I am so excited to share Mao and Jimmy’s Homer Ranch engagement session! It was SO beautiful up there. We met in April, after an exceptionally rainy season. We were blessed with the greenest hills full of wildflowers and the river was full of water. This was my first time photographing at Homer Ranch and it is for sure going to be a go-to location for me.

You guys, you are going to be blown away (no pun intended) by this blossom trail and rural engagement session!! It was SO windy! When I say windy, I mean the kind of windy that almost literally blows you away. You can barely walk it is so strong. Yes, THAT windy.

I cannot wait to share this Shaver Lake engagement session with you and introduce you to the sweetest couple, Keeley and Jesse!! The galler is gorgeous! They are adorable! I had so much fun with Keeley and Jesse. We laughed the entire time, which is how it should be!

In another post I explained why engagement sessions are so important. You can read it here. This blog will explain why I only offer exclusive engagement sessions to Stargazer couples.

You might not know this, but engagement sessions were very different than they are today. It used to be that an engaged couple would go to a studio to have just a few formal portraits taken, then they would select one to announce their engagement in the newspaper.

Dylan was a member of the Fresno State Marching Band and played in the mellophone section with my daughter. As she got to know Dylan she just knew she needed to introduce him to Mariah. That introduction would soon happen at a marching band get-together. Over time, Mariah and Dylan became friends.

I am SO behind on this Morro Bay engagement session, but is worth the wait! There is a great story behind this session. My photographer bestie, Susy of Susy Photo, lives in Kansas City, MO. She was coming to California for a styled shoot we were both going to attend. She wanted to do a beach session while she was here and asked if I could put something together.

Ashley and Chris’s Lake Tahoe engagement session is BEAUTIFUL! Lake Tahoe has always been special to them, so it was only fitting that we took their engagement pictures here.

This post is all about giving my current and future SPV BRIDES some great tips and inspiration as they prepare for their engagement session outfits! I’ll also be sharing an additional tip never shared before!!

Erica and Pablo met 12 years ago through her sister and his cousin, who were dating at the time. Erica said she was fortunate to have been introduced to him because, at the time, she was in a dark place.