If you’ve followed my work for any portion of time, you’ll know I love shooting engagement photos at El Matador State Beach. It has some great rock formations, natural wildlife, and sunsets. But that also means it’s normally very busy, especially for photographers. I loved shooting Liz and Kyle’s engagement session here! They’re such a beautiful couple and I got to shoot their wedding photos recently, as well!
So I got a good feeling from Sierra from the first moment I started talking with her. She and Ryan have an amazing mix of nerdy cuteness that was just fun to hang out with. They wanted photos in the snow, so when it dumped in Lake Gregory, I messaged them and they came up as soon as they could! It was perfect. There was still a beautiful blanket of white snow for engagement photos, and we caught some golden rays as the sun went down. I LOVED Sierra’s red coat and it went perfectly with Ryan’s dapper cap.
These two were traveling from out of town and asked if I could do fall engagement photos up near Lake Arrowhead. Of course I said YESS. I love photographing in the mountains. These two were adorable and super chill with doing anything I asked. Turned out to be an amazing engagement session the trees.
I hadn’t shot engagement pictures at Oak Canyon Nature Center in Anaheim before. I had done research beforehand, though, and it looked like a good spot with some variety and some interesting light. So we went for it. Needless to say, I fell a little bit in love. With both the location and the couple. I was honored that K and T chose me to be their wedding photographer and that I got to do engagement photography in Anaheim with them.
I think I’ll start a new thing. Adventure engagement sessions. Because this was a blast, despite the unexpected high tide. It helped that S and D were troopers, despite getting almost instantly soaked. S’s gorgeous hair held up, she was fine with her dress getting waterlogged, and we came out with some gorgeous sunset engagement photos from Victoria Beach. All credit goes to these two troopers, who were happy, smiling, and unruffled despite getting hit with wave after wave.
