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

San Diego Wedding Proposal photography| Stone Brewery

 

San Diego Wedding Proposal photography: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon

We have done a few wedding proposals now and this one was definitely going to be the most challenging. When we were asked to capture this moment, we knew that the situation would be a challenge. It was going to be late at night and the lighting at the location was little to none.

For the proposal, we had to set up the location with some candles and a custom made box that he created and place it out on a bench that they spent their first date on forever at Stone Brewery. They would walk up on the bench and he would pop the question there.

Since the lighting was tough, we brought a video light and guessed a location that it would all go down and lit it up. Since this was supposed to be a surprise, we chose to sit back and hide and didn't want to pop off a bunch of flash. We had to open up the lens real wide and increase the ISO, but this was all about the moment. We didn't want to change up the moment and the reactions with their awareness of being on camera, so we kept the flash down.

Here is just some from the day. We will get them all fully cleaned up this week: 

San Diego Engagement Photography | Beautiful day at Del Mar

San Diego Engagement Photography: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon Location: Del Mar, CA | 5th Street Beach

What an amazing day at Del Mar with Tony and Karla a month ago. We did this engagement session with them a month ago, but had not posted to the blog till now. We already have shot their wedding on July 4 and already shared that on the page, but we didn't get to share the great moments at Del Mar.

We went down to 5th Street at Del Mar and found a number of locations to get some amazing moments. Tony and Karla were amazing in front of the camera and they proved that on their wedding day as well. They are such a fun couple to be around and we loved being around them.

Being around the beach created an awesome vibe with the couple despite the number of people that were running around in their bathing suits. It was fun running around with them throughout the day.

We were excited to be their photographers for their big day and for their engagement photos. They are such an amazing couple.

Check out some of the images from their engagement session below. You can also see some of their wedding photos here.

San Diego Engagement Photography | Beautiful couple at Sunset Cliffs

San Diego Engagement Photography: Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon Location: Sunset Cliffs | Sunset Cliffs Natural Park

How freaking amazing is Sunset Cliffs? It is even better when you have a beautiful couple to work with for their engagement photos.

We went down to the beach and it was high tide, so we couldn't get down to the shore, but we were able to stand on the rocks at the bottom of the stairs. The waves were still crashing on us, but it made for some amazing photos. The sky cleared up just enough to get some blue in it as well.

Check out some of the fun photos with Joe and Tristanne during their engagement photo session. They are an awesome couple and we look forward to their wedding at the beginning of September. It is going to be a great time!

Will we get that awesome tide again for our portrait session or will we actually get down to the beach and get our toes in the sand? We will have to wait to find out.

San Diego Engagement Photography | Tide was just right at Sunset Cliffs

San Diego Engagement Photography with Joe and Tristanne at Sunset Cliffs. The tide was just right over the weekend to capture some amazing images.

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San Diego Engagement Photography : Be Still Photog | Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon Location: Sunset Cliffs

We just finished up an engagement shoot over the weekend down at Sunset Clfifs and captured an amazing location down at the shore line. We didn't expect the tide to be as high as it was, but look at the beautiful shot that we were able to capture.

There was a little bit of hesitancy going down with the water crashing up on the rock, but after getting a few splashes on them we were able to capture some beautiful images like the one that is seen above. We still are going through some of the images that we took with Tristanne and Joe at the cliffs, but we had to share this great moment down at the shore line.

As long as they were willing to go down and get a little wet, we were going to get down there with them to capture the moment. Looking down from the top of the cliffs, it didn't look as if we were going to find an area to shoot at the beach. We decided to walk down the stairs anyway and came upon the perfect location. We will have the rest of the session completed soon and will share the images with everyone.

San Diego Engagement Photography | Joe + Andrea | Montgomery Field

San Diego engagement photography with Joe and Andrea at Montgomery Field. We were able to step on the air field with these two to take some amazing photos.

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We had a fun engagement session for Joe and Andrea at Montgomery Field. Joe flies a plane and we had access to the field and had an awesome time taking some amazing photos with them. This was definitely a unique opportunity to hold a portrait session with them on the air field.

The skies were perfect for their day and the photos from their session are epic! I don't know how many times we will get the opportunity to shoot at a location like that, but we will always be able to create some magic when we do, especially when we have people like Joe and Andrea to work with. They were so relaxed with the cameras on them and they were a great couple to work with.

We look forward to their wedding later in the year when they get married at the Aerospace Museum. It sounds like another opportunity to make some magic happen.

Engagement Photographers: Ernie Padaon | Fiona Padaon | Be Still Photography Location: Montgomery Field | San Diego, CA

Check out more of their photos from the shoot here:

One of our friends is getting into calligraphy for weddings and we wanted to use her sign in some of our photos to share her great work.