Laurence and Cherryl: Engagement Session

Filed under : Engagement by Ben and Kirin on 12-11-2009

It was cold! When we shot these engagement photos of Laurence and Cherryl, it was at the tail-end of Summer, and we just finished a string of days with 80+ degree weather. Laurence and Cherryl chose to do their photoshoot in the late afternoon by the water, at Coronado and in San Diego along the harbor. Of course, the day of the shoot turns out to be unusually cold–downright chilly!

Laurence and Cherryl made the best of it, though; they gutted out the cold, and we managed to get some pretty good shots from that session. I felt so bad for them, working so hard to keep their teeth from chattering so as to not interrupt the sexy! Extra kudos to Cherryl for getting through that icy harbor wind in that short dress!

Now check out the pix…

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We Love Jac and Joe!

Filed under : Engagement by Ben and Kirin on 12-06-2009

We first met Jaclyn and Joe during a dinner consult at Seau’s. Joe, a Naval Officer and physician (we seem to be booking a lot of doctors lately), was in town to begin their wedding planning. Jaclyn told us they loved our work because she could see and feel the emotions we try so hard to capture in our photos. I was pregnant at the time and we both started getting teary eyed talking about her big day. I told her about how overwhelming it is to see so many people you love in one place, who are there because they love you in return and want you to be happy. From that moment I knew we were going to enjoy working with them. They are two of the sweetest people ever, and keep giving us gifts for Roman even after our protesting. In return, it makes us happy to create beautiful images for them.

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Just goes to show how much difference a change of angles can make.

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I love the next series simply cause Jaclyn’s miss sassy side peeked through. Even the most humble woman wants to look her best in her wedding photos, and that is important to us as well. I believe one of our knacks is being able to reflect that beauty in a photo. Jaclyn is adorable AND is an engineer. I think women engineers rock.

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This is why photographers love Balboa Park so much. There’s great light everywhere.

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Can’t wait till the wedding you two!
–Kirin

Jasmine and Dean’s Engagement Session

Filed under : Engagement by Ben and Kirin on 02-06-2009

We met Dean by sheer luck at the local Farmer’s Market, as he was chatting with a couple of friends of ours. They mentioned he was engaged, we gave him our card, and several months later, we produced the photos below. We chose the trolley and train station areas downtown, given the great architecture and light flowing through the stations. Plus, we got to incorporate a bad*ss chopper into the shoot, thanks to a swell guy named James who works at the train station. James, if you ever get to see this, you rock man.

Dean and Jasmine rocked the shoot as well.

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It’s cute seeing Jasmine having to tippy toe to wrap her arms around Dean’s neck.

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