Proposal Photography at Coronado Island | David + Megan

We were given the opportunity to capture this proposal out at Centennial Park in Coronado a couple of weeks ago. David planned to drop down to one knee right in front of the beautiful San Diego skyline. 

The plan was to walk out at the park and caricature artist was going to ask them if they would like a drawing made of them. The drawing that he would show to them would be of David dropped down to one knee asking for Megan to be his bride. 

Check out some of the beautiful images from their amazing day: 

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San Diego Wedding Photographers: Ernie & Fiona Photography
Location: Centennial Park | Coronado Island | San Diego

Julian Engagement Session | Colin + Sarina

What an amazing time we had with Colin and Sarina wandering around Julian. We had some apple pies and we found some amazing light for their engagement session. Check out some of the images below from their great day. 

Jullian Engagement Photographer: Be Still Photography | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Julian Engagement Session | Sneak Peek w. Colin + Sarina

We did an engagement session with Colin and Sarina in Julian and found some amazing locations to take photos. Here is a quick sneak peek in on our session with them. 

Julian Engagement Photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon
Location: Julian

Jake + Stephanie | San Diego engagement photos at Moonlight Beach

San Diego engagement photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas with Jake and Stephanie.

We were able to capture the engagement photography for Jake and Stephanie out at Moonlight Beach. They will be getting married in July at Big Bear. They are such an amazing couple and we were so excited to be able to capture moments with them at Moonlight Beach.

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

We were also asked to capture their proposal a few months ago at Stone Brewery.

They love the beach and love the idea of getting onto a lifeguard tower for some of their photos. We walked on the beach and enjoyed hanging out with each other.

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

Always have to have some fun while you are out on the beach. 

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

If the lifeguard tower is open, you just have to get up in there and take a few snaps. 

San Diego Engagement Photos at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas

The beach session with these two was amazing. They got to hang out for an awesome day, while we just sat back and captured the two of them. 

Loved capturing the day for Jake and Stephanie. Loved being there with them and we congratulate them for an awesome wedding that they will have.

San Diego Engagement Photography: Be Still Photography and Video | Ernie Padaon

Wedding Proposal Photography | Colin + Sarina

Oh what a beautiful night it was. A beautiful night for a proposal. A proposal that would definitely be a surprise and would get some amazing reactions. A proposal that would be seen and done in front of a ton of people. Colin and Sarina are an amazing couple from our church. Colin wanted to plan a proposal during one of our youth ministry nights. Both Colin and Sarina are heavily involved with the youth. They both serve at different campuses on Fridays though, so the plan was to have Colin come down for a surprise visit in the middle of the service.

We played a little intro video on the screens that Sarina didn't know too much about. It was just listed as a Special Item on the run sheet. The video was going to play after a Valentine's day promo and Colin would walk out onto the stage after a certain part of the video.

You can see our recap video here:

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That proposal video still gives me goosebumps.

We captured some photos on the day as well:

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Before Sarina was on the stage, she was in the audience enjoying the worship from the night.

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Colin was in the back nervously waiting to make his appearance.

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Then the video came and it was time!

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We brought them backstage for a few quick photos, but then wanted to let them sit back and enjoy their moment together. We will get our chance to do photos with them during a real engagement session and can spend the time to create some amazing photos.

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Surprise Proposal Video | Colin + Sarina

The proposal. Colin and Sarina are some of our favorite people and Friday nights we all get to serve at church for MyCity Youth. Colin serves at the North campus and Sarina serves down at Central campus, so they don't see each other on the night. This Friday it was a little different.

Throughout the week, we had been working with Colin on what we could do to make a surprise visit down to central during MyCity. We added a "special item" on the run sheet for the night that only a few people were aware of and that is when we would play a video and Colin would appear on stage.

Early on Friday we had initially planned to play a slideshow of some sort with the song from Safetysuit called Never Stop. We then came up with the idea of recording him and prepping to come out onto the stage for the surprise.

Here is the quick storyboard we put together:

We arrived early at church around 4pm and gathered footage as quickly as we could and put together a quick video to show in front of everyone. After the video was done and ready, all we could do was sit back and wait till our special item was ready to be played.

Here is the recap:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=og6E4_Q9Lxk

Wedding Proposal Videographer: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon | Caleb Gonzalez

Chris + Kelly | Engagement session at Marian Bear Park after the rains

El Nino gave Southern California a beating for the last few days. Once the skies cleared we were able to get together with Chris and Kelly to hold their engagement session at Marian Bear Park. We will be their wedding photographers and videographers for their wedding in early February. We are almost there!

Marian Bear Park looked a little different than usual with puddles all over and a stream of water that was blocking some paths. Trees were knocked over, but it still left some amazing photos to be taken.

Check out some of the photos that we captured of this amazing couple.

With some of the puddles around, we just decided to use them in our favor and get a few reflection photos. It barely rains in San Diego, but when it does, we might as well use it to our advantage.

With some of the trees on the ground, it made for a good spot to sit down and rest.

We loved working with Chris and Kelly and can't wait for their big day. They will be getting married in a couple of weeks in Pacific Beach and we cannot wait to see the amazing photos that we will capture from their day.

Engagement Session Photographers: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

Engagement Location: Marian Bear Park

Jim + Isa | Engagement photography at Solana Beach during the rain

  Last week was full of crazy rain and a few tornado alerts were popping up across San Diego. As we were driving out to this engagement session, we knew that the rain could be a huge problem, but we were going to have the session anyway. We planned on keeping it indoors.

We started out at a small winery in Solana Beach off of Cedros and we started our session in the little parking area that was covered. We liked the purple bricks and used it to start our session to stay dry.

The winery we held the session at was small, but we found some great moments in there despite the tight area. Jim and Isa were amazing and had a glass of wine and enjoyed their time with each other.

Our first attempt to shoot outside after the winery had a lot of rain pouring down and we had to hurry to get some cover. We used that little moment to get a few sweet moments.

As the rain let up, we noticed that we could have an awesome sunset and we were just hoping that the rain would hold off long enough to get some awesome photos.

The rain held off and the sunset was incredible.

We even were able  to get down to the beach to take some photos. Since it was raining out, the beach was all ours. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLg95oV2pXs

Engagement Photographer: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon Location: Solana Beach | Carruth Cellars | Fletcher Cove