Monday, June 22, 2009

Joshua Tree National Park: Theresa and Justin's Engagement Session!

A little over a week ago, Erin and I set out on one of our most exciting E-sessions yet! Erin will tell you that I was so excited about this shoot, that I could barely sleep the night before! (Yes, I know I'm a huge photo nerd)

We love Theresa and Justin and their desire to go outside the box when it comes to their photography! We wanted to do a unique location, with almost zero romantic poses (since they already have a million of those types!). Rather, we were going for a more fashion-inspired, chic, and elegant shoot. Our quest led us to the beautiful Joshua Tree National Park a few hours outside of Orange County. The huge rocks and desolate landscape were just completely opposite of where many engagement sessions take place, and that made it perfect. It was something new for everyone involved and our excitement just couldn't be contained throughout the day!

Also, we love it when our couples bring a prop of sorts to add some character to their session. We've had guitars, cell phones, beach cruisers...but once again, Theresa and Justin were 100% unique, and we loved every second of it!

We've broken this session up into two blog posts, so you'll have to stay glued to your seats for images of what they brought! If you know them, then you can probably guess immediately what they brought! If not, I'll give you a hint....combined it weights about 600 pounds! :)

Erin and I had just an amazing day with these two; Theresa and Justin were immediately comfortable and just dove right into what we had in mind for their day; they sizzled under the desert sun.

Have a bucket of water and some SPF 60 nearby....check these out!

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Okay, we got the smiles out of the way, now it's down to the hotness!

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We're dropping round 2 of Theresa and Justin tomorrow....make it an awesome day.