Category Archives: Engagements

What girl doesn’t want romantic notebook inspired photos with her loved one? The film, “the Notebook” hands down has some truly romantic scenes that almost any girl  (myself included) would love to re-enact with the man of their dreams.  Well San Diego is well know for its amazing beaches but not its rainy lakes.  Finding a rowboat and an appropriate lake for this couple was a challenge, but who doesn’t love a challenge more than Brett. He made a few calls and as it turns out Lake Poway Park has a small fleet of little rowboats and they were more than happy to let us take one out for a spin.

The day was so nice that we thought to start off Pam and Jeremiah’s shoot with a romantic picnic in the park.  Some large eucalyptus trees provided us with shade and a soft rustling from the breeze.  Pam and Jeremiah were so easy to work with, snuggling onto their picnic blanket, laughing at whispered jokes.  As the sun started creeping down we headed down to the little dock to launch our rowboat.  The hills around Lake Poway created a splendid backdrop, nesteling the little boat and it’s passengers in.  We tossed them a few vintage fishing props we found from a neighbor.  The wooden fishing rod got pam and jeremiah chatting and laughing.  We love what came out of this romantic Notebook inspired photos and we had so much fun working with Pam and Jeremiah.

The amazing Stephanie Rae of Pink Chique did Pam’s hair and make up.

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We are excited to share Katie and Ryan’s Mission Beach engagement. It took San Diego to bring theses two east coasters together.   A few of their favorite things are their two dogs and Ryan’s beer brewing habits.   They are incorporating Ryan’s beer and their dogs into the wedding so they wanted to come up with something fun and different for their engagement shoot. San Diego is full of great locations but it’s hard to beat the beach, and with how fun and young at heart Katie and Ryan are Belmont Park seemed like a great option.      

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Mission Beach Engagement

Evan and Megan are on a roll planning their wedding.

Location picked out – CHECK

Plane Tickets booked – CHECK

Engagement Shoot done – CHECK

Save the Dates – (Megan is on it!)

These two love birds are scooting off to Playa Del Carmen in October for a super romantic wedding on the beach surrounded by crystal blue waters.  We just love the idea of destination weddings with close friends and family along for a week of travel, play and fun!

To kick of their october beach wedding they made the 6 hour drive from Arizona out to San Diego for some La Jolla style engagement photos.  The winter weather was brisk but the tide was way out at the shores giving us the run of the beach, and the opportunity for some beautiful silhouettes.  We had a little extra time with these two and hit up one of our favorite little groves of eucalyptus trees for some cute photos.

Evan and Megan we had so much fun with you both!  Thanks for coming to our neck of the woods for an incredible shoot.

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