Starr Family Portraits – San Luis Obispo Family Portraits

December 24, 2011

I grew up next door to the Starr Family on Augusta St. in San Luis Obispo, with the Moyers on the other side of us…all on a private drive without a name. With a lineup like that, it’s debatably the best street in town – possibly the world. Nowadays, I’m not sure who lives on the private drive 1/2 block from Sinsheimer Elementary, but I’m sure they’re quite happy there (just not quite as cool as we were).

Fast forward a few years, and the kids I used to babysit are graduating from UCSC (Triston) and attending NYU’s music program and DJing on the side (Mackenzie). Brian & Jackie are now living in beautiful See Canyon in the home he & Jackie designed (they are quite the duo being an architect and an interior designer). Of course, the whole family decides to collect at their home around Christmastime, and they figure, let’s call up the old next-door neighbor kid to have our family portraits taken! San Luis Obispo Family portraits!

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Blake Andrews founded SLOtography in 2008 and now works alongside photographer James Lester and videographer Robin Ayers. Together, they bring more than 30 years of experience (and serious good vibes) to weddings and events throughout San Luis Obispo and the Central Coast.

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Just the two of them, the sound of the waves, and a sky that showed off all evening.

Central Coast winters really know how to show up.

Officiant: @olivetreeofficiating
Bar: @daringtodrramevents

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Sierra+Zach

A winter elopement at Cayucos Landing that felt like pure magic. The ocean was calm, the sunset glowed soft and golden, and somehow their “winter” ceremony was warm and perfectly still.

Just the two of them, the sound of the waves, and a sky that showed off all evening.

Central Coast winters really know how to show up.

Officiant: @olivetreeofficiating
Bar: @daringtodrramevents

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#RanchOnOrmondeWedding #KelseyAndJavier #VibrantWeddingVibes #WeddingFlatLay #CaliforniaWeddingPhotographer
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Photographer @slotography
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Florist Campesina Flowers Inc. @campesinaflowerss
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Officiant Jay Horn

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Let’s talk more about Groundhog Day!

The one holiday that represents…nothing. Yes, there may be some shenanigans in the selection process of the “purest” breeding practices and bloodlines of groundhogs (solid build, symmetrical features…or, maybe what it comes down to is which groundhog is the most chill and least likely to bit the guy in the pilgrim hat…what’s his deal…?) but all seems quite arbitrary.

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Happy Groundhog Day! (to Jackie & Ryan ~ these beautiful two souls…but enough about their adorability)…

Let’s talk more about Groundhog Day!

The one holiday that represents…nothing. Yes, there may be some shenanigans in the selection process of the “purest” breeding practices and bloodlines of groundhogs (solid build, symmetrical features…or, maybe what it comes down to is which groundhog is the most chill and least likely to bit the guy in the pilgrim hat…what’s his deal…?) but all seems quite arbitrary.

The fact that some early settlers believed that whether or not a groundhog sees its shadow on Feb. 2nd has anything to do with the duration of winter is so stony, (however, to be fair, so too are most superstitions in cultures everywhere), I just feel like most of them actually have a story that’s cool enough to be categorized as “myth”…with a protagonist, antagonist, superhuman feats that could be performed only by “God-like” characters, plot twists, etc. Not here. It’s just a chubby groundhog coming out for a snack for no apparent reason other than we need something that casts a shadow…, and yeah, let’s pick the shortest creature so it’ll never be definitive whether or not that shadow is really there. And they can’t assess this just anywhere in Punxsutawney, PA… it must be done at Gobbler’s Knob. Great shadow-casting there. The best.

I love Groundhog Day because it is so trivial. Someone just thought, it’s been too long since MLK day, Presidents’ Day is too far away, and I sure am getting bored with winter…can we get an arbitrary holiday already? Yes. Yes, we can.

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