our Road Trip for fun trash the dress sessions! They are so awesome! (I even pranced around the house in this one for an hour- shhh, don't tell.) And I had to take some pictures. Here's a few sneak peeks.

Wanna wear it?! I still have a few spots left on the Road Trip, so email me at rachel@brilliantimagery.net
to schedule your session. It's totally free and lots of fun!
I'll be keeping you all updated daily from the road so check back to see what trouble we can get into!
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365 Project

A few months back I started a 365 Project. Basically taking a picture everyday. I'm on image #99 today. I've been posting the images on Flickr so I don't clog up my blog with them, but I thought I'd show a few of my favorites.

Red Newspaper

Before I give you the goods (by that I mean images). I want to throw something out there. If you comment on my blog and don't list your email address and if your blogger profile is kept private - I can't write you back! No matter how much I want to! If I don't give me your email address, I can't contact you. So for those who have commented about the Road Trip and want to participate, please make sure that you list your email address. Or just email me. rachel@brilliantimagery.net Thanks!

Ok, on to the imagery! I shot these for a friend who wanted some home decor and I just love them so much I wanted to share. The red paint is the left over paint they used to paint the accent wall where we hung the pictures.

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