Sometimes I get a little pre-photo session jitters…whether it's about the lighting situation, organizing a large group of people or maybe just coming up with creative ideas.  This time my jitters were about parallel parking.  It's a little bit ridiculous that I'm a grown adult that cannot parallel park.  I know this.
Maybe I should back up.  When I took the drivers test in high school, I lived in Montana.  With about a hundred people in the entire state 🙂 there's nor reason to parallel park.  So, when it came to that part of the test and I failed miserably, my instructor said, that's okay.  Here I am 17 years later, no better a parallel parker!
That brings me to yesterday.  I met Gonzalo and Claudia in San Francisco, where parallel parking is a MUST HAVE skill.  Brent went over the basics with me, using the boys' toy cars.  I felt pretty good until I saw how small the parking spaces were when I got there!  God smiled on me when Gonzalo met me in front of their house and literally drove my car around the block and parked it for me.  Wow…saved again.
Enough rambling about parking…on to the gorgeous Claudia.
We started out at Claudia and Gonzalo's home, which had amazing details.  I loved how bright and airy their bedroom was, especially with all white bedding and pale blue walls.

Their cat, Nut, kept wanting to join them on the bed, so he was finally allowed up for his photo-op!
I snapped this one as Claudia paused for a moment in the doorway.  I love this color on her!

Next we went over to a local park for some outdoor shots with Claudia's mom.

Claudia had so many great ideas for the photo session, including this hat…which I'm in love with!

Finally we went over to a fountain and Claudia and Gonzalo rolled up their jeans and got in.  I love this shot because it feels like the their are in their own little world.

Best of luck to you both!

-Kristin