We consider it such a compliment when a bride and groom book us over the phone or via internet. When someone trusts such a monumental day to you almost sight-unseen it’s such an honor. No client meeting, just “we love you guys, please be at our our wedding.” We love it!

Although, after our time with Donna and Jonathan, Erin and I looked at one another and both agreed…they were beyond awesome and we selfishly wish they had come for a meeting first, just so we could have had an excuse to hang out with them more! Together, they are just so joyful, loving, and full of life! Donna loves to laugh, and Jon loves to wrap his arms around her any chance you give him. They are so great and I can’t wait for their wedding in March at the Sherwood Country Club. Also, Jon is a big car guy…can you say bro-mance? haha. We would have talked cars all day long if our ladies let us! But, alas, we were losing the sunlight and headed to the Santa Monica Pier to get some great romantic shots of these two.

Enjoy!

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Last week Erin and I had the privilege of working with Rodger’s Gardens, one of Newport Beach’s most renown floral studios. If you’ve grown up in Southern California, you’ve undoubtedly attended one of their world famous holiday exhibits as they are known for their beautiful flowers and amazing attention to detail in all that they feature. They have been quietly operating and serving brides in Orange County for years, but are now really starting to make their mark on the wedding industry by creating beautiful arrangements and tables for a their distinguished clientele.

Rodger’s Gardens is preparing their new catalogue and we had the pleasure of working with Opal and Christopher on this latest shoot. They strived for a much more organic feel with these tables as you’ll notice with the quartz candle holders as well as the living terrarium centerpieces. We look forward to many more wonderful creations from them and watching as they take Newport Coast wedding florals to new standards!

Here are a few details from our day; happy Monday!

It’s been so long since we’ve traveled up the coast for an engagement session. One of our very first engagement sessions EVER was actually at the Santa Monica Pier! It brought back such great memories for us and since we were about an hour early for our session with Lisa and Scott, we had a chance to walk around and take a trip down memory lane as we talked about everything that’s happened these last two years. Needless to say we were excited to see how these two years have shaped us as photographers and we were really pumped up for Lisa and Scott’s engagement session!

Not only are they just the nicest and most easy to talk to people you’ll ever meet, they are head over heels in love and we knew that all that needed to happen was to put Lisa in Scott’s arms….and the rest would just happen

Lucky for Scott, it was pretty darn cold that afternoon at the beach so Lisa was wrapped around him no matter what! But the way we guys see it is any excuse is a good excuse, so he went with it! Despite the goosebumps, chills, and the frozen fingers, our time with these two went by so fast, as we went from place to place just laughing and talking about anything and everything. Erin and I are so excited for their wedding coming up next month at the Fairmont Miramar hotel in Santa Monica! AND, we came to find out that Lisa and Scott have a wedding blog of their own and so we do what anyone would do… we totally blog stalked them (because we’re excited for them, not because we’re creepy like that). It brings us so much joy seeing these two beyond happy and counting down the days until they are husband and wife

Here are some of our favorite frigid and freezing photos from our time with these two love birds, enjoy!

** Erin asked me why I put the above photo on the blog, she voted for another one, but I had to add it in. There’s just something about it… what do you think?**