Los Angeles Industrial Engagement Portraits
May 18, 2015
When it’s time for your engagement portraits, the last thing you might think to bring is your Nerf blasters and bubble gun. But for this awesome couple, that’s just the beginning. Our session included a ton of fun props like bubble blasters, rad shoes, a KFC bucket (reminiscent of their first date), and two of the cutest dogs on this side of the galaxy. I love it when soon-to-be-wed couples show their silly side, and these two live up to our celebration of couples who are nerdy-at-heart! Which basically means I want them to be my new best friends.
We spent the morning near downtown Los Angeles at the Brewery, capturing an urban industrial look for the couple. The complex started its life as a Pabst Blue Ribbon Brewery and has been transformed into what LA Weekly calls “the world’s largest artist-in-residence community.” As an art colony, creativity is in the air at this location. We found ourselves exploring rusty stairwells and colorful storage containers, as well as staging a Nerf fight in front of the dramatic Paradox Iron building on the center of campus. In my book, these two are made of 100% awesome!
Please enjoy the fun times we had during this urban engagement session!
Forget the flowers … nothing says love like bubbles.
I love how this bride-to-be rocked her sneakers during this shoot. It turns out she also wore her sneakers under her wedding dress at the ceremony and reception a month later!
Yesssss! Nerf fight commencing now!
The morning light was gorgeous on these storage containers. Oh yes, and this bride can also rock her blue suede shoes.
Jumpin’ for joy and excited to get married! Jumping is a theme with these two. They also had a bouncy house at their wedding!
We left downtown LA and headed to a local Pasadena park for some family engagement portraits. And by “family,” I mean these two adorable dogs.
Look at these puppies! Too. Much. Cuteness!
Meet Darius and Drogo. The dark-eared pup is Drogo, and he’s named after the character of the same name from Game of Thrones. This is our second couple with a Game Of Thrones pup. Our other GOT couple has a stubby-legged corgi named Lord Tyrion of Pasadena.
This couple had fried chicken on their first date, and it’s become a running tradition. Of course, those puppies are so dang cute these two want to eat them up!
I love it when couples show their off-beat silly side. It makes for images that are specific and unique to who they really are. It was a joy photographing these two, and their wedding was even more spectacular. Spoiler: There was a bouncy house, a lobster food truck, and the best cake-cutting in the history of our studio!
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