Amber & Miguel’s Engagement Session among the Redwoods

Amber & Miguel are getting married in April of next year, and they wanted a woodsy location for their engagement session with Kelvin. Miguel’s an arborist, and so trees and a nature focused setting was important to the couple. I think it always adds depth to images when the setting or the activity is meaningful. We found a park in the Saratoga area, just gorgeous. There’s a certain magical, mystical feeling to it. Besides these great old redwoods, there are bridges, big rocks, a little meadow, an abandoned building, all sorts of great stuff to work with. OK, on to the images!

The outfits they chose are perfect for the setting. The jeans and whites are appropriately casual for the location, and allow the backdrop to take center stage. Yes the textures of the cable knit sweater and Miguel’s striped shirt add visual interest. Great combinations of textures made their outfits feel well put-together, yet still cozy and relaxed to suit the setting.

With spring weddings, the fall is a great time for engagement sessions. They’re using their session for custom save the date cards -a fun way to get people excited about the day beyond regular stationery. And by scheduling the session in advance, there is plenty of time to design and mail the custom cards out.

Beautiful texture of the trees makes a great backdrop to intimate portraits.

Miguel’s neat, yet scruffy beard suited the look perfectly – relaxed and rugged, yet super sexy.

Amber & Miguel have the perfect combination of flirty and fun. Great chemistry!

I love visual lines in an image like this.

Amber looks amazing. Her hair! So shiny! I don’t know if she made a special effort or if her hair always looks this gorgeous, but it’s a great idea to consider making a special effort to look your best for your engagement session. These are images that you will treasure forever, that make a statement about who you are as a couple. Different than wedding images, which celebrate a particular, very special day in your lives, the engagement images are just about the relationship.

We are excited to be working with planner Rebecca Reategui on Amber & Miguel’s wedding next year, which will be photographed by Kelvin.

Here’s a little note we received from Amber the day after the session:

I wanted to thank you for finding Miguel and I a wonderful and beautiful engagement photo location! Yesterday went really really well- the weather was pleasant, the location was great and we really liked working with Kelvin! Both Miguel and I talked about the photo session for hours afterward and we couldn’t stop saying how great it went, how comfortable we felt and how relieved we are! So thank you =)

Thanks Amber! We are all very excited for your wedding!