I had been holding off on scheduling our engagement session because I wanted beach weather, warm sunlight, and a tan. The months of July and August being the most ideal. With the start of summer and longer sunny days, I am getting antsy to have the session right now. But before I contacted Sarah to schedule a date, I scouted a few locations.
Since we live in Santa Barbara and Sarah resides in Orange County, this gives us the opportunity to shoot here, there, or anywhere in between. We have plenty of landmarks, grand buildings, and beautiful beaches to choose from.
I would love an e-session in SB. We can take shots at our venues, and it will give Sarah the chance to see the sites before the wedding. With our knowledge of the area, locations we love are plenty: the Mission, UCSB, any of the great beaches, bluffs, the wharf, courthouse, downtown.
The Santa Barbara Courthouse is a popular spot for engagement and wedding photos.
OC is another great location with their many beautiful beaches. Since Sarah is from the area, she would know all the great locations and secret spots to shoot.
LA is also amazing for photos. It's filled with all kinds of neighborhoods, architecture, nature, styles, beaches, and is in between SB and OC. We would love to be photographed outside Staples Center by Lakers posters, at the beautiful Getty or Griffith Observatory, LACMA, or Santa Monica Pier.
The Getty Museum is one of my favorite places in LA. There's free admission (just $10 for parking), great city views, great architecture, and plenty of natural influences.
Their garden area, my favorite part of the Getty, is quite beautiful.
LACMA is another great location with fun architecture. Their urban light display is a sea of uniformity and depth that would be fun to get lost in.
Newly remodeled, the Griffith Observatory is great for photos in and around the building. The view of LA is unbelievable.
Although the NBA season is over and taking photos inside Staples Center comes only through the best connections, it is one of my dream locations since it is home to the Lakers.
After some email with Sarah about her location thoughts/preferences we decided on Santa Monica. Our only must-have regarding our engagement session are a few sunny beach photos, and a July day in Santa Monica would provide that.
The beach is our favorite place. We love the casual feel, ocean air, and taking long walks with the sand beneath our toes.
We can have some fun by the pier.
Sarah mentioned bikes and balloons as fun props, yay!
Where did you decide to shoot engagement photos? Did you do it in your home city or elsewhere?
Blog title is from lyrics by 3eb
3 comments:
One of those pictures is my friends!
I am doing mine in San Diego and haven't decided where yet...we live in Northern California.
LACMA looks so cool!
great pictures!
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