Category Archives: Engagements

We had so much fun shooting with Bill and Crystal at Belmont Park, in Pacific Beach. This lovely couple is from Arizona and they made a special trip out to come enjoy sunny San Diego and to run around with us for an engagement shoot. Bill and Crystal met about five years ago through some mutual friends. After meeting, Bill decided to make himself a regular at her restaurant to get to know her a little better. Flash forward to three years later and he uncharacteristically proposed to her one night on the couch while watching TV. He basically said “are we going to do this, or what? Chrystal being who she was made him ask again and they finally decided to go for it. Without even discussing it before hand they both decided on 10/10/10 as their wedding date. Great minds really do think alike.

We started our afternoon with Bill and Crystal by moseying along the beach side alley ways of Mission beach, where we found the biggest Tiki head I’ve ever seen and of course had to take some pictures with him. Later in the afternoon, once the crowds had died down a little we hit up the famous Belmont Park. I have to say that we were all looking forward to a harrowing ride on the bumpy old roller coaster. We discovered upon our arrival that it was broken! In all my years of frequenting Belmont Park I have never once seen the roller coaster not running. It was quite a disappointment. But we lifted all our spirits with bumper cars and arcade games.

Thank you Bill and Crystal for such a fun Photo day! You two are so much fun and we can’t wait to get more great pictures on your special day!

We met Ashley and Bryant only a few days before their departure from San Diego.  They have enjoyed their last couple years in sunny San Diego but were excited to move to Salt Lake City where they would be closer to their families.  They wanted a nice reminder of this beautiful city they had grown so fond of, and what better way to remember the good times than with pictures of their favorite places.  Ashley and Bryant were frequent guests of the Coronado Ferry landing, getting a drink at Peonies and watching the boats come in and out of the harbor, or sitting lazily on the grass enjoying the warm weather.  We thought it would be quite fitting to capture them doing the things they enjoyed most at this beautiful spot.  Ashley and Bryant we had such a great time hanging out with you in your last days in San Diego, and we hope that you are falling in love with your new city as much as you did with San Diego!

These pictures came from one of our favorite parts of the day with Alison and Andy.  Their coordinator Cindy Velaquista did a fantastic job of keeping every moment of Alison and Andy’s day running on schedule.  We absolutely loved this because it meant we got more time with the lovely Bride and Groom after their ceremony.  The Tanque Verde  Ranch has the most beautiful little lake on their property, and Cindy took all of us there for a fantastic photo-op.  On top of all the natural beauty around the ranch, Alison and Andy could not have picked a better time to have their wedding.  All of the desert flowers were in bloom, allowing for some of the most incredible photographs.  Thank You Alison and Andy for an absolutely incredible day.

We love Anthony & Cassie!  We met them back in our Santa Barbara school days when lives revolved around photo shoots, and rushing to get assignments done.  Thankfully we have been able to remain good friends since then.  Anthony is a fellow photographer, and Cassie is an artist, author, and creator of the very creative blog Moon Face.  She also hand makes the cutest scarves and neck warmers that she sells on Etsy . If you haven’t seen her work, check it out.  I can’t wait to get my very own neck warmer in Crimson!  Recently they took some time out of their busy schedules to wander around Santa Monica and stop for some amazing pictures.  We hit up a few of the main spots such as the Santa Monica Pier, but found that we had the most fun shooting in little side alleys along the way.  We had a great day and got some fantastic pictures.  Thanks Anthony and Cassie, you guys are amazing!