the announcement {part 1}

I've been dragging my feet on this for about a month, trying to decide how to write it out. Waiting for things to slide into place... but since I'm now a week (or two) away, I decided it's time! For my 8 followers, you may have noticed my lack of blogging (or maybe not), well, I've been hard at work this summer focusing on re-branding and designing a new website. During that process it came to my realization that I would need a new blog as well... and after thinking about it for a while, I enlisted help with the creation of that new blog.... so, this will be my second to last post here at the D&D blog!

The other part of this announcement is to tell you that we will no longer be operating as D&D, but will now be simply Diana Rush Photography. So much thought, prayer & time has gone into this decision, and I'm really looking forward to completing this project! So here is a little preview of what will be coming in just a couple of weeks (maybe less)...



Thank you for following me here, and hopefully you'll continue to follow my new blog!

Diana Rush

Hailey Nicole {Newborn}

We woke up on June 24th to phone calls & text messages... my sister-in-law Kim had gone into labor in the wee hours of the morning & my niece Hailey had been born! We were so excited as we rushed to get the kids off to school & drive to Hoag Hospital! We arrived to hugs & excited faces.... and then we got to see her! Hailey was so little & so adorable, as I got to hold her she just quietly slept in my arms making purring noises now & then! Kim had had a great labor & was looking so good! I'm so excited for this new addition to our family, making it 4 girls on the Rush side (no boys.... yet)!

I was very excited a week later to go over & take some newborn photos of Hailey at home, she was still just as adorable, but now very much awake and aware of everything around her! It's always amazing to see how fast they change when they are little!!! Well, I had a great morning with Hailey, Kim & Izzy... we laughed, we played hide-n-go seek, I rearranged the furniture in their house, Hailey cried, and then I got to put Hailey to sleep (which in my opinion, putting a baby to sleep is one of the BEST things in the world)! So here is little miss Hailey Nicole....








Here is Izzy hiding from me while we were playing hide-n-go seek... she got stuck!










Congratulations to Mat, Kim & big sister Izzy!!!

Diana Rush

Michael + Lauren

I still remember the night when Lauren asked, or rather, told me that I was going to be her wedding photographer. We were at another friends wedding when I overheard that she had booked her wedding site, she saw my face turn with excitement to hear all about it & she leaned toward me & whispered in my ear "and you're going to be my wedding photographer!" At the point when Lauren told me that, this little business of mine was only 6 months old, and although the goal at that time was to eventually get into wedding photography, I hadn't quite figured out how I was planning to get there, as I was pretty much only doing family photography at that point.... So much has happened in the last year, and I have to honestly say that a lot of the leaps & bounds that I have made have been because Lauren whispered in my ear & because SHE believed in me!

Well, onto to the wedding.... As I met with Michael & Lauren throughout the year, I knew that this wedding was going to be amazing! Michael & Lauren are two of the sweetest people I have ever met.... and they are just simply perfect for each other! Lauren is a super planner & Michael is the supportive "I'll do whatever it takes to make your vision happen" kind of guy! I loved hearing Lauren's vision for their wedding, it was backyard county wedding meets California chic! Lauren may be a California girl, but she's a cowboy boot wearing country girl at heart & she wanted her & Michael's wedding to reflect that! In saying that, the best way to explain is to just show you the amazingness that is their wedding....


The wedding was at Lake Oak Meadows & I had the pleasure of working with one of their fabulous wedding planners... whose name is also Diana!









I must say that Lauren is just BEYOND gorgeous....




My daughter, Audrey, was the flower girl & I was so proud of the amazing job that she did!!!





Michael looking oh so handsome...




























This is BY FAR the best Best Man toast ever! Not only did Beau, the Best Man, give an amazing speech, but he then went on to sing Lauren & Michael a song that he wrote just for them!!!













Thank you again to Michael & Lauren for letting me be a part of their day!!!

Diana Rush