{ ala + steve // manhattan beach portraits }
We didn’t plan for the fog.
We figured out sunset times and when to meet for the optimal golden light, and when I woke up that morning the sun was streaming in my window. It was cheerfully sunny on my drive over as I passed through 4 different cities, and literally just as I pulled up to the block before the beach, the sun hid away and we found the entire shoreline was blanketed in a cloudy mist. And now when I see these photos, I couldn’t imagine it any other way. The fog was perfect. Ala {my dear friend and fellow photographer} and her hubby Steve were perfect. The quiet, calm and empty beach was perfect. Her dress? That flower crown? The simplicity of just this one location, of following a couple and documenting their love? All perfect.
At the end of the session, I told them I could photograph this session all day every day, and I meant it.
Tags: beach engagement photography, flower crown, fog engagement photos, los angeles beach engagement photos, love shoot, manhattan beach engagement photography, manhattan beach portraits, manhattan beach wedding photography
February 25th, 2014 at
Ala and Steve are a lovely couple and you captured them so beautifully! I like how the fog completely changes the mood at a beach! Awesome work! Nelly
February 25th, 2014 at
so so so so so good! So much good. Excellent work guys!
February 25th, 2014 at
Such a beautiful couple!!
February 26th, 2014 at
love so much!!
May 9th, 2014 at
this light is stunning! amazing photos. i’ve never seen fog captured that well before. it looks amazing.
October 22nd, 2014 at
[…] with perfect light. And the fact that despite this simplicity it can look different, every. single. time. Sometimes the less there is to work with, the more there is to the photo? The bareness of […]