thank you…fall confession and plea for patience

I know some of you are waiting patiently for your imagea and I I just wanted to post to let everyone that during this time of year I appreciate your patience!  Every year my business grows in leaps and bounds. This year, has been no exception. Fall is the craziest time of year for me and my business. I’m finishing wedding season, shooting commercial client’s harvest & bottle shots, shooting some amazing Napa Valley events and I am trying to whip out all the summer weddings edits. It is also a busy time with Holiday portraits, album designs & holiday cards being ordered. In addition, the annual auction design & photography  business has begun! Hmmm…do I sound a bit buried?

I am so amazed and thankful about the love, support and excitement my clients, friends & family have for my work. I value my work and quality more than you may know, so it is hugely important to me that my clients receive my best quality, and sadly, that just takes time. So…once again…thank you and please… know that your work will arrive soon and with my personal stamp of approval…I promise!

In addition,  I may be slower than normal during this time of year returning emails and phone calls, but I assure you all, I am working my bootie off to get all caught up!

Currently, I am (almost) booked  through November and have a few spaces in December, so if you still want to book a holiday portrait…please contact me asap!

I do appreciate all your love, patience and kindness!

{The Davies Family . St. Helena Family Photography}

These three boys were a delight to work with…all with different wonderful personalities and their passion for exploration…a fantastic reminder for us all.The newest baby was a joy…celebrating his sixth months of life on this day! How lucky am I to help celebrate such days.

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{Diaz Family . Napa Valley}

I’ve been fortunate to work with Angela on weddings with Lulu events but this time I was so thrilled to get to work with  her  and her sweet family! Dylan couldn’t be cuter! 

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{forest fairies…a two year birthday delight!}

ten little forest fairies .ten little fairy outfits &  a forest princess reading stories & playing music…a dream birthday party for any  two year old little girl! what a delight!

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{the girls!} st.helena . children’s photography

Spending time with these girls is always a delight…can they get any cuter?!?!

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{the outakes} Candice Cameron & Valeri Bure’s Family Photos

After the recent fun of the celebrity People magazine spread, I thought I’d share some more images from our photoshoot. Enjoy the outakes & visit www.burefamilywines.com to enjoy the vino! 

{Christine & John } Solage . Calistoga . Wedding Photography

Christine & John designed a truly special wedding – one marked with the overwhelming sense of joy … these two couldn’t have been easier to work with. Cool as a cucumber…all day long! Christine had that beautiful contagious smile and John couldn’t keep his eyes off of her.  I loved the series of expressions as he watched her approach!

Solage Calistoga always hosts amazing weddings, but I’ve never seen the party go quite this big before! Their friends knew how to dance, laugh & kept the night super fun to the moment I shot my very last image! I also had the pleasure of having Kara of Miroma Photography second-shoot for me that day! Of course, she rocked it… I will post some of her images soon!

Ah….how do I ever narrow these down?!?!?

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{ammons family} . meadowood . napa valley reserve . st. helena

What a delightful family! We have the pleasure of wandering the grounds of Meadowood & Napa Valley Reserve enjoying the fruits of Napa Valley. Finally we headed out to a golden meadow to catch the last of the gorgeous light on a particularly beautiful Napa Valley evening. Images like these just make me smile…I hope you do too!

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{Wenny & Todd} Kunde Winery – Kenwood Wedding

When Wenny contacted me eight months ago…I just knew this was going to be a fun wedding. For her smiles come easily & she and Todd know how to laugh. I can’t tell you how many images of them cracking up I have! They wanted the photos to be fun so along with my norm, we decided to go for a little photo session in the boxing ring. I must say…that is a first for me! I love it…my couples just continue to keep it fresh!

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{a touching image}

happy friday…

love the one your with

{let the sun shine}

a week full of small quiet moments. huge first moments (riding waves & no training wheels!) and plenty of wonderful moments of discovery…I invite you to enjoy the images…a chance for you too to enjoy some ocean breezes. Can you feel them?

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it was also a special time for me to photograph my children & play with light & joy! ( last photo was taken by Brian…I was playing with handstands and a flock flew by at that exact moment…wow! )

brandon & trevor were lucky enough to enjoy with their cousins…also shown in some of these photos

{no really…thank you! }

I really love my couples! No really… I do! I can’t tell you how amazing it feels to spend a day with someone…a day like no other in their lives…and then to receive words like these…so amazing! No really…thank you!

• OH my gosh or is the OMG in modern terms  WE LOVE THESE.  You caught everything we wanted and have smiled all night watching these.  Thank you thank you thank you. OK I have to go watch everything again.  The slide show and music are amazing.  We love the picture you have on the blog page – that one is worth everything. – K

• OH BRIANA! These are SOOOOO Fabulous! I LOVE your work! I was raving about you  this afternoon. – S

• Ok. So I must admit I’ve probably watched the slideshow 50 times! There are not enough words to describe how wonderful you two are. You captured so many amazing moments I didn’t even know we did…and I was there…and sober! I might pee my pants waiting to see the rest! I know we want a copy of the slideshow. I don’t think I could have ever dreamed of more perfect photos. Thank you for being you and making this chapter of our lives so amazing and memorable. – S

• Wow!!!!!!!!! I can’t turn the waterworks off you ding dong! You are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! – S

• Wow Briana, these are great!  The pictures are beautiful…you did such a wonderful job!  We enjoyed working with you as well and appreciate everything…everything you did.
  

• I’m so glad that I checked my email this morning!  What a treat to see these beautiful shots that you’ve taken of the wedding!  Some of the images are just breathtaking!  Thank you so much for the wonderful attention to detail. You and Brian were a pleasure to have at our daughter’s wedding.  I will recommend you to any and all that might ask! You were professional in your style and you were both so attentive to the evening’s goofy and tender moments. With our growing family, I will look forward to having you take family shots as well….

• Oh my god, Briana, these are GREAT! We just watched the slide show together and were taken back to our wedding day. I got goose bumps. Amazing…. Thank you so much. We can’t wait for the disc.

• I can’t stop watching the beautiful slide show of Molly and Mike’s wedding!  You are truly an artist and your pictures reflect your talent, warmth, creativity, sense of imagination and wonder.  Thank you so much for capturing every lovely moment of Molly and Mike’s wedding celebration.

• Forgive the massive delay in THANKING YOU for the fabulous pics you got at our birthday/engagement weekend.  They were incredibly special moments that you captured.  You managed to catch the emotion of the weekend, as well as the events and people. It was remarkable. And I actually rarely saw you  around – you were completely out-of-site. How did you do it?  THANK YOU for your great pictures. My Dad cried when he saw them and asked for a CD of the pictures/slide show with music.  I’m so happy you’re available for our wedding! We can’t wait!

Ok…can you see now why I love what I do???

{Karen & Craig – St. Helena } the real deal

Karen & Craig could not have been a sweeter couple! Their emotion was real & their love is so genuine. Oh, and the light behind the vineyard…simply decadent!

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Location: V. Sattui – St. Helena

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{Karen & Craig…sneak peak! }

I know Karen and Craig are waiting patiently for their wedding images now that they are home from Italy so I thought I’d give them a little teaser. I just love this image of them! More to come soon!

{A Summer Family Portrait – St. Helena }

{Happiness is a warm puppy.  – Charles M. Schulz}

Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Jodi & Michaels’ beautiful family! The heat was…well…hot, but we found a delightful patch of shade and cool green grass and simply enjoyed each other.The girls took great delight in making Julian smile and I couldn’t help but share in that delight as well!

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