When the day began, I was a little worried about the overcast while shooting at the Arcadia Arboretum. By the time of the shoot, it was a beautiful day with a lovely couple. Malissa and Cullen have been dating for a little more than a year and you can sense the immediate connection when hanging out with them. They have a silly relationship filled with lots of teasing and love that reflects directly in their photos. Aside from the laughs and jokes, their love for each other came out naturally without me even having to pose them.
I had the pleasure of second shooting with Sachiko Studios at this engagement shoot for May and Alex at the San Gabriel Mission. I learned a lot about how Nadine works with her clients to capture natural smiles. At this shoot, I also worked with her husband Benson and was taught to focus on little details otherwise unnoticed. The San Gabriel Mission was a great spot to capture many elegant pictures of the couple. They came with not just one-- but two outfits that transformed brought a feeling of elegance and sophistication.
I had the pleasure of second shooting with Sachiko Studios for this family shoot with the Wang family. With a beautiful family, the shoot focused on one 15-month-old who seemed to only happy holding oranges, his giant dog, or billiard balls. After getting the help of his fun grandma and grandpa, we got some beautiful pictures of little Brody. By the end of the shoot, he seemed to have warmed up to us because he kept trying to get me to give him a kiss on the cheek!
This shoot with Christine was actually my first photo shoot on my own, so I was a little nervous. However, Christine made everything so easy for me because it turns out that she's a natural model even though this was her first photo shoot! She pretty much knew how to pose and had her model faces ready for me to snap away. It was quite a windy day at Angel's Flight, so we got in some great Marilyn Monroe-esque photos. As a matter of fact, after she made one of these photos her profile picture on Facebook, she got over 200 likes in one day!
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