leslee + beny . the engagement

Leslee & Beny will be married this Summer in Hawaii and I'm SO lucky to have ben asked to join them as they say their I do's... Until then, we had a couple of engagements lined up: engagement photographs in downtown LA and an engagement party in the OC. Once we return from Hawaii in July, we'll celebrate again in LA with a reception for the Los Angeles crowd... These two know how to party. 

Together we explored downtown; hitting the Artist District, Union Station, and a fire escape within a friend of theirs' loft. 

I'm proud to say that despite clenched teeth and white knuckles I climbed that fire escape ready to get the shot. anything for the photograph :) 

hee hee. we had fun !

wayne + julia . the engagement session

Julia + Wayne will be married next weekend!!!!!!! 

We visited UCLA for some photographs and had lots of laughs (see below!) love their chemistry and am seriously looking forward to their wedding at The Grand Del Mar

the engagement . janel + jim

So excited for these two to be married! We met up in Santa Barbara in Janel's childhood neighborhood, where Jim proposed!!!!!!! It was nice to photograph in an area they love and spend so much time in... 

Stay tuned for their stylish wedding this spring full of vespas, italian inspiration & friends and family I've grown to love (& photograph) over the past years... (Sara + Austin & Leyla + Evald)

the engagement . tobie + orrie

me on Castaic Lake :) 

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We visited Castaic Lake for Tobie + Orrie's engagement session and had a blast!!! Orrie worked as a life guard there for years so old friends took us around for photo ops! SO fun to cruise around on the life guard boat...

Tobie + Orrie were married in Hawaii this Fall but are having a wedding reception in January to celebrate with friends and family... Stay tuned!

the engagement . amy + barry

. the proposal .

"We went to Jerry's Deli where we had our first date. After dinner Barry pulled out a box that had a beautiful strand of pearls and told me they were from my mom. My mom has this tradition that she gives a strand of pearls when her daughter's get engaged so at that moment I knew what was about to happen...Barry then pulled out a beautiful ring and asked me to marry him. It was the best moment of my life."