Lance + Veronica | LACMA Engagement Photography

May 15th, 2014:

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When I first met Lance and Veronica they already knew where they wanted their engagement pictures to take place: right where he proposed at the lamppost art installation in front of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

It was a extra bonus that they are both into music, and brought their instruments along for the first part of the shoot. We had a sidewalk jam session (unfortunately we didn’t get them busking for their honeymoon fund), then headed off to the rest of the museum to continue their shoot.

Thanks for the great afternoon guys! See you soon!

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Darren + Simrit | LACMA Anniversary Session

May 29th, 2013:

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Blog post by Felicia:

Around the same time last year, we first met Darren & Simrit, who were vacationing in Los Angeles from Canada and wanted some engagement pictures.Fast forward 13 months, and they are now newly-weds!

Basking in the lovely Los Angeles springtime weather, we revisted LACMA, this time in the daylight, before wrapping things up in downtown Los Angeles.

It’s always nice to see clients again, and we’re glad to have shared some of LA’s warmth with our friends from the North!

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Justin + Diane | LACMA Engagement Photography

April 5th, 2013:

Last week we met with Justin & Diane at LACMA for their engagement shoot, enjoying a leisurely afternoon where, when we encountered some bamboo groves, Felicia declared herself “a panda with skillz”. My wife’s pretty strange.

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Diane & Justin are both civil engineers, so Diane requested photos with these concrete blocks – an installation art piece, actually – very apt!
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Diane was particularly excited about pictures with Levitated Mass, so with some patience, we finally managed to get a clean shot of just them and the big rock.

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Thanks Diane & Justin for a fun Friday. We had a great time with you both, and can’t wait for your wedding!

Erin + Danny | LACMA Engagement Session

July 14th, 2011:

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We returned from NYC/D.C. at 2am on Saturday morning to find my sister, brother-in-law and my two nieces sleeping on our small living room floor – not that this was unexpected, just crowded. Madalyn (my 9 year old niece) had advanced to the National level gymnastics competition and the three day event was taking place at Universal Studios which is about 5 miles from our place. The next day they were gone early, and somehow Felicia and I had been convinced to watch the girls that evening/overnight so their parents could party it up in downtown Burbank and crash at the local Marriott – it turns out my brother-in-law feels a little cramped sleeping on our floor. Who can blame him.

Anyhow, now to the pictures at hand – after late night arrival, an exciting slumber party with a 6 and 9 year old followed by meeting their parents for breakfast the next day at Portos – Felicia and I had a shoot lined up with Erin and Danny. We squeezed in a Sunday afternoon nap, then headed off to LACMA to meet our newest couple for the first time. I had spoken to Erin on the phone a few times but we had never met before the shoot (not altogether uncommon).

Erin and Danny are So. Cal. natives who have transplanted to San Francisco and they are planning their Los Angeles wedding via a series of quick weekends here throughout the summer. I imagine it is quite hectic every time they make it down here, but they never flinched during two hours of being photographed and their easy going love made my job incredibly fun and easy. I don’t think there was a moment that Erin was not brandishing her infectious smile.

Moments after the evening of perfect modeling, Erin and Danny were off to LAX to catch a flight home and Felicia and I headed off to Thai Town for a relaxing bowl of noodles before finally heading home to finally unpack from 10 days on the road.

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Congrats Again Erin + Danny! We can’t wait for your wedding this Fall!

Oh, and in case you are wondering, Madalyn excitedly exclaimed to me “We came in 8th in the ENTIRE country!!!” I proudly congratulated her only later to enquire with my sister as to the number of teams.

There were 8…

Chelsea + Mike @ LACMA

August 9th, 2010:

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Last week I got a brand new 50mm f/1.2 lens which I am super excited about. Incidentally, later that same evening Felicia and I were schedule to meet Chelsea and Mike in the Gardens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).

We had ourselves a grand old time shooting their engagement session on this beautiful Los Angeles evening. When the sun finally set and we had to move out to the lamppost exhibit outside the front gates, the skies turned a dusky blue and the pictures got even better!

I am thrilled that we got to meet this couple of fellow travelers (Mike spent a few years on the road on a trip similar to mine, and he and Chelsea met while on vacation!) and I am thrilled to add this new toy to my camera kit. Thanks for the great session guys!

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