Amanda Rae Photography Blog

Olivia & Mike

Amanda — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:47:46 +0000

I haven’t blogged in over a year. It took like an hour to figure out how to do it again. To celebrate my blogging absence I bring you this amazing wedding that was featured on Style Me Pretty last week. Warning: longest post EVER!

Aundrea + Doug + Baby

Amanda — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 06:40:30 +0000

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Aaron & Lisa {Wedding} Santa Barbara Wedding

Amanda — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:59:38 +0000

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Eric & Michelle {Wedding} Santa Barbara

Amanda — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 05:33:49 +0000

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Costa Maya

Amanda — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:40:24 +0000

Costa Maya, Mexico. First stop on the cruise.

We took ATVs around the island.

All of Costa Maya has this broken tree brush everywhere and all of the island is super flat.

Taking a little break on the beach from the ATV.

When I saw this I was like oil spill?? But no, apparently, they grow mangos and the mango farms turn the water this gross brown.

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Monkeys in Honduras

Amanda — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:39:03 +0000

We are now back in Cali, trying to figure out what exactly needs to get done after being gone for 21 days! I’ve already started to post some pics from the trip and I’m slowly going to keep posting different portions of the trip. I originally blogged that we were going to Costa Rica, but at the last minute we changed it and ended up going on a Mexican cruise instead.

On the Cruise, one of our stops was an island in Honduras. We stopped at a monkey farm and it was pretty much the highlight of the entire trip. I LOVE monkeys, and being able to play with monkeys was a life goal. Unfortunately, on this day of the trip we left our fancy camera (Nikon D700 with 24-70mm 2.8) back on the boat. So these are all pictures from either the point and shoot we purchased for our trip and our iPhone. We actually ended up liking the quality of the iPhone pics instead of the point and shoot.

Point and shoot pic:

iPhone:

The second we walked into the 2nd cage, this little monkey was in my purse before I even knew what was happening. He grabbed my sunscreen and took off and started to open it all in an instant. We got it back from him and it still worked.

iPhone:

Here are some pics from that camera that we didn’t really like, even though the quality isn’t grand, the progression of events is still good.

This is a video Mike took on the iPhone:

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iPhone Pics of the Trip

Amanda — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:00:51 +0000

Row 1:
1. My feet on a cobblestone road in downtown Richmond, Virginia.
2. Red, white, and blue street lines in Connecticut.
3. One of my favorite photos: the trees in the fog by Thomas Jefferson’s house.

Row 2:
1. The prettiest purple berries in Virginia.
2. Mike and I looking like dorky tourists at Thomas Jefferson’s house, with matching sweaters and all.
3. The brick bridge to Thomas Jefferson’s house.

Row 3:
1. The cutest little bengal tiger EVER. About 2.5 months old. I would have given anything to pet this little guy.
2. Tourist area of Thomas Jefferson’s house.
3. In Mexico, while we were on the cruise you could see the rain pouring under these clouds in the distance and I thought it was so cool.

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A Few More From CT

Amanda — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 15:38:49 +0000

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Meagan & Eric {Wedding} Muckenthaler Mansion

Amanda — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:16:38 +0000

I had so much fun second shooting with Carlie from Gabriel Ryan Photographers at the Muckenthaler Mansion in Fullerton. Meagan was such a stunning bride and the whole day was beautiful. Thank you, Carlie, for inviting me to shoot by your side!

Biggest party EVER!

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Mixin’ It Up In Connecticut

Amanda — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 17:04:26 +0000

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