Good lohhhhhd there's some strong genetics at work to make this family so dern cute!  Even the dog is super good looking!  Everything about this shoot was super low key and adorable...I just chased a really cute girl around her super nice backyard with her gentle giant puppy and gorgeous parents.  What could be better!?  Here's to looking perfectly perfect bald and a whole year old! Happiness.
Thank you. Love.

Man, I'm a lucky chic.  I was lucky enough to photograph Courtney and Chris' wedding in June 2009, then again when they were visiting Boston from Austin last year with their new baby girl, Charlotte. Then I was invited *again* to their beach vacation in Plymouth with Chris' whole family.  I absolutely love these guys and I'm so honored to be able to photograph them in so many stages of their lives.  This is exactly what I love about photography and exactly why I've dedicated my life to it.  Here are the pictures I took as the sun was setting mid week during their gorgeous beach vacation.  I love you guys, thank you so much!!

I'm going to combine the two bi-coastal shoots I did with this crew of Awesome Sauce.  Heather and Ethan were married in early July in Ohio where they're both from.  When I was out in San Francisco in late July they donned their wedding gear and ran around the city with me all kinds of pose-tastic.  For whatever it's worth, Heather is *not* camera shy....my favorite kind of person to photograph!
A few weeks later they were visiting Heather's family out here in the Boston area with their cuter-than-average kiddo, Kyle.  I absolutely loved photographing all three of these beauties and the whole bi-coastal thing is just so fun and so cool. I'm way honored they made time for me in both cities. 
So, ya... I think you'll get the picture (heh heh heh) with the series of photographs.  Enjoy.  Thank you. Love.

Erin has been a great friend of mine for 17 years.  We met studying abroad in Australia and the rest has been history.  Lucky for me, her good friends have become my friends.  In fact, Erin has generously given me most of my very favorite people of all time within one or two degrees of separation. (thank you, ee run!)
aaaanyhooo...
Erin and her life long best friend Kate met up with me in Sonoma while I was in the Bay area in July.  Kate's first baby, Emerson, is a living doll.  It's kindof weird how cute she is, actually.  I just stared at her for most of the shoot.  Erin, Kate, and their husbands tossed their kids around, I chased them, here's what we saw.  Enjoy. Thank you. Huge love.

Gawwwwwwwd I love these people.  I love them in a way that makes me want to check if Jet Blue is running any sort of free flight program from Boston to San Diego if you make the trip once a week...which they're not, by the way.
Isaac and Erin were friends in high school, started dating at 18 years old, and have been married for ten years.  Somewhere in their courtship they moved to San Francisco from San Diego.  They met Jon Gray in San Francisco.  I'm certain they met others while they were there, but they met a soul mate in Jon.  I too met Jon Gray in San Francisco, 11 months before Isaac and Erin met him, 14 years ago. Jon talked so much about these two people that their two names soon sounded like one: Isaacanderin.  Jon gushed pretty hard about the people he loved and he gushed CRAZY for this couple. They sounded awesome so I started asking about them every time I talked to Jon.  Though I didn't know them, I kept up with their lives through Jon. I knew they moved back to San Diego, got married, had two girls, taught high school theater and music.  I felt like I knew this family so I was always happy to hear that life was still rad with Isaacanderin.
Jon died suddenly in Brooklyn on April 21st of this year.  I got in touch with Isaac immediately. I introduced myself, he had heard of me. Without ever meeting each other, Isaac helped me endlessly through those first few nights of realizing Jon was gone.  Finally, after 14 years of hearing the lore, I met IsaacAndErin at Jon's memorial in Brooklyn. I loved them immediately.
As anyone knows who has lost someone they love, the sadness and loss comes in waves without warning. One particularly long and sad night in June grief hit like a sledge hammer. I was desperate to connect to Jon so I decided I needed to photograph Isaac and Erin and their girls in San Diego.  I asked if I could, they seemed psyched, we booked the trip.
I arrived at Isaac and Erin's home with my camera and plenty of luggage. I stayed for three days.  It might have been the most wonderful three days I've had in a very long time. They have a life I have never seen.  They have it all: a beautiful marriage based on friendship, love, and FUN. Their home is constantly full of musicians and artists making music together and having fun. Their GIRLS!?!?!  Their girls are kind, hilarious, smart, happy, sweet, adorable, generous...and they harmonize when they sing together!  It is truly one of the best families  I've ever seen. It's a harmonious, happy, low key, giggly, fun life.  The three days I spent with them showed me a life and lifestyle I didn't know was possible.  They truly have it all.
Jon has left us with such an incredible gift and this friendship will always be focused on keeping him alive, always celebrating him, talking about him and loving him hard.  All the way to heaven and back, baby.
Jon, your generosity has floored me.  I love all the people you loved.  You had such good taste, man.  I love and miss you.  We all do.
Tell the people you love that you love them.  Don't worry, you won't regret it and you won't scare anyone.  Being loved feels good.
The Langen family, baby... enjoy. I did. :)