engagement: amber & connie

We had so much fun with Connie and Amber during their engagement shoot. We met up at Irvine Regional Park in Orange, California (one of our favorite "rustic" spots to shoot). What started off as a nice, pretty shoot, turned into a rousing good time with colorful holi powder. Marni had a little too much fun squirting the powder at the girls while they smiled and laughed their way through it.

engagment: jeff & michelle

Jeff and Michelle took their engagement photos at the Irvine Regional Park in Orange, California. This is quickly becoming one of our favorite woodsy/rustic locations to shoot. The park is humongous with tons of beautiful oak trees (which look stunning in photos and make for good "seats" for the happy couple). The two love to ride bikes, so we used the bikes as props and set up a cool picnic setting. They also brought along their dog Mamba, who makes an appearance in quite a few photos. Jeff and Michele are beer connoisseurs, so we snuck some bottles into our picnic scene (shhhh, don't tell!). As we were leaving, we happened upon a beautifully restored, vintage Canned Ham trailer. Jeff talked a ranger into letting us take a few quick photos in front of it, and the rest is history!

family portraits: the prentice family

We took these lovely photos of the Prentice family for their annual Christmas card at Irvine Regional Park in Orange.