Real

February 21, 2013 by Kimber Hansen

We met Jake and Rachel less than three years ago when we moved to the San Francisco Bay Area when Nate (husband) began medical school. Sometimes it’s hard to slow down and make new connections when you’re looking to your future, and in our case we knew we’d be moving again in less than 4 years. It could be easy to live for graduation, residency, or even buying a home. But, then you realize that what you imagine to be […]

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Lace

February 4, 2013 by Kimber Hansen

For those of you unfamiliar with LDS (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) weddings, this post may seem like it’s missing something. But, before you start thinking I slept through the entire wedding ceremony, let me fill you in. LDS ceremonies are done inside temples where cameras get the boot. So, instead of that epic first kiss across the alter you get an epic step across the threshold of the temple doors (note the excitement below on […]

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With Much Love

February 1, 2013 by Kimber Hansen

I started the tradition of custom designing our Christmas cards back in 2011, and this year I admitted to my husband, Nate, that it’s possibly one of my favorite things I do in preparation for the holidays. I absolutely adore typography, and with my extreme inability to make decisions in an acceptable time frame and without experiencing serious heart palpitations (in my perfect world, choices would be likened to an In-N-Out menu), this  fascination is a love/hate relationship considering the number […]

Categories: Couples, Portraits • Tags: a year in review, Christmas, custom designed cards, Holiday, New Years, oakland california photographer

Ink

January 31, 2013 by Kimber Hansen

You may remember this gorgeous couple from my earlier post of their wedding in Salt Lake City, Utah (you can check it out here). As fate would have it, they moved to Sacramento and I got the opportunity to photograph them again. No more than 15 minutes outside of the urban jungle of Oakland is Orinda, where this perfectly lush “mountainside” is just begging to be a backdrop. Not only is Vanessa stunning with a baby on board, but she’s […]

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JOHN + ELIZABETH | SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA

August 16, 2012 by Kimber Hansen

This is my most cherished couples session to date. Obviously I’m biased, but put the obvious aside and you have a handful of my favorite things: Orange. Triangles. Architecture. The Arizona sky. God’s Hour. Moody clouds. Sexy eyes. Wholehearted laughs. Lens flare. Passion. “That look” that couples give each other, especially the one that says “You’re a dork, but you’re my dork and I love you”. Outfits that aren’t trying too hard. Oh yeah…and these two people. You might as well […]

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Love & Friends With Cameras

July 30, 2012 by Kimber Hansen

To this day, I have never lost so much sleep over a job as I did during the months preceding Jeremy and Vanessa’s wedding. I’ve photographed other photographers before, but a photographer’s wedding is an entirely different animal. Weddings are different animals. Period. Along with being extremely flattered and excited when given the honors I was sweating bullets. Thanks to a summer well spent at the Rocky Mountain School of Photography I have made quite a few dear friends with […]

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Teaser – That’s Amore

May 10, 2012 by Kimber Hansen

I’m very anxious to share with you a sneak peek of my most recent wedding in Tucson, Arizona. An Italian wedding coming soon!  P.S. Click on the image to see a larger version. This is one of those images I feel gets even better the bigger it is. 

Categories: Couples, Weddings

Butterfly

April 13, 2012 by Kimber Hansen

It’s no wonder that this stunning girl has a little sister that has modeled for The Gap ( I photographed her as well. You can find her on my website! ). They both have hair and eyes to die for. I could go on and on about how gorgeous she is, but I think you’ll figure that out on your own.   I can’t thank her enough for coming from San Francisco to Oakland  to have me photograph her, and for […]

Categories: Children, Portraits

TO ELOPE

January 30, 2012 by Kimber Hansen

I wouldn’t be surprised if every bride and groom considered eloping at least once during their engagement. I know we seriously did. When these two asked me to document their carefree dash to the San Francisco City Hall, I thought to myself “Good for them.”. While I wouldn’t change my beautifully traditional wedding, there is no denying that I was a tinge envious watching their adventure unfold. We ran to catch a train, stopped to marti gras, took off running […]

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