Claremont Village is a vibe for photos! Had a blast walking around Downtown Claremont CA with Alex + Lauren for their engagement session. I love that we can just hang with our couples, go to downtown, walk around get some coffee and ice cream together and let them enjoy their shoot like its another date night. Loved every spot we hit in this session and their wedding is going to be such an amazing time!
I cannot express my excitement for this couple enough. The first time I officially met Cory + Sahar was at this engagement session and we really hit it off! We had the best time exploring the San Gorgonio Wilderness up near Angelus Oaks Ca. It felt like we had the mountain to ourselves, we played in the street, found some cabins in the forest and shot way past sunset. Had the best time and seriously cannot wait for their wedding which I don’t want to spoil now, but I will hint, it may or may not take place at the top of a mountain somewhere….
Had an amazing time photographing this cute engagement session at the Oak Canyon Nature Center in Anaheim Hills CA with Cameron + Amanda. It was a nice walk down memory lane, just a few years back Maria and I got married at this exact location, it was so good to see everything from this side of the lens. I am so looking forward to this wonderful wedding with these two.
This is one engagement session I will certainly never forget.
I feel so fortunate to have been chosen to photograph these two. I have known Nicole for many years now. A long time ago, Maria and I hiked into the mountains to a place called Bridge to Nowhere to Bungee Jump off of it. Nicole was our instructor that day. We bonded with all of those instructors that day over a large mount of breakfast burritos our crew brought in with them that day.
Since then we have been friends on instagram. When these two started dating, it was no surprise to see what an adventurous life they lived together. From bungee jumping, sky diving, traveling, camping, hiking, these two never had a boring weekend. When they got engaged and reached out to us, we were just so happy for them and excited we would get the chance to be a part of their day.
The part I will never forget about this engagement session was going from one moment where we were completely enjoying the session, laughing and telling stories, to the next moment where we were running for our lives being chased out of the forest by a swarm of yellow jacket wasps!
We ran and ran, only to stop and swat the wasps off each other for a moment and keep running. It was really scary for a while there, but it all turned into laughter and disbelief. That is one of the craziest things I have experienced during a session, but in the end we were all ok, had a big laugh about it and were able to finish their photos and enjoyed a beautiful sunset.
We are so excited about their wedding and cannot wait for the day to come.
Downtown Claremont was the perfect setting for Ray + Angela’s engagement session! They have spent a lot of their time here, so it only made sense to have their photos done here as well. We had such an amazing time walking around and finding all the best spots for some photos. These two are an amazing and fun couple, and we cannot wait for their big day!
We were so excited to photograph Brandon + Jessica’s engagement session. We have been a part of Jessica’s family for a really long time. We have photographed many of their family events, and all of her siblings weddings. This is going to be a very special wedding for us, and their engagement session was just the beginning of that for us.
Joshua + Felicia have to be one of the funnest couples we have met! We met them for the first time to photograph their engagement session, and right from the start they were so much fun. They had us meet at the Historic Rialto Theatre in South Pasadena. They really loved the look of the theatre and just liked the fact that it had been in a couple movies they liked, and we thought that was pretty cool.
They did not have anything specific in mind for their engagement photos, they just wanted to come out and have some fun. It’s always exciting when we have a couple who is up for adventuring around and exploring our surroundings to make some really awesome photos. We walked around Pasadena and found some pretty cool places to shoot.
We found a cool stairway behind the theatre to get creative. We caught the sunset in a little residential area. We visited the Colorado Street Bridge and found some beautiful areas to run around and get them dancing. It was really great just hanging out with them, and we know their wedding is going to be such a blast!
