Happy Monday! My new website is going live today and because of that we’re having some disruptions. Email is down. If you need to get a hold of my immediately please email drewbphoto@hotmail.com. Also, the slideshows are down as well. These may take a few days to get back up, but I’ll have them back as soon as possible! Thanks for your patience!
ETA: Email is back up! Yeah! Slideshows are still going to take another day or two. Thanks for your patience! Hope you like the new site!
If you follow me on Twitter or over on Mom*tog then you already know that I got a studio! It was a huge step and one that I contemplated for a long time. I wanted a studio so I had a place to shoot newborns. I was shooting a lot of my sessions in my “home studio”. I’m using quotes for that because it wasn’t much of a studio. It’s a teeny, little room that gets AMAZING light, but it was just too small. I feel like the whole lease signing process moved so fast because I knew I had two newborns and I wanted to make sure it was semi ready to shoot them there. One of those newborns is Baby Grace! Just 5 days after I signed the lease we shot her session there!
Grace was just 5 days old at this shoot. She had a nice, long drive from Oceanside so she was up and ready to go for most of the shoot 
I love shooting newborns because they are all so different and unique. I loved the way Grace loved to move her arms all around. It was too cute! You can tell she loves to be swaddled! And I enjoyed getting to know her parents as well. They are so in love with their little baby girl!
Here are a few of my favorites!
A couple of weeks ago we took an awesome vacay to Oahu. But, it was more than just a vacay. One of my very best friends got married! It was such a fun trip. Getting to see old sorority friends and spend time with them. It was just like the good ol’ college days
Nichole, or Cho as we affectionatly call her, married Kit. They dated for a second in high school and lost touch as they both went off to college. Fast forward 10 years. Cho was in the middle of her peds residency at Stanford (I know, she’s smart) and she came down to Southern California for her 10 year reunion. She almost didn’t even go. But Cho and my other good friend, Christy, went. There she reconnected with Kit and they spent the whole night in their own little world. The next day Kit sent Christy an email (which she saved and read during her awesome toast at the reception) asking Christy if he really had a shot with Nichole. Obviously, he did.
I wasn’t the wedding photographer, but I had a great time helping Nichole find the perfect one for her. They hired Natalie Norton for their big day (can’t wait to see the pics!). I was lucky enough to hang out with Nichole and Christy as they got ready and snapped a few pictures. That was really special for me because Nichole was one of my bridesmaids and I was so excited I got to be there with her on her big day. I took just a few pictures during the ceremony (because I didn’t want to be that annoying “Uncle Bob” with a fancy camera!). Most of them I took from my chair so I didn’t get in the way (and so my husband didn’t get mad at me!).
The day couldn’t have been more perfect. Well, if the officiant would have shown up I suppose that would have made it the perfect day. It’s okay. They found a replacement pretty quick. That’s another story though Turtle Bay is the perfect backdrop for a wedding. Big thanks to Nichole and Kit for giving us a reason to take a trip there! Who wants to have a fun destination wedding next year?
After I took this picture I had to walk away because I started to tear up and didn’t want Cho to see me. It’s when it really hit me that she was getting married and I felt so lucky to be there!
Nichole and her mom
One of the super cute flower girls
I loved Nichole’s super simple J Crew dress. It was totally her.
The sunglasses / favors were a hit!
At the rehearsal the night before, the flower girls wouldn’t practice walking down the aisle because they said it wasn’t really a wedding and they knew how to do it! They were still a little hesitant on the wedding day
I loved their aisle. One of the prettiest flower aisles I’ve ever seen!
I’m so proud of this picture! At the rehearsal I gave Cho and Kit explicit instructions to look happy and look at each other when walking back down the aisle. I hate it when couples look at me or look like a deer caught in headlights when they walk back down the aisle. Cho and Kit did perfect! I love the way Kit is looking at Nichole!
I am passionate. I am a mom and a wife. I am loyal. I am driven. I am a photographer… and not in that particular order. I included photographer in the “I am” list because photography is more of who I am rather than what I do. My connection to clients runs deeper than snapping shots of momentous occasions, but rather capturing the occasions that are momentous. My passion is to find those moments and document them frozen in time.
Yes, I am the photographer who will end up crying as you recite your vows and laughing as you joyously depart for your honeymoon. I’ve always felt the need to connect with my clients on a personal level to capture photos that relive the emotion of that singular moment, with the personalities that are spontaneously original and
completely unplanned.
My gift is capturing the moments that will eventually be momentous… because photography is part of who I am and not what I do.
DrewB Photography is based in Orange County, California.
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