Engaged: Kevin & Hillary

There's always a bit of a nervousness when you meet/see a couple for the first time and have to go right into photographing them. Hillary booked me over the phone from Los Angeles and the first time we were going to meet was going to be on their engagement shoot day. So for me, I like to get to know the couple a little bit over a cocktail or two. This wasn't any different for Kevin and Hillary, who are getting married at Las Rocas Resort & Spa in Mexico this October. We started out at the pub in downtown San Luis Obispo where we grabbed some spirits, then proceeded to head out for the shoot after we were niiiice and reeeeelaxed. Wink, wink. ;) After the downtown area, we headed out to Shell Beach and then finalized the shoot under the pier in Pismo. I've got lots of favorites from this shoot so let's get to it. Enjoy!

Engaged: Brett & Jill

Now this was a fuuuuunnn shoot, as if they all aren't. Duh! :) For this e-shoot we trucked up to the foothills of Raymond and played on Brett's parents property. Boy was it beautiful. As if lakes, fields, mountains, cows, old tractors and barns weren't enough, we threw in a Rhino (a quad on steroids), a Harley, and a free couch that we found along the way. Can I get a Woot Woot! I hope you like some of the vintagey treatments I gave some of the pics. I've been playin' around with some new techniques in Photoshop. Thanks Brett and Jill for the fun day. I look forward to your wedding in September.