Posts in Engagement
Laid Back San Diego Park Engagement. | Morgan & Andrew
Laid Back San Diego Park Engagement. | Morgan & Andrew

Morgan contacted me to shoot her wedding at Mt. Woodson Castle in 2020! Mt. Woodson is such a magical (and supposedly haunted!!) actual castle nestled in Ramona, California. The perfect spot for a fairy tale wedding! Naturally, 2020 threw Morgan and Andrew for a few crazy loops. While the wedding of their dreams didn’t happen as planned, they did have an epic year full of good things and buying a house! We were lucky enough to find some time over the holidays to take some photos and I had such a blast with these two.

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Artistic Southern California Engagement Photos. San Diego, Ca | Cristin & Bill
Artistic Southern California Engagement Photos. San Diego, Ca | Cristin & Bill

Who made the first move?

Bill: Definitely me*. I used our beloved dog, Queeny, to do so. She's the real matchmaker in this relationship.

*He was skeptical initially because we were coworkers, but not long after that we were like teenagers sneaking around until we were more serious and felt comfortable with our 'secret' being out.


Tell me more about Queeny!!!

Cristin: Back in 2018 Queeny was just a lost puppy wondering the field behind our school for weeks (literally like 2 weeks) before a student was able to catch her.

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Moody & Romantic Mission San Juan Capistrano Engagement Photos | Anita & Rooz
Moody & Romantic Mission San Juan Capistrano Engagement Photos | Anita & Rooz

The Mission at San Juan Capistrano is one of my favorite spots in Southern California for photos! The gardens are always gorgeous and the Mission transports you straight back to the Old World with their ruins. Their website describes it as : a monument to California’s multi-cultural history, embracing its Native American, Spanish, Mexican and European heritage

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Laid Back Beach Cliff Engagement Session. San Diego, CA | Jessica & David
Laid Back Beach Cliff Engagement Session. San Diego, CA | Jessica & David

Sunset Cliffs or bust! Another excellent day at one of my favorite spots in San Diego! There’s definitely something magical about the light and the sunsets here are truly, always perfect. Since Jessica & David were planning to elope in the mountains, I suggested Sunset Cliffs for their engagement shoot! It’s always nice to have variety in your photos, so I frequently encourage couples to do their engagement photos somewhere very different from their wedding location. Sunset Cliffs is also very dog friendly, which was perfect, since they would be bringing their amazing pup Kona.

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Super Fun California Engagement shoot with their dog! San Diego, Ca. | Emily & Kevin
Super Fun California Engagement shoot with their dog! San Diego, Ca. | Emily & Kevin

Another perfect San Diego day! Had a blast having out with Emily and Kevin and their sweet, sweet pup Moose! These cute cuties met in the way most folks are meeting today, via the almighty Tinder! Emily says that even though their friends thought they were crazy, they moved in together after three weeks of knowing each other! Over 3 years later, they have started to build a family together and are getting married with a sweet little girl on the way!

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Spanish Art Village Engagement. San Diego, CA | Jaclyn & Brodie
Spanish Art Village Engagement. San Diego, CA | Jaclyn & Brodie

Remember the bliss-free lives we were all living back in February?! Where we thought planning anything would be totally feasible?! While Covid naturally snuck in, forcing J & B to pivot and reconsider their plans, we were still able to do their engagement session at a place they love to go together: Balboa Park! They live near by and frequently take walks together to the park. The Spanish Art Village is one of their favorite parts and an area of Balboa that I don’t make it too very often, so I was very excited when the suggested it! With so many fun pops of color, every direction you look, it makes for the perfect spot for photos.

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