Category: Document Love

An engagement Session, or Document Love session as I refer to it is simply a portrait session for couples. You don’t have to be engaged to have a photo session where your story is told through images. You just need to be in love. It could also happen after you’ve already been married: it could be your honeymoon, and it could be an anniversary session. Life is precious, don’t wait for the “perfect” moment to have your story recorded.

I approach Document Love sessions the same way I do weddings:  with a mostly “documentary” approach coupled with relaxed & natural portraits. The goal is to document you, your love for each other and your life together.

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Cabo San Lucas Portrait Photography // Lover’s Beach // Steph & Matt

Two days after Stephanie & Matt tied the knot in sunny Cabo San Lucas, we went to Lover’s Beach (Playa del Amor) for a portrait session. Lover’s Beach is at the tip of the cape of Cabo San Lucas, where the sea of Cortez and the Pacific ocean meet and is surrounded by towering rock formations. I guess you could call this session “Trash the Dress”, except it wasn’t really. Just us hanging out, and playing tag with the ocean waves. Well, sort of. Don’t try this one at home kids! The waves and ocean current along the Pacific side are incredibly strong and dangerous. Even on the sea of Cortez side, the boats can’t really dock at all, we had to jump off to get here and on the way back, had to hoist (or throw) ourselves back into the boat. It was a pretty crazy adventure.

“Twenty years from you now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.

So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor.

Catch the trade winds in your sails.

Explore. Dream. Discover” – Mark Twain

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San Francisco Engagement Photography // Ilana & Josh

Ilana and I used to work together :) As I write this, it’s starting to sound really familiar. I have photographed a lot of people who I used to work with, I think that just goes to say that I worked with a lot of great people.

Back to Ilana and Josh. They moved to San Francisco at the end of last year and decided to get married. Ilana heard I was traveling to California in May so she got in touch about a photo session, and of course I was thrilled about shooting in San Fran.

We decided to go to the Marin Headlands and Baker beach in the Golden Gate Bridge area because of the natural beauty of the surroundings. On the day of though, the fogs had their own plan. It was windy and chilly but we made the best of our time together.

San Fran was a special city and I’d love to return again some day. Here are some of my favourites from Ilana & Josh’s Document Love session.

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Armina & Davið // Reykjavik Portrait Photographer

The day I met Armina & Davið for our session, Iceland was at its wintry, stormy best. Think gale force winds and snow whipping you in the face. Winter was definitely coming that day (excuse my lame Game of Thrones reference, been watching the show lately). Even though it was only cloudy in the morning, but as Armina later said, you cannot trust the weather when in Iceland. :)

We had plans to go to lake Kleifarvatn in the Reykjanes peninsula. By the time we got there, there was so much snow we could hardly see in front of the car and everywhere you looked there was nothing but the whiteness of the snow covered landscape. Then we got to a part on the secondary road where the snow drift was so high that cars could not drive through. At which point we drove back to the city and Davið officially apologized for the weather haha. That’s the thing, sometimes plans just don’t work out. How you work with what’s been given to you is what makes the difference.

We made the best of the rest of our time together and made a brief stop at the Saga Museum, where we stepped out onto the terrace briefly to capture the only outdoor photo from the day. Then we headed to Kex Hostel, where they have this incredible lounge, and is where Armina and Davið like to hang out after work sometimes.

Here are some of my favourite, moody indoor portraits on a stormy Icelandic winter day.

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Lilja & Jón // Reykjavik Engagement Photographer

Lilja and Jón are getting married in July in East Iceland (unfortunately I’m already booked that day, cry!) I met them on my trip to Iceland a few weeks ago and took some engagement photos for them in Reykjavik, where they live.

The theme for their wedding is nautical so the harbour was the place we went. They also brought along their sweet Labrador for part of the session.

We didn’t have a lot of time together because Jón had a bit of a work emergency that he had to deal with. However, we made the best of the time we did have together, and here are some of my favourites from their session. Enjoy!

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