Simple. Lovely. Brit & Grant, Santa Barbara | modern portrait photographer, California

June 9, 2010

I’ve been excited to share this shoot with you for a little while. A few weekends ago I was photographing in lovely, Santa Barbara, California. One of my shoots was an incredibly gorgeous, kind-hearted, and talented fellow photographer, named Brit Mann and her charming and helpful photo-assisting husband, Grant. They are expecting the arrival of what-is-sure-to-be an amazingly gorgeous baby girl. I felt honored to photograph them during such a special time.

Since my trip to Santa Barbara was both business and pleasure, I dragged along one of my childhood bffs, Tara, to assist me with B&G’s shoot. Thank you Tara for being an excellent assistant and location scout. ;]

I’m the variety of photographer who loves to be busy and shoot all of the time. Throughout the year I have so many lovely shoots. There is however a small percentage of those shoots that are really quite perfect; meaning great light, great location, wonderful couple/family/kid who are in a receptive and happy mood. B&G’s shoot was one of those shoots for me. Thank you to Brit & Grant for such a lovely couple of hours. I’ll be thinking of you as you welcome your baby girl in to the world.

Enjoy a few images from their shoot. Oh and did I say Brit was gorgeous? I mean really…

xo.

Brit & Grant, Presidio, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010

B & G selects, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010

So sweet. Brit & Grant, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010

B&G at the beach, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010

at the beach, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010

the last few minutes of light, Brit, Santa Barbara, CA, 2010

by Sarah

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June 15, 2010 - 9:42 am

haylie - Brit, you’re so incredibly beautiful, and so is YOUR BABY!!!! Ross and I love you and Grant and Juniper lots and lots. Your other favorite cousin, Haylie :o )

June 10, 2010 - 11:08 pm

katie - Brit… you look amazing. So fun to see you huge like that. It is so fun to watch you go through this and I am so happy for you both. Awesome pics… She captured you both beautifully! What a treasure. Love you guys, your favorite cousin, Katie.

June 10, 2010 - 8:49 am

Emily - Every single shot is perfect and beautiful! You are an amazing photographer and I’m so glad Brit will have these pics forever. (B’s one of my best frineds btw)

June 10, 2010 - 8:22 am

Sarah - you’re an awesome location scout, Tara! I didn’t mean to turn you in on the light discs. Anyway you weren’t bad at all. Grant was just WAY better! ;]

June 10, 2010 - 8:17 am

tara - Oh man. I knew these were going to be beautiful, but honestly they’ve taken my breath away. Thanks for letting me help out for the day and meet this truly amazing couple (even though my light disc skills are sub-par, I am a primo location picker, right?).

June 9, 2010 - 7:02 pm

Brit - The dress IS from Anthro, and all I did was move up a button on the halter to allow the midsection seam to sit above my belly. Thanks for the compliment Jody!

June 9, 2010 - 6:46 pm

JodyM - This set has such a sincere/honest feel to them. Love the colors, the light and the couple! The mom honestly looks radiant.

June 9, 2010 - 6:41 pm

Sarah - Thank you, Megan. I think it might have been anthropologie as I happened to see something that looked similar. It’s not a maternity dress. Brit, correct me if I’m wrong! Also, I think she said she had it altered: http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?subCategoryId=&id=17916891&catId=SHOPSALE-DRESSES&pushId=SHOPSALE-DRESSES&popId=SHOPSALE&sortProperties=&navCount=725&navAction=push&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize=&selectedProductSize1=&color=071&colorName=DARK%20YELLOW&isSubcategory=&isProduct=true&isBigImage=&templateType=E

June 9, 2010 - 6:31 pm

megan russell - i just adore this session. and i am dying to know where she got the yellow dress, as i’ll be super preggo myself this summer :)

June 9, 2010 - 6:03 pm

Brit - Is it awkward for you that I’m in love with you for taking such incredible pictures of us? I hope not… =) Thank you again so much Sarah. Thank you!

June 9, 2010 - 5:55 pm

Rachel - Gorgeous photos Sarah!

June 9, 2010 - 4:29 pm

Sarah - Thanks for the comment, Heather. They were so great to photograph. Grant was a GIANT help as well b/c my friend Tara was a bit clueless (sorry Tara) w/ the light discs. ;]

June 9, 2010 - 4:18 pm

Heather Mann - just beautiful. i am a sister.in.law of this awesome couple and you captured them perfectly. really really beautiful work. and it just goes without saying…brit has the cutest preggie clothes!

June 9, 2010 - 3:42 pm

Shelly - Stunning.

June 9, 2010 - 3:39 pm

Sarah - Scott, thank you so much. That means a lot. I’ve been making a little transition in my shoots, shooting a bit of film and I realized that I’ve slowed down in general which I’ve really enjoyed. Thank you. xo

June 9, 2010 - 3:32 pm

scott andrew - Oh my wow. Sarah, these are insanely amazing. I’m seriously in love with this set. The color, light, connection is so rad. Keep up the awesome.

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