Chrisell’s Birthday Dinner | Mission Trails, San Diego

Dec 17, 2017

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If you haven’t thought about putting together a styled girls night, birthday dinner or Valentine’s Day (GALentine’s) get-together, this photo shoot will surely change your mind and make you start thinking of how/when you can get your best friends together and do one of your own!

Chrisell has been an amazing friend to me for years now! I am so grateful to have photographed her wedding in 2014 in Hawaii and will always have some of the best memories from that trip. <3 Then a few years later, I was able to photograph one of her friend’s wedding at Aulani Disney Resort on Oahu, Hawaii. Since we’re both from San Diego and were traveling there for the wedding, of course we had to set up a little family photo shoot while we were on the beautiful island! You can see those here. :)

This time around, Chrisell wanted to do something a little different. Something special. Unique. Memorable!

It’s not every day, you hear about a group of friends who have shared 24 years of friendship!! Since Chrisell’s birthday was coming up, she thought it would be fun to put together a styled dinner shoot with her girlfriends, who have been by each other’s sides since elementary school.

WOW! It all started in 1994 and I had SO much fun doing this fabulous shoot for these gorgeous ladies. The color palette for this shoot was neutrals, silver and golds and Chrisell did an amazing job getting the props together for the perfect touch. This goes without saying (just look at these pictures) but they all looked FLAWLESS in their mix-matched dresses, and their hair and makeup on point (by the talented Makeup by Vanny)!

I always love show casing the details of a shoot and tell a story with a mix of close-up and landscape photos, that aligned with Chrisell’s vision for this photo shoot.

There was nonstop laughter the entire shoot! I loved their humor, positivity and willingness to do anything for the shot. :) I know getting all dolled up and posing for photos pushed a few of the girls outside of their comfort zone, but they absolutely killed it. They were down for all the poses I had for them and made the entire day so fun and memorable!

Enjoy some of my favorites from this gorgeous, styled girls dinner at Mission Trails, San Diego!

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