Hi SMP brides, I?m so thrilled to share my engagement photos today, as well as some tips for you own engagement shoot! As a wedding photographer myself, I knew a little bit more about what to expect from our engagement session, but I was still nervous and excited for it. Spring weather had finally arrived […]

Hi SMP brides, I?m so thrilled to share my engagement photos today, as well as some tips for you own engagement shoot! As a wedding photographer myself, I knew a little bit more about what to expect from our engagement session, but I was still nervous and excited for it. Spring weather had finally arrived and my lovely friend Kristina agreed to drive up from Orange County, because we thought it would be meaningful to do the shoot in the Bay Area where we got engaged and where we now live.
The weather forecast for the day of our shoot was clouds and rains, so we were feeling pretty anxious it might not happen at all. On the morning before our shoot, we looked outside and saw that it was bright despite being the sky being entirely gray. We took a chance that it wouldn?t start raining yet and hopped in the car at 11 am. I usually schedule engagement sessions within 1-2 hours of sunset, so already this was going very differently than planned! I had to totally re-set my expectations from that golden glow-y light, and at first I was feeling a little cheated by the weather. But once we were at the beach I felt so calm, and we ended up loving the muted and moody light, e...