We are so excited that Audrey and Michael’s modern and urban San Diego Engagement Photos have been featured on The Bride’s Cafe blog today! Many thanks to the lovely Janie over at The Bride’s Cafe! Click the engagement photo below to read the post! xoxo
{us} When picking your photographer, what made you choose us?
{audrey} We really wanted a photographer that was fresh, edgy, and modern to reflect our style. Betwixt images consistently jumped out at us as we browsed magazines and websites. Once we had a chance to sit down with the two of you, we felt an immediate personal connection and knew that there was no other choice for us but Betwixt.
Aimee and Seth got married last year, and thought it would be really fun to do a Trash the Dress session with us for Aimee’s birthday : ) Since the adorable Aimee and Seth live in La Jolla, they wanted us to capture them in their neighborhood. They also brought their super cute pup, Patch, along for the ride and we had a blast hanging out with the three of them!
As you can see in these photos, we didn’t per se “Trash the Dress”, so if you were on the fence, don’t be. Trashing the dress can vary and be customized to what you are comfortable with. This type of session gives you the perfect excuse to put on your lovely wedding dress again (which is always a plus! :) and it provides a much more relaxed atmosphere than the hustle and bustle of the portraits you have taken on your wedding day. You can almost say that this is an engagement session with your wedding dress on! So, if you have been looking for another occasion to wear your wedding dress, this might be right up your alley!
It was another beautiful day in San Diego when we met up with Justine and Ryan in Downtown San Diego to capture their urban San Diego engagement photos. Justine and Ryan brought their adorable pups for the session and they were a blast to hang out with… well, maybe except for just a second when Oprah (the black one) tried to bite my ankle LOL! But it’s all good. Maurice and I have nothing but love for Oprah : )
Justine and Ryan are high school sweethearts that will be tying the knot next year in Lake Tahoe. Congratulations you two!
Welcome to day two of Danielle and Scott’s St. Regis Princeville Resort Destination wedding blog-o-bration! If you missed the start of this four-day Hawaii wedding post, be sure to check out Danielle and Scott’s night out in Hanalei and wedding rehearsal. So the morning after our arrival, Maurice and I scouted the North Shore of Kaua’i and Hanalei town to discover some amazing spots for their photo shoot … a Hawaiian engagement portrait session to capture the couple in one of their favorite spots on Earth. We started at the St. Regis at the private beach enclave with its Paradise worthy view of Hanalei Bay. The hammock, palm trees, lava rock, oh my! Just put a Mai Tai in my hand and I feel transported right back there : ) After that we went exploring … down into Hanalei town and on further up the road to a little deserted private beach. It was so much fun.
Stay tuned! Posts featuring their wedding and the island art we had the opportunity to capture are coming up! For now, enjoy these : )
On another gorgeous day in Southern California (seriously, it’s ALWAYS amazing here!), Maurice and I ventured up to Newport Beach in Orange County and took the ferry to Balboa Island to meet up with Jennifer and Joshua. If you’ve never been to Balboa Island, you should definitely plan a day to go. It’s a beautiful and fun place to hang out and walk around and feel like a tourist in your own neighborhood! You can even visit the Balboa Fun Zone – perfect for kids of all ages! Not to mention has an awesome view of the Pacific Ocean.
Aside from being fun and scenic, Balboa Island has a special meaning to Jennifer and Joshua, since when Jennifer first moved to Orange County, she lived here. We had a ton of fun hanging out with this super sweet couple in and around Balboa Island.
Jennifer and Joshua were married shortly after we shot their engagement photos in at a Private Estate in Calabasas. Stay tuned for their wedding, it’s coming up next!
We met up with Micaela and Kyle in Downtown San Diego to capture their engagement photos. Kyle is a wine professional and Micaela (all you Knotty brides will LOVE this) works at The Knot! They love wine and wanted to include a glass of goodness in their engagement photos. So we started downtown, made a fun visit to Cafe Chloe, and generally had a fabulous time capturing these two – get this – high school sweethearts!! Just like Micaela’s parents, Micaela and Kyle met in high school. They were destined for one another. They recently got married at University of San Diego‘s Founder’s Chapel and had their reception at the Grand Del Mar.
We started this adorable couple’s engagement session at Cafe Chloe, which is this great wine cafe in Downtown San Diego. Kyle is a sommelier, so it was a perfect place to start the session out. After spending some time there, we hung out in and around Downtown San Diego and eventually ended up in Little Italy.
Enough talk, here’s the pictures!
It was a beautiful day in San Diego when we met up with Sabina and Chris to capture their edgy, urban engagement photos. Sabina and Chris were recently married at the Darlington House, an elegant, intimate and character filled wedding venue in La Jolla.
Sabina and Chris are totally meant for each other, something you can sense as soon as you meet them. They are also super fun and brought lots of different outfits for their engagement photo shoot. From Chris’s hats to the B-Boy outfits, they were HOT!
You may or may not have seen Chris before, but for sure you’ve heard his voice because he’s a radio DJ! Maurice and I love his voice and it was definitely cool to put a face to the voice that we have heard on the radio. You also may have recognized this couple because we had designed their invitations! You can check out their wedding invitations by clicking here.
Sabina + Chris: Congratulations and we can’t wait to see you again!
It was a sunny day in San Diego when we met up with Tanya and Joe to shoot their engagement photos : ) We met up with this super cute couple in North County and walked around Carlsbad and Oceanside capturing the two of them. We always want to incorporate fun props into our engagement photo shoots and beach cruisers are a super fun way to go!
Tanya and Joe recently got married at the Coronado Cays Yacht Club, one of our favorite San Diego wedding venues. Congratulations Tanya and Joe!
Maurice and I have been in the wedding business for more than a handful of years now (almost two handfuls!), so naturally you meet new people at weddings and sometimes see them again … Danielle and Scott are a couple we’d met while photographing what we affectionately refer to as our Olympian bride (a real Silver Medalist, from the Beijing Summer Olympics, I kid you not – we are her biggest fans, well, maybe aside from her parents and her husband : ) When one day we got a call from them saying that they would like to chat with us about photographing their wedding in Kaua’i, well, we were just tickled pink and blue! Life some times brings you totally awesome surprises : )
A few months ago, Maurice and I photographed this couple’s engagement session. And the adorable Danielle and Scott recently tied the knot in Hawaii … can you say Aloha and I’ll have a Tropic Island fresh fruit smoothie please : ) … at the St. Regis Princeville in Kaua’I in Hawaii (hint, hint, stay tuned … something aloha-licious will be coming soon : ) Both Danielle and Scott are originally from Orange County, but wanted to have their engagement pictures taken here in San Diego. They wanted something a little urban, a little stylish and a little different. We were only more than happy to oblige : )
We had a great time with Danielle and Scott that day. They are super laid back, uber stylish, but most importantly nice and fun to work with. Enough of the jabber, here’s the photos!
Maurice and I went up to Los Angeles a while back to meet up with Pei and Ben. We actually tried shooting their session on another occasion, but the weather was too yucky (gray, with the hanging-over-the-sky-threat-of-rain), so we decided to postpone for a better day. Maurice and I really like to ensure that we can give our clients the best possible pictures and even though it meant driving to Los Angeles a second time, we were more than happy to, because we prefer shooting in sun and warmth so that we can capture the happy spirit and love of our couples : ) Pei and Ben totally pulled out the sunshine and warmth for their engagement session on the day of their shoot … and Mother Nature obliged with warm temps and sunshine.
If you can’t tell from their pictures, Pei and Ben are two of the nicest, happiest people we know. Pei and Ben were also a blast to hang out with. We started their session at Santa Monica Pier and eventually ended up near Venice Beach. Along the way we discovered that they have a love for snowboarding, as do we : ) Does it count as love if I’ve only done it once?
Pei and Ben recently got married at the Wilson Creek Winery in Temecula. Congratulations you two!!!
Though some parts of the country have been hotter than blazes this year, we here in San Diego and Southern California have been experiencing a mild and (in my opinion) fabulously cool summer. Being part Irish, I tend to burn up in the sun, so I’m loving the cooler days and evenings. So it truly was another gorgeous and amazing San Diego summer day when we met up with Patricia and Martin for their engagement session. Not San Diego natives, Patricia and Martin came down from Irvine to take their engagement photos. They recently were married at the Mary Star of the Sea Church in La Jolla and had their reception at the Westgate Hotel in downtown San Diego.
When we had spoken to Patricia and Martin, they had expressed that they had wanted their pictures to have some beach and some urban aspects to it, which sounded like a great combination! We started our day in Coronado and had a ton of fun at the beach with them with the picturesque skyline of Downtown San Diego behind them. After that, we went back over the bridge to explore around Downtown. We had a blast with the Doctors (Patricia is a Pediatrician and Martin just finished his PhD) and getting to know them!
Patricia and Martin: We have been so excited and honored to have been part of your wedding this summer! Congratulations!!!
On a beautiful San Diego day, Maurice and I met up with Karina, Alex and Miles Davis. I bet you’re not scratching your head and thinking, “Really? THE Miles Davis, who was the famous jazz trumpeter? But wait, isn’t he dead?” Yes, unfortunately the great American trumpeter Miles Davis is no longer with us, but I’m talking about Karina and Alex’s adorable pup, who is named Miles Davis. They brought him along for their engagement session and we couldn’t be more tickled to work with him as well as Karina and Alex. It made us miss our pups, Lou and Izzy, who were at home probably sleeping or doing what they do.
One of the things that we like most about our job is the people that we have the opportunity to meet. Karina and Alex are artists. Alex is a poet and writer and Karina is an attorney and painter. Both extremely creative, which I think makes them such a dynamic couple. We had a blast hanging out with them around Downtown San Diego.
Recently Karina and Alex were married at the Mission de Alcala. So, stay tuned! The next post is their beautiful wedding!
