Hilda and Kevin are getting married on July 17th in Placentia, and they asked Jacob to shoot their engagement photos on Laguna beach CA. When you think of a name like Hilda you do not picture a young energetic Spanish women, but that is what you get. Jacob’s Mom lives down the street from the beach, so he got to spend some time with her AND shoot an awesome engagement shoot all in one day – maybe some maternal inspiration was at play here? If this is true, we may have to drag all our couples down to Laguna Beach, because the results are worth it!
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A couple of weekends ago I met up with two great friends Al and Beth in the Venice beach canals – having tested out my new 50mm F1.4 lens the day before on Kate’s portrait shoot I felt pretty confident I could use this gorgeous lens to great effect for their engagement session. Al and Beth got engaged amid the Venice beach canals last Halloween at the stroke of when the clocks changed, so no one knows for sure at what time the question was popped.
Fresh from celebrating St Patricks day, Al shows us his own unique way of expressing his love for the Irish Clover!
A Venice beach photography session would not be complete without a shot of a grungy camper van – the multiple presence of which makes Venice the special place it is.
Last weekend I finally got to test out the lens that has been haunting my dreams for the past few months – the canon 50mm f/1.4 is in my opinion one of the most perfect lenses for portraits, and recently I’ve been “blog stalking” photographers who use this lens to gain as much inspiration and advice as I could. I really love the narrow depth of field this lens allows along with the clarity and the gorgeous blurring effect of backgrounds, and I’ve been dying to get hold of one for some time now.
On Saturday the planets above Venice Beach lined up perfectly and I found myself with this lens, a camera and my favorite person in the world to photograph, my eternal muse, who also happens to be my wife. Kate agreed to be my guinea pig whilst I got to grips with the lens, in preparation for Al and Beth’s engagement shoot which would take place in the same location the day after – so it was a location scout and a private self taught workshop all in one – exhausting!
