ENGAGEMENT SESSION PHOTOGRAPHY SAMPLE: Engaging couple at OLD TOWN PASADENA

It was a foggy Sunday morning when a loving couple wandered to the fun and trendy town of Old Town Pasadena in Southern California. The young couple was looking for fresh and edgy engagement pictures which is why I selected Old Town Pasadena to capture their pre-wedding moment.

For this engagement photoshoot, I used my Nikon D200, Nikkor 18-200MM 3.5-5.6 VR lens and Alien Bee Ringflash. I’d like to note that i only used my Ringflash for two images. What i realized is that on location and especially for an engagement session a ringflash isn’t the best tool. The best light is the sun, which is why we shot the engagement session on the golden hour.

For the first creative engagement session image, I wanted to capture the couple as they exited their car and about to start their morning adventure at old town Pasadena.

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As the newly engaged couple exits their vehicle, they proceed to cross the street and sneak a kiss as they reached the center of the crosswalk that specifically indicates to not block the road.

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Once across the street, the young engaged Asian couple walks through an alley to get to their next photo destination.

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After a few minutes of walking down the streets of Old Town Pasadena, we find two building really close together with different textures and thought it would be a good engagement image to showcase that the couple is on the same side.

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After a few yards of walking through the old town Pasadena alleys, we found another brick building with huge green double doors.

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We took a few images at this old town Pasadena location doing the typical female in focus while male out of focus images.

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We walked a few more yards and we came across a doorway with so much character that a stop for a photograph was necessary for the engagement shoot.

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Of course as we walked to our next engagement session location, i caught a glimpse of the future bride’s engagement ring and had to take a picture.

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We finally arrived at our last location for the engagement session. This location has two large windows that could support a person. So, I suggested that the couple go to each window and reach out for each other. If you haven’t noticed the windows have different shapes.

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The last and my favorite image to showcase the creative engagement session is of the groom cropped by the waist down standing against the wall in front of his car with the hood reflection captures the bride and grooms top half.