It was a gorgeous fall-like day in the middle of the normally hot month of August when Gaby, Edgar and I met up in Old Sacramento for their engagement session.
Meet Edgar and Gaby!
Gaby and Edgar wanted an interesting location for their engagement photos that offered variety and was near downtown Sacramento. We talked about a bunch of possibilities – their choice of Old Sacramento is one of my favorites. Old Sacramento has industrial locations like the one above, trains, lots of action, and an Old West feel – all within a few blocks!
There’s this great hidden courtyard below street level that was perfect for a number of concepts! We were having fun at this fountain.
And the brick walls enclosing the courtyard made great backdrops.
Gaby and Edgar inspired me to do something with this caboose. Here’s one of the concepts we did there.
As the sun started to set, we went down to the floating dock that runs the length of the waterfront on the Sacramento River to get some photos near the water.
I had a blast shooting with Gaby and Edgar. I can’t wait for their wedding!
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Nicole and Sean picked Auburn for their engagement photo session. Auburn is a great town in the California gold country with a rich history and a variety of architecture ranging from 1800′s gold rush buildings to contemporary structures. It’s also one of Nicole and Sean’s favorite haunts!
Meet Sean and Nicole!
Nicole and Sean at the Auburn Alehouse.
We had a lot of fun exploring the Auburn area.
I really love their connection!
You may recall that I love taking photos of doors. I’ve posted images of doors in Europe. Nicole loves doors, too!
Here’s Nicole and Sean in front of a great rusty door in Auburn.
Nicole at the rusty Auburn door.
Right next to the rusty door there’s this great cast iron staircase.
Sean and Nicole on the iron staircase.
It was great exploring Auburn with Nicole and Sean! I can’t wait for their Grass Valley wedding!!
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Dana, Dennis and I met up for their totally fun engagement session at Jack London Square in Oakland.
We started their engagement shoot at the palm tree area right in Jack London Square. The weather was beautiful and the Square was great!
Right nearby there’s a floating pier surrounded by yachts.
Then we went exploring and looking for locations. Here are Dennis and Dana on a patio at Jack London Square.
This cool fountain is right next to the patio.
Dennis and Dana.
Dana.
Dennis.
I love how we got lots of different looks – and all the photos were taken within a few blocks near Jack London Square.
Dana and Dennis’ engagement was lots of fun! I can’t wait for their wedding!!
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Meet Gina and Jeremy! Here are highlights from Gina and Jeremy’s photo shoot in Davis.
Before we get to the images I want to say something about shooting in a familiar location. I shoot a lot in Davis. If you’re not familiar with the area, it’s a small university town in California. It’s small enough that if you shoot here a lot you visit the same places often. That’s true and I love shooting in Davis and I always get different images on every shoot. How? Because I approach every image I take with every couple with an eye to their own unique personalities, and what’s going on right then between that couple in that location and in that light. This first image illustrates that – it was taken in a place I’ve shot tons of times before, and it’s just as unique as if I’d never seen the location.
This first photo struck me as a found moment that could have been witnessed last week or fifty years ago as a couple exchanged a glance. It could have been taken in the US, in Italy, in Germany, France, England, Hong Kong, India, Taiwan – it could have been taken anywhere at any time – it’s a story about a couple exchanging a moment, and couples exchange moments all over the world and they have been doing so throughout time. I finished the image as black and white because I just kept thinking this is a modern couple but if they had been transported back in time their exchange would be just as genuine and just as much in the moment. I wanted to give a hint of that in the image.
I normally don’t start off a story with a black and white image, but here it just seemed like a great introduction to them. Gina and Jeremy in the UC Davis Death Star.
The light was gorgeous and for most of the rest of these images it made sense to showcase Gina and Jeremy in the natural colors of that gorgeous light.
Gina in the UC Davis Death Star.
Jeremy.
I hope you enjoy more of Gina and Jeremy’s story as caught in these images!
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Meet Igor and Olga!
Olga.
Igor.
We had fun at the UC Davis Arboretum…
…under the redwoods…
…and along Putah Creek.
Igor and Olga.
Olga.
Igor.
If you love Olga and Igor’s great session, check out more of their engagement images on my Facebook page (in a new window).
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