Domaine Carneros E-session by Gladys Jem Photography

I received this submission a few weeks ago and all at once became smitten with the girl behind the lens. Gladys is one of those people who immediately you feel like you know just from one look at her infectious smile. Her emails and correspondence ooze warmth and friendliness as if you've known her your whole life and can hardly wait until you meet her again. While Gladys and I have never actually met in real life (bummer, I know) I can't help but feel lucky to know her and be honoured to show off her fabulous work here on the blog. She recently did an e-session with Stacey and Jared, an adorable bride and groom to be, and the photos include everything I love about a memorable engagement session; yummy light, fabulous photography and good old fashioned, honest to goodness love. 

{Jared+Stacey's Love Story} Jared and I met through our mutual best friends. My college roommate and best friend married Jared's best friend. Both of us were in the wedding party, and even walked down the aisle together (our best friends will be doing that same walk together very soon!) When Jared gave the toast at the wedding reception, I knew that I wanted to get to know him. Little did we know that our best friends were scheming to get us together all along! After two months of long distance emails and phone calls, I came from LA to visit Jared in the Bay Area. He took me on our first date to wine country, which is our favourite place and the location of our engagement photos. We dated long distance for a big portion of our dating relationship. It was difficult at times, but it also gave us a good excuse to go on vacations to visit one another. Jared even made the trip to Nantucket to visit me during my summer internship. After a year of dating, I dedicated to make the move up to live near him and a few months later, he popped the question during a hike and picnic on Mt. Diablo. We will be getting married in August in the Bay Area. We're calling our wedding "The Summer BBQ Party" due to the colorful, casual, and fun theme. To return the favor, our best friends will serve as our Matron of Honor and Best Man!

What photo is your fave, guys? I have to say I love love love the image of them popping the cork out of the bottle of bubbly! For those of you who are wondering, Gladys is based out of San Francisco and caters to Bay Area brides and grooms. Don't forget to check out her blog here and her website here and Stacey and Jared, I cannot wait to see your wedding photos. I can only imagine how adorable they are going to be! Happy Monday everyone and sit tight for lots and lots of fabulous posts this week including a recap from this past Friday's wedding! A huge thank you to everyone for your sweet tweets on the weekend and never ending 'good lucks.' They meant the world to me! xo