Engagements
That beautiful time between "Yes" and "I do. " Our favorite engagement sessions.
Happy Friday everybody! We’re sending you into this fabulous summer weekend with a dynamite couple at a gorgeous estate in the hills of Malibu. Greer and Catherine are classic and traditional in style and spirit, but they’ve also got a goofy side that made us giggle the entire afternoon. After pouring some champagne, we strolled
They were both connected to Pepperdine but met only through words. Catherine was a Pepperdine graduate working for the dean of the law school and Greer was a law student that sent his writing and papers through her to the dean. Catherine immediately fell in love with Greer’s writing. She looked forward to every single
Welcome back to Part Two of Russ and Alyssa’s engagement session at La Jolla Shores. This couple is the sweetest, most genuine pair of folks that you’ll ever find and it was simply a joy to hang out with them for an afternoon. We started on the cliffs overlooking La Jolla and then headed down
It poured rain on every single date during the first months of their relationship. Running to the car and hiding under trees while thunder and lightning cracked overhead, it became a joke among their family and friends that they should think about changing their plans with every outing. But according to Alyssa, it was perfect,
Perfect locations like this only come along every so often, so when we get an amazing couple like Jimmy and Vivian, we immediately know where we have to shoot. The Torrey Pines Gliderport is one of those places that calms our hearts when we need to get away from it all, so we’ve spent many
You know it’s a great week when beautiful and sweet folks like Roger and Runqiu get to be featured on the bloggy-blog! This smarty-pants couple that met at Princeton and now splits their time between Runqiu on the east coast and Roger’s current home in San Francisco were so gracious to hop down to our
Their relationship couldn’t have begun on a sweeter note. Literally. They were in the thick of their intense college studies at Princeton when Roger helped Runqiu fix her computer. She was in her sweats, hair pulled back, eyes strained from the stress of Ivy League demands, and she wanted to thank this kind boy who
I have a feeling that this lovely engagement session at Dixon Lake is going to become a favorite simply because it makes my heart so happy! There’s nobody sweeter than Ned and Kim and hanging out with them was simply a treat. After we hopped off the rowboat, these two got dolled up in a
Ned and Kim have a street corner that they call their own. It’s near their house and it’s on the way to their favorite bar. Whenever they stop and wait at the corner, they hold hands, smile, and say, “Look! We’re being cute on the corner together!” It’s kind of ridiculously adorable. So one night
Welcome back to Part Two of Stefan and Ivette’s classic engagement session at UCLA where Jeff and I felt like two-year-olds in a giant bounce house – too excited to be considered healthy. As you already know from Part One, Stefan and Ivette define gorgeous. In fact, I’m pretty sure their pictures are listed in the dictionary
They were accepted to the same school, studied in the same program, and attended the same classes. They strolled along the same sidewalks and walked past the same buildings on their way to the same library. But Stefan never met the gorgeous Ivette because they were a few years apart. It was as if their stories
Mornings like this make me pretty stinkin’ happy. Why? Because I get to keep the blog love going with another seriously sweet couple. If you fell in love with part one of Christian and April’s Del Dios engagement session, then you may want to sit down for part two before the eye-popping gorgeousness knocks you
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We’re Jeff and Erin Youngren, a hubby and wifey team that photographs amazing couples and their incredible weddings. Hopeless romantics, BFF's, and mama + daddy to James, we’re obsessed with traveling, podcasts, Oreos (Erin) and whiskey (Jeff).
