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Agnes + Daniel | Malibu Creek + Point Dume Engagement Photography

June 13th, 2013:

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Blog post by Felicia:

Each year we have a few couples that we consult with over the phone because they live far away, and it’s always extra intriguing to meet up with them right before launching into a full photoshoot. Thankfully, Agnes & Daniel were even more awesome in person!

We started at Malibu Creek State Park where Rob showed off his impressive Eagle Scout skills and fashioned a rather sturdy tent out of the materials Agnes & Daniel brought (the sticks for the tent frame were cut from a tree in their parents’ backyard). Robert Paetz Photography: now includes campsite set-up.

We had an incredible time with these two, nevermind the onslaught of crazy gnats at Point Dume.

Thanks for being so much fun, you guys! Can’t wait for the wedding!

Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique

Daniel is a photojournalist, so they brought a vintage camera, which we managed to shoot through (right). The apple’s for Agnes, as she’s a professor.
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique
Malibu, Creek, State, Park, Point, Dume, Engagement, Photography, Photographers, Husband, Wife, Team, Los, Angeles, Alternative, Unique

Warming Up

Day: 345

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Sorry for the delayed posts about Yosemite, but Felicia arrived last week and it has been rather busy since then (smirk). Only a few more days and I get off this continent again… I apologize for the long hiatus, but I think the next few months will make up for it.

Yosemite was busy with more early morning pictures and a couple of shots of the standard view, before ending our night with a glass of wine and hundreds of other photographers camped out below Horsetail Falls for the show.

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More Yosemite

Day: 344

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With another morning in Yosemite I decided to force everyone into a pre-dawn photography raid on one of the valleys meadows. It was quite cold but we were able to pick up a few good shots before spending the day wandering about the open trails and fighting off the hordes of other photographers all there for the Horsetail falls spectacle off El Capitan; something I knew nothing about before this weekend, but here goes an explanation.

For two weeks every February the sun aligns itself opposite Horsetail Falls, falling perfectly though the canyon walls to cause the falls to explode with color if you are sitting opposite of the angle of incident (think lighting rules: the angle of incident is equal to the angle of reflection), and lighting only the falls in quite the spectacle.

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Anyways, it was a rather nice surprise and I was able to snap a few pictures, although the extreme difference in exposure values between the walls of El Cap and the falls made it tricky.

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The Mongolian Interstate

Day: 274

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The Mongolian population doesn’t actually believe in roads of any sort, everyone is just required to have four wheel drive then plow through the countryside creating fresh tracks. About half the time we are driving along with absolutely no road of any sort, and the other half of the time we are in the tracks that were created a few days before by the last bunch of tourists in a 4×4.

From time to time, our driver will pull over at some random ger, mumble at us in Mongolian then go inside for 10 minutes (I assume he’s having a cup of tea). He’ll then come out with a smile on his face, jump in the front seat and point off in the distance at some hill, herd of goats or vast expanse of nothingness and happily tool away with us in a new direction. A very interesting way to travel.

After five or six hours piled in our van, we made it to the base of Khongoryn Els (Some giant sand dunes) where we found another Ger camp to sleep in. Tomorrow is camel riding through the dunes!

GPS 43’49.415 (N) 102’23.489’ (E)

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Mongolian Sightseeing

Day: 273

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-Went to an ice filled valley in the middle of the sweltering desert where we got slightly lost and turned a three hour hike into five. We ran out of water and never got to eat luch. When we got back to our Russian jalopy, we found our driver unconcernedly sleeping in the back of the van.

-Visited Bayanzag (i.e. The Flaming Cliffs) to take a few pictures. Fortunately we were running late so the sun was low in the sky, hence making the cliffs “flame”. Reminded me of Utah a bit, come to think of it, much of the Gobi reminds me of Utah. Dinosaur bones everywhere, harsh summers and freezing winters, and endless desert.

-Found an awesome campsite in the middle of a Saxual forest, set up our tents and started making dinner. Only to find we were sitting in the middle of a Giant Tick breeding ground. Tucked in pants and shirts became a must to fight off the largest ticks I have ever seen. Searched myself a few times, after the small one I picked up in Calilegua National Park in Argentina I really don’t feel like having an insect burrowed in my skin again for a while.

GPS 44’8.311 (N) 103’43.667 (E)

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Dalanzadgad; Quite Boring!

Day: 272

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My alarm went off rudely this morning at 2am. Although I guess it is my fault, I set it. I decided I should follow Tomix and Lena’s (the Polish couple) advice and see the desert in its pitch black, almost full moon, glory.

Grudgingly I squirmed my way out of my sleeping bag and poked Felicia awake in hers, drifting my way outside to stand in awe at what was easily a stunning experience. The night was alive with every star and planet I had never seen. Of course I tried to take pictures, creating a few images I am satisfied with, learning a massive amount about night photography in a short time, but also getting excited about trying some more in the next few nights to come (most likely detrimental to my sleeping patterns). After a quarter an hour or so, we headed back in to sleep the rest of the morning.

Technical note: The fronts of the Gers are lit by my flashlight during a 30 second exposure.
Alas, this was the most exciting part of the day. By early afternoon we had reached the little town of Dalanzadgad to restock and settle in for the night before setting off into the desert for the next four days. Unfortunately, Dalanzadgad has nothing going for it, and sheer boredom set in. Although I think it’s the same for the locals, because all the advertisements I saw were for undersized “Frenzy” brand condoms and Chinggis Khan Vodka

We ate ice cream and mutton (trying with moderate success to decipher the Cyrillic menu), meandered the dusty streets and unsuccessfully tried to get my blog uploaded.

GPS 43.34.355 (N) 104’25.673 (E)

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