Congrats to Jean and Mark! Can’t wait to shoot their wedding in January. Chris helped me out with their recent engagement shoot at Swami’s beach in Encinitas, CA. The weather was surprisingly good for a  November evening and they were a cool and laid back couple to work with.

My favorite was shot at the lawn above, not at the beach. Kind of funny but that’s usually the way it goes for me. Hard to get away from simple and clean.

For this one, Chris was standing just a few feet outside the frame holding a big nylon diffuser panel to diffuse the direct sun.He pulled it back just an inch to get some natural light on Jean’s hair. One of the benefits of working in the buddy system.

We had actually planned on doing lit shots that evening with a small softbox but got some pretty nice silhouettes due to me forgetting a pocket wizard, a happy mistake I guess

Thanks for looking!