I'm Eileen, so nice to meet you! I am a Los Angeles based photographer, passionate about people and a huge fan of love. I truly believe photography is God's gift to me; through it I am able to share life with some of the most amazing people. What a privilege and joy it has been!
Click on the next page for more on me or take a peek at my own wedding day here.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Blessings!
photo by Shelley Paulson Photography
RANDOM FACTS
I use way too many exclamation marks, but I'm really just that excited!!!!
I want to know what moves your heart.
I say "that's so funny" quite a bit, but it can mean a number of things.
I am a lover of donuts and tea.
I floss every night before bed!
I love the idea of being spontaneous, but rarely do things unplanned.
I am the youngest of four girls, but I'm taller than all my sisters.
I would love to open a cafe someday.
I am fascinated by the bridegroom God and his ravished heart for all of humanity
Today is Baby Kalia’s Momma’s birthday! Happy Birthday Karyn! Your first birthday as a Mommy. What an exciting new season it is for the whole family! : ) May today be blessed with lots of love and joy with this little one!
I am so excited we’ll be doing some traveling this year! Actually, I usually get homesick after the first week out of town, but still, this is exciting! If anyone is interested in a photo session while I’m in town, do let me know! : )
May 13-15th // Chicago, Illinois
May 16th // Milwaukee, Wisconsin
May 17-29th // Kansas City, Missouri
June 15-22nd // New Orleans, Louisiana
Finally, our wedding photos! Can you believe it’s already been four months since Benny and I got married?! We still look at each other in amazement and talk about how we can’t believe that it REALLY happened! Yes, like everyone told us, the wedding day went by so quickly! Time flies when you’re having fun, right?! Thank you Shelley Paulson for capturing our day so beautifully so that we can relive it again and again. You’ve definitely blessed us with your amazing talent and a gift that will forever be cherished! And thank you Serena Grace for helping out! We had the best team…THANK YOU!!
Thank you so much to everyone who celebrated with us, in person or in spirit. We are so behind in our thank you cards, but know that we are SO blessed by each of you! Thank you for making it out, and for some of you for traveling miles and miles to be with us on our wedding day. Thank you for your generous gifts and blessings. But most of all, thank you for your friendship and your prayers during this season of our lives. God is so so good to us in giving us each one of you. Yay! Enjoy! : )
I loved these extensions! These lashes felt so natural and lasted all through my honeymoon! hehe, my dad’s so cute! And below, our wonderful bridal party, a.k.a our siblings!Love my sisters! Each one of them are sooo beautiful inside and out!All my brother-in-laws lookin’ good!my beautiful bouquet by the talented Fleuretica!Benny and I decided to have a mini gallery of things that were meaningful to our relationship. The bike and scooter of course (find out the story behind the bike and scooter here!), a lamp to symbolize God’s word leading us every step of the way in our relationship, and Benny’s car where we shared many deep conversations. and ohh, we had THE best choir EVER! Every single one of you guys are SO talented!! And here’s one of my favorite parts about our wedding…all my nieces and nephews! Aren’t they the cutest?!Thank you Ben, Eunice, and our wonderful team for leading us into a powerful time of worship!Instead of lighting a candle for our unity act, Benny and I wrote a song! Haha. A little behind-the-scenes secret…we started writing this song a few months before the wedding, but even up till the night before the wedding we didn’t have it finished! We stayed up late that night trying to write, but went to sleep thinking it wouldn’t happen. BUT! Benny surprised me the morning of our wedding with the finished song and taught it to me as we drove to the church! haha. We practiced a few times there and then tadaa! Phew, so glad we were able to sing it on our wedding day! : )Of course, the UCLA fight song to start out our night!!and thennn…there was a surprise performance!and they got Benny to join in! hahaInstead of cake, we catered from The Donut Snob! We LOVE donuts and even asked them to create a 11-inch donut for us! It was something they’ve never done before, but we were SO excited when they said they would give it a try! It turned out lovely..and so delicious!Our DJ Will led everyone into a night of dancing! Haha, Benny and I actually didn’t make our way to the dance floor until the VERY end, but we are so thankful Will stayed to play a few more songs for us! We appreciate that so much Will! : )so fun seeing these dancing pictures!!
And here’s our same-day edit one more time! : )
And I know I say this so much, but we seriously worked with some of the most amazing people!! Just wanted to give a HUGE shout-out to them. THANK YOU for everything. We were so happy with everything you guys created!!
I was looking forward to sharing this session with all of you! : ) I’ve had a few sessions with the Ips in the past years and it’s always a treat each time. They are a festive bunch and it’s so fun to watch them grow! Can you believe they have 14 people in their family now?! They totally remind me of my own family! haha. Thank you again for such a fun time, Ips! : )me with all the kiddies!
I am so excited to share these pictures of my beautiful friends today! David and Simone have been a part of our lives for the past 9 months and we have been so blessed by their stories, their friendship, and their incredible faith. David is originally from South Africa and Simone from Brazil, but they were temporarily living in Virginia when an opportunity came for them to drive to Los Angeles with a friend. Coming to LA had always been a dream of theirs, but they had no idea where they would go or who they would stay with when they arrived. Still, after praying about it for two days, David and Simone packed up their belongings and began their journey to LA.
It was on that drive over that Simone remembered meeting someone from California the summer before. This someone was Erin, a girl from our church. They had only met briefly while Erin was on a missions trip to Brazil, but they exchanged facebook information. After a few messages Erin welcomed our new friends in, and that’s when all of us got connected. I was hosting a girls’ smoothie night around that time and I remember Erin asking if her friend could tag along. I can still picture all of us girls surrounding Simone as she shared her journey with us and just how encouraged we were by their bold faith. David and Simone joined our community after that night and we have been blessed by their lives ever since.
Fast forward 9 months. David and Simone decided to return to Brazil for a season and we were all so sad to see them go. I really wanted to bless them with a photoshoot so they could remember their time in LA and just how faithful God was in these 9 months. David and Simone chose to take their photos at the Griffith Observatory and it was the perfect location with the city of Los Angeles in the background! : ) We love and miss you, David and Simone! Come back soon!
Ollie is ONE! Hooray! : ) If you’ve been following my blog this past year, you’ll see just how much Ollie has grown in the course of 9 months. I just went back to visit his 3-month session, 6-month session, and 9-month session, and I feel so privileged to be a part of this boy’s life. I love capturing a baby’s 1 year and all the exciting milestones in those 12 months. But the shoots are not just to celebrate this first year of life, but all the milestones and growth in the parents’ lives too. Having a baby is a life-changing experience and throughout the year the parents grow and learn to love in a way they never have before. And THAT is worth capturing! : ) What a beautiful journey it has been with you three! Thank you so much for having me this past year!
