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Kids In Their Native Habitat

For me, the woods, and more specifically, the redwoods, constantly inspire my imagination and spirit.  I don’t know what it is that happens, but when I get into the woods, my inner child comes alive; I am filled with all sorts of wonder and ideas, almost as if I am ten years old again.  I

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Getting Married In Italy: How We Did It

You might be here on our page because you’re an American getting married in Italy and you found us while doing your research about how the legal process works for marrying in Italy.  We wanted to put together a description of what we experienced so that the process is clearer for Americans marrying in Italy

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“It always makes me proud to love the world somehow- hate’s so easy compared.” ― Jack Kerouac, Big Sur

This Thanksgiving Adam and I decided to spend it just the two of us surrounded by redwoods on the edge of the world (or so it seemed). Both itching to be in nature, preferably redwoods (Adam’s request) we wanted some good hiking and the opportunity to be cold enough to wear a beanie and gloves.

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From the Redwood Forest

Shawna and I just got back from an amazing and very memorable trip to the Bay Area. We were up there to shoot Tres and Sarah’s wedding in Napa, which was completely amazing – we’ll have a separate blog post later this week showing off their beautiful wedding. We arrived in San Francisco on Wednesday,

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Theatre Night

Some of my favorite times with my daughter are when we go to the theatre to see plays together.  For the holidays last winter, I bought us season tickets to the San Diego Junior Theatre, which got us tickets to 4 shows.  A few weeks ago, we went to see Peter Pan, which was terrific! 

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How We Got Here

Shawna and I had the best team in Big Deal Branding to work with for our re-brand and new website.  And the funny thing is that we were not even actively looking for a new marketing team.  Before Shawna and I decided to get married in Italy, we had been thinking of a barn wedding

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Our New Home

Shawna and I are really excited to announce the launch of our new website and brand, Adam and Shawna Photography.  We’ve had the greatest team to work with: Krysta, Gary, Courtney, and Sean of Big Deal Branding.  The process took a lot of time and hard work, and we couldn’t be happier with the results.

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Nicaragua and Costa Rica, January 2010

I went to Costa Rica to meet my friend Gael who goes to the same place every winter for good surf and good people. I met her in Mal Pais, on the bottom of the Nicoya peninsula. It’s s tiny surf town with dirt roads surrounded by the jungle. Our days consisted of morning surfs,

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