Coffee, cuddles and lots of love in Old Town Pasadena with Connie and David! They met on coffee meets bagel, so coffee was obviously a must, but unfortunately most bagel shops are closed by 5PM, so no luck with the bagels! They are so so fun and I can’t wait to post their wedding, too! For now, enjoy this sweet engagement session!
OOOH OOOH! When I said model couple, I meant it! How stunning are they?! Their wedding party was nothing short of model babes as well - literally 5’9+! I’m 5’2 guys - it was a challenge for sure, but 100% worth it. So thankful to our mutual friend Nichole who introduced me to Lexi and Rendon.
It was my first time to Lake Tahoe and it was a dream!! They got ready at Lexi’s family’s Tahoe home then we wandered down to the docks to get photos by her grandfather’s boat. It was easily one of the best days because they set so much time aside for photos and made my job beyond easy! I mean look at that view!! Let’s get some more Tahoe weddings!!
Two of the hippest, beach going, Jesus loving, Newport Beach living people I know! I met Amber when she contacted me about headshots. Turns out she and I went to college together, but didn’t really know each other then. Her best friend Ashten also grew up going to my church, so we had lots of connections. I asked if she and David would be down to do a “for fun” shoot because I had some free time and wanted to build my portfolio a little more with cool couples! David was down and we had it planned for later that week! They weren’t engaged and did their best to make sure they didn’t look like engagement photos, although he did eventually propose a month later! Now they’re married and living it up! Enjoy some sweet shots around Newport featuring an old VW van and beach bum vibes!
second shot for Nicole Leever
Okay I know Venice is cool, but hot dang these two make Venice COOL! It was actually super hot this day and they were 10000% on fiiiire, but they rocked it. Lizette loves Sam Smith, so we spent the day searching for him along Abbot Kinney. We did run into Sam Claflin, who I totally made eye contact with and shortly after tripped while holding Lizette's bouquet and texting my mom to tell her I saw him haha! Thankfully the bouquet was fine and I only had a scraped knee ha! Enjoy these ridiculously hip couple!
Dream friends make dream couple make dream clients! UGH all the goals! After a very unfortunate situation where my Valentine's Day shoot was canceled, I wound up making an even better come back with my friends Cameron and Shelby. Cameron and I had recently reconnected and I mentioned the situation while asking if he and his fiancé might be down for a similar shoot. Shelby had never modeled, but was down to try to help me and oh my word, let's be real she was probably better at modeling than Cameron (who was a professional model when he and I first met). We shot at their home in San Clemente then went down to Ole Hanson and shot by the beach. So so so thankful for friends like these who not only exceeded my expectations. but also were just so real and truly let me into their lives.
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