Meenah & Shaobo live in Norcal and booked me after a meeting on Skype, so I was super excited to meet them in person for the first time at their engagement session! For their session, they suggested a sweet seaside beach picnic, complete with lots of pops of color and fun beachy activities. I’ve seen picnic engagement sessions before but never on a beach – I love the summery casual feel the sand & the sea lent to this session!

They drove down to LA with a car full of colorful candies (confetti-inspired shots galore!), bubbles, sodas, and two of the loveliest fabric kites I had ever seen, handcrafted beautifully by Meenah. They didn’t quite fly, but with the general selection of Batman/pirate/the Hulk-themed kites out there, this was an excellent decision of form over function :)

I loved this fun summertime session & am SO excited for their beautiful vineyard wedding this fall!

I met with Kay & Brenn at the Balboa Fun Zone for their engagement session. It was an overcast day, and as much as I love shooting in the golden sun, I was so excited about the soft creamy light & the dreamy feel it lent to the session :) We finished up among the rocky cliffs of Corona del Mar – please insert mad applause here for Kay & Brenn and their fearless hike over the treacherous terrain. (They were much more sure-footed than their photographer, but then again she manages to trip on 100% FLAT GROUND.)

July’s going to be a doozy of a month for weddings, and Kay & Brenn’s day will be the perfect way to wrap it all up! Can’t wait for their beautifulMission Inn wedding!

I so loved everything about this session – the foresty location (the woods! I love shooting in the woods!), Jill & Jamar’s stylish outfit choices, the sweet lace parasol they brought along… and of course, the fact that they are so cute together & so very much in love. I was completely head over heels for the ethereal vibe of it all. After shooting around the woods(!) we headed on down to the beach where we traded in the parasol for Jamar’s trusty surfboard, for some more shots against the last golden bits of light.

Jill & Jamar are such a kind & laidback couple and spending the afternoon chatting and laughing with them made me even more excited for their wedding this fall! It’s going to be at a studio backlot which pretty much automatically gives it 10,000 points of awesome :)