Bonnie and Alex are not only super stylin and good lookin, they are also so much fun! One of the reasons we pretty much always do engagement sessions with our Brides/Grooms is it gives us a chance to get to know them. Joe and I love seeing how couples interact, how they photograph, and getting to become more than just “the photographers at the wedding” is really awesome. By the end of this session we learned quite a few adorable things:
1. Bonnie bribes Alex with backrub time in order to get him to do things. I think this is beneficial to both parties. :) You would never know it by the photos, but Alex insists that he does NOT like having his photo taken. I can’t recall how much back rub time was negotiated by the end of the shoot, but I know there was some simultaneous football watching involved…
2. Bonnie also serenades Alex, or at least she did during one part of our session (which is pretty much the cutest thing in the entire world).
3. If you have spent any time with us, you know we love movies…more so, we love quoting movies! Now, we normally just kind of quote them to each other as inside jokes but our eyes always light up when a couple starts quoting some of our favorites too! We found out that Alex loves one of our favorite movies: “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.” By the end of the shoot we were all laughing like crazy while we were quoting the movie. Total win!
Anyways! Enough about how much we loved the session. Here are just a few of our favorites. Enjoy!
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by Marianne Sanada
Bonnie - Marianne & Joe, Thank you sooo much for the wonderful engagement shoot and kind words. We loved working with you. Our only complaint: we couldn’t find a single photo to use for the save the date magnets. . .we found something like 30! It was quite the narrowing down process that involved the whole family :). Best wishes on your own upcoming wedding!
xoxo,
Bonnie and Alex
Cynthia Ann - Wowzer! That’s all I gotta say.
Kristy - Where in Santa Monica were the last pictures taken?? I’m having an e-session at UCLA and wanted a second location to shoot at that had a more “nature” feel to it and this is PERFECT!