Introducing... Asher Corbin Ingalls!

AWESOME! This has been the most awesome experience of my life. I awoke this morning to the sounds of my whimpering brand new baby boy, who was previously asleep beside me. While Anna prepared to feed him, I held and bounced him. His hunger drove him to crying and soon I found myself bouncing higher and pacing faster, trying anything to bring him comfort. When I decided to take my bundled babe to the outside for a front yard tour the results were overwhelming for both of us. His crying subsided and his eyes opened wide. A shock of clean crisp air kissed his cheeks. The sky was filled with soft light and the color blue. I spoke out, “Asher, I want to introduce you to the world outside. Look, this is the sky! Look at this, this is a tree; a lemon tree!” Tears streamed down my cheeks as I realized just how awesome all of the things are that I get to share with my new son. “Just look at how beautiful it all is! God created all of this for you… To enjoy.” I am literally in awe of God’s father-love for me as I am freshly experiencing it through being a new dad.

We have so much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving!

Because Anna has longed to hold him from the moment we found out we were pregnant, pregnancy felt like it would never end. I love that we have spent a lot more alone time together awaiting his arrival. These past few weeks have been good for us, but they have been long. We just couldn’t wait to see him, kiss his cheeks, hear his voice.

Our official due date was the 21st of November. Because I leave for a wedding in Australia on December 1st we really wanted him to come extra early. But we have learned that among things you can’t control, a baby’s entrance naturally into this world is on the top of the list. We have been praying he would arrive before his scheduled induction Monday the 23rd, exactly a week before my trip. We worked hard to make everything primed and ready. Anna must have walked 30 miles the past couple of weeks and I had been catching up on work with every spare day!

Sunday came and I felt a little disappointed. We went on another coastal walk and I confessed to Anna that my faith wasn’t full enough to believe that he would arrive before Monday night. I questioned why God would give us peace about booking this wedding, but then allow us to go through the risky process of induction. Anna, on the other hand, had peace and faith and assured me that it would all work out either way. We went home after watching the sunset over the ocean and settled in to watch a movie. Halfway through our movie Anna’s water broke! We both let out laughter and cheers of joy! After a couple of hours we checked into the hospital at around 11:00 p.m. Anna labored mildly through the night and things really got going around 5:30 a.m. (Since I’m resisting the gravitational pull to turn this into a Mom-Blog I will sum up ;)

After 6 hours of labor and an hour of pushing, I was able to pull out our baby boy and hand him over to my exhausted and elated wife. What a crazy awesome experience it all was! Anna just kept saying through tears… “We’ve been waiting sooo long to see you baby!” Anna did amazing. She is my hero! I could never go through pregnancy and labor.

Asher Corbin Ingalls was born on November 23, 2009 at 12:33 p.m. He weighed 8lbs 12oz and was 21 inches long.

Thanks to twitter and facebook we were able to announce his birth without calling and texting people for hours! Instead we spent time holding and loving our newborn. His first inter-web picture was posted minutes after his birth and satisfied the eyes of hundreds of family, friends, clients, and blog stalkers. It was so fun to read everyone’s congratulations and comments!

Everyone who sees him tells us just how beautiful he is, and we of course agree! I can’t stop staring at him and taking pictures of him. It truly feels as if a new place is opening in my heart. It’s like what it feels like to fall in love, except without the selfish motivations of romance. This love is about what I am going to give to my son. I’m so excited to let this all sink in and develop. I can’t believe he is finally here and that I get to spend the rest of my life getting to know him!

Today we are especially thankful…


Newsom came by to photograph me giving him his first bath.




Here are a few more from our time in the hospital.







This is me on my birthday. See any similarities?



These are from his first day waking up at home.

Heather and Jordan's Featured Wedding

Heather and Jordan’s Wedding has been blowing up the blog world! It is featured on The Southern Weddings Daily Blog, Inspired by This Blog, and MyWedding.com. I am so excited to have it featured on these amazing sites! Here are previews of the postings, but be sure to check out all of the full spreads.


Part One…

…and Part Two



View the full post here.




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Tiffany + James {San Luis Obispo}

”Where were you when I got married years ago?!” Is a question I hear often at weddings when guests view my images on the reception slideshow.

Tiffany and James are a couple, like many, who got married years ago and didn’t prioritize the photography. Earlier this year she sent me a really sweet email asking to commission me to get the intimate romantic shots that her photographer had missed. She is a new photographer herself at Pure Photography, which makes it an incredible honor to be invited to capture and share her and her husbands love. Here is an excerpt from her email.

“I’m a long time blog stalker (I don’t mean that in a creepy way!) and a huge fan of your work! The reason I’m writing is because I would like to inquire about your services, I’m not getting married and I’m not engaged…I’ve actually been married for 5 years but when my husband (James) and I said “I Do” we didn’t have a professional photographer, we asked a friend of ours who’s hobby was photography. He did a good job but he wasn’t a wedding photographer and I never got those romantic intimate shots of the hubby and I. For awhile I really didn’t think much of it but I myself have been doing photography for 5 years Being in this industry has really made me want awesome pictures of my husband and I! After discussing this with him, he said, “whatever you want Babe” :-) and I said, “I REALLY want Cameron Ingalls to take our pictures!” So, here I
am… writing you to see if we can make this happen! The hubby and I live
in Reno, NV we would make a vacation to SLO for the photo session.”

So, if you are like Tiffany and James and just couldn’t afford amazing photography for your wedding (or you got married in the 90’s) you can always have me or someone photograph you now. It’s never too late to capture your beautiful love story; no matter what stage you are in!

Art Show Benefit for Jackson's Smile! {November 6}

For the month of November the artwork of Jackson’s Smile will be featured at Nautical Bean Cafe.

Read all about the heart behind this photography collaborative fundraiser at www.jacksonssmile.com.

Come join us Friday the 6th for the gallery opening from 6:30-9:00! We will be displaying and selling prints from 11 awesome photographers from all over the country. Buy a print, give the gift of smile!

Delicious cupcakes will be provided by Amy Bakes Cupcakes and live music by Modern Music Academy. It will be more fun than pushing a barrel of monkeys down a hill!

Emily + Meeko's Featured Wedding {Style Me Pretty}

Style Me Pretty is one of the leaders in the world wide wedding blog spectrum. I’m thrilled to have Emily + Meeko’s wedding all over SMP! If you are interested in where Emily got her dresses, color inspirations, mad-style, than check out these features.

DIY Wedding with California Charm Part I
DIY Wedding with California Charm Part II

Emily + Meeko {Tiburon}

Emily and Meeko had their beautiful San Francisco bayside wedding in the Old St. Hillarys Church on a Tiburon hilltop. Emily is a graphic designer, owns an Etsy shop called Frenchie & Flea and because of her profuse skills everything about her wedding had her talent laden fingerprints all over it. One of her bridesmaids hand made all of the hairpieces and also has a Etsy shop called Untamed Petals. Working with the bridesmaids felt like an Anthropology catalogue photo shoot. 

Basically it was an out-of-control day filled with love and beauty. I took gobs of pictures and I want to show you all of them, but you will have to settle with just some of my favorites. ;)























My friend Josh brought the video-madness! Check it his full post at The Rain Studios Blog.