Sunny Adventure Engagement in Glamis Sand Dunes // Nicole and Ray

Glamis, CA

The Glamis/Imperial Sand Dunes is probably one of our favorite spots here in California! I can’t get over how amazing it is that this exists just 3 hours away from Los Angeles. It’s like being in another country without having to leave.

Ray and Nicole were the first couple we got to photograph at the dunes, and they were just one of a kind! We met up at 9am in the morning and it’s like we all fell in love and played in the sand til the sun was too high up that the light wasn’t great anymore. But what a morning! Can’t thank them enough for meeting up and adventuring with us, all while looking fabulous.

P.S. Isn’t Nicole just the M-A-S-T-E-R of skirt tossing so it looks all flawless and flowy?! Truly unmatched!

Rustic-Chic Backyard Wedding // Haylee and Chris

Haylee and Chris were a breath of fresh air! They were our first full wedding when weddings were finally allowed after quarantine and it was just all kinds of wonderful.

These two are actually high school sweethearts and went to the same high school as Andy - such a small world, and so fun to find out as we got to talk to them more on their wedding! If you want to find out more about their cute story, definitely watch the video below:

Amazing vendors that made this whole day possible:

Planning/Day of Coordination/Floral/Rentals
Mrs. Brown’s Floral & Event Specialist
www.mrsbrownsfloralandevent.com
@mrsbrownsfloralandevent

Photography and Videography
A+M Badillo Images
www.ambadillo.com
@ambadilloimages

DJ
Musical Phunktions
djkevro@gmail.com
@musicalphunktions

Catering
Famous Dave’s
www.famousdaves.com
@famousdaves

Rentals
Party Plus Rentals

Photobooth
The PB Guy
www.thepbguy.com
@thepbguy_socal

Bartending
Mia’s Martini
mia@miasmartini.com
@mias.martini

Bluff Lake Engagement // Donna and Roger

A Breathtaking Engagement in the Forest
Big Bear, CA

You know that little thing called Covid-19? Yeah. Crazy story.

Once upon a time, Donna and Roger met up with me at a cafe in Pasadena. Crazy, right? Like we met for the first time, no masks or anything! Long story short, they were awesome and I hoped they’d hire me as their wedding photographer and thankfully, they did! <3

Covid happened so their scheduled engagement session got postponed, and then postponed, and then finally, on a perfect day in June, we decided to just go for it. They were actually the first engagement session we shot when we decided to slowly start opening our business back. This session? MAGICAL.

Not only was this location breathtaking, Donna and Roger were equally as marvelous. DONNA MADE HER OWN DRESS!! That yellow dress you see in these photos? Yes, she made it! Andy and I were stunned.

Donna and Roger met when her sister invited her and a group of friends to go to the 626 Night Market. They started talking and the rest is history. They already win in our books. The 626 Night Market is where you can find the best things in life!

Southern California Superbloom Session // Rachel & David

Back in spring 2019 I so so badly wanted to shoot in the superbloom for reasons everyone probably knows of. Enter Rachel and David aka the sweetest couple. They met through Bumble and only had eyes for each other since then.

This hillside area was just magical. We literally had to cross over a stream (pictured behind them in the photo below) while stepping on these wonky logs to get to this spot. It was so worth it!

Don’t worry, we were super careful not to hurt the wildflowers and only stayed in places that were already flat or had a path.

Founders Park Engagement // Elizabeth + Joe

Cliff-side Beach Spring Engagement

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

If there was one word we could use to describe Elizabeth and Joe it would be: sweet. They weren’t just sweet towards each other but their personalities were exactly that! Talking to them throughout their shoot felt like we were catching up with old friends. PLUS they met in (what Marijo thinks) is the best way possible: Disneyland! Not like they were waiting in a two-hour long queue for Indiana Jones, but they were both chefs at Disney! Elizabeth was a pastry chef. We just needed to type that out because it reminds us of beignets *mouths watering*. Anyway. All thoughts of pastries aside, we were so ecstatic that they had a place in mind to do their engagement session. On a beautiful spring day they lead us to this gem of a park in Rancho Palos Verdes. It had EVERYTHING: the views, the cliffside, the wildflowers, the greens, AND that was the dreamiest day for any photographer because we got every single kind of weather in our 1.5 hour session. We got some beautiful overcast soft light and right in the nick of time, gorgeous sunset rays, followed by a little drizzle and then some very cool storm clouds.