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hiroko and michael were referred to us by some of our favorite clients, alison and bryan! when i asked about engagement session locations, michael had a great idea. we went to the place that hiroko and him had their first date, father’s office in santa monica. the restaurant was nice enough to let us take some photos inside, and then we had an amazing lunch. if you live in the area and have never been to father’s office, go, go right now! after lunch we drove through venice and found a really nice secluded beach area almost in the marina. there were hardly any people and across the street from the beach was an awesome patch of flowers and vines that i knew i would have michael and hiroko jump into ;). we had a wonderful time shooting with them and cannot wait for their wedding coming up in august!!

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monica and jesus live in new york, but are getting married at one of my favorite locations, spanish hills country club! while they were in town a couple of weeks ago we managed to squeeze an engagement session in and i am so glad we did! we ventured out to cal state channel islands and then drove down PCH and found a beach to grab a few more shots. the beach had a lot of rocks, which didn’t make venturing down to the water that easy but i am very pleased with the images we got anyways ! i love the cool style and vibe these 2 give off and i can’t wait for their wedding coming up in july ;).

ilona + patrick: the wedding