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jess & tommy | engagement photography

Tim — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:11:04 +0000

this session and couple (and wedding coming in october) is extremely special to me. i have known jess now for a few years, as we work together. she got stuck sitting at a shared cubicle with me a few years ago and she has put up with my tomfoolery as work neighbors ever since that first day (though they did try to separate us once because apparently we were laughing too much in the workplace. shouldn’t that be encouraged at an office?). jess is such a dear, dear friend and i have been delighted to experience and witness the joy of her relationship with tommy. to say i am honored to be their photographer is not even close to a big enough word.

here are some of my faves from their engagement session:

i am ecstatic to be a part of their big day and extremely honored to be able to document it for them. i love you guys…

Gavin & Holly: G&H Pure Cane Sugar (day two)

Tim — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 05:48:07 +0000

do you have a good memory? remember my first blog post here? no, not that one… the one after that. okay, my second. but who’s counting? anyway, it was this cool couple at balboa… let me refresh your memory:

yeah, that’s them. remember now? okay, good. you may not remember all of the details, but for recap: we went to the beach on the one day there was no sunset. so we made plans for a second day of shooting. the sun was up when i met them, we went over some wedding details, and then set out on walkabout. yes… just like crocodile dundee would have…. sans “big knife”.

we started out along the docks of the bay. oh man… can i try and get more licensing issues to spring up and quote otis redding?

we started making our way toward the beach. just like last time, they were up for anything when i asked them to stop here or there.

by the time we got down to the beach, the sun was behind the upper slice of this cloud sandwich above the horizon. it did not look good, and we maybe only got 5 or so minutes of actual sun-time.

commence canoodling…

once the sun hid behind the bottom section of that (very not delicious) cloud sandwich (that none of us ordered, by the way!), i moved them onto a lifeguard tower for some photo experimentation of sorts.

after some close-ups, i gave them one of two “talkabouts” (yes, we had talkabouts for our walkabout… that’s how i do things…) and headed off with my zoom lens to the pier.

another fun day of shooting with these two. i have gotten a rain check on the sun (is that ironic?) and will use it in the future. i cannot wait to shoot their wedding in october and am not only thrilled more than before to be their photographer, but i am honored and completely looking forward to their big day.

thanks again, you two, for being adventurous and having fun with your engagement shots. in my opinion, it paid off! :)

Gavin & Holly: G&H Pure Cane Sugar (day one)

Tim — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:30:13 +0000

through word-of-mouth (thanks joel & michelle), i got hired by this couple to shoot their wedding in october. we got together for an e-shoot (engagement session, since people always ask me what that means) in and around balboa island in the end of may. the sun didn’t make much of a showing that day, so we meandered around the streets for most of the shoot.

these two were so much fun to hang out and shoot with, that when we realized we wouldn’t get any of the “sunset” photos we wanted, it was a non-issue in my mind to get together another day with them for a second go-round. but, first things first. here are some of my (and their) faves from the first day of shooting.

on the ferry ride from the island back to the newport side:

there are so many fun houses around that area to shoot in front of…

lovin’ the red doors we were finding too…

we made our way down to the pier at the very last minute to catch the last bit of daylight.

it is so fun when people are willing to try new things, even if the end result may not prove to be what it was in my mind. these two were all about it, and their leaps of faith proved to be fruitful.

a fun shoot, new friends and a blog post that i got to use the word fruit in. what more could a guy ask for? : )