Capturing engagement photos that really encapsulate the unique characteristics of a relationship is SO important as a photographer! Rachel and Sumner love movement and laughing together, which lended perfectly to some very cinematic looking frames.

Fall was absolutely going off in Minnesota, creating the perfect colorful backdrop for Savannah & Connor’s engagement session outside of Minneapolis.

The most perfect location for aviation lovers to take engagement photos? The Sedona Airport, with its very active runway and incredible, 360 degree views of the red rocks!

We ventured up to Sparks Lake, outside of Bend, Oregon, for Camille & Gordon’s engagement photos surrounded by the snowcapped Cascade Mountains.

High school sweethearts Samantha and Tom have spent much of their relationship hiking in geologically unique places, and it was only fitting they take their engagement photos in a similar setting!

Eddie had to pull off the ultimate surprise to propose to Josalynn, so he chose to tie it into their weekly routine, popping the question after mass at St. Mary’s on what seemed like just a regular Sunday!

Red Mountain catches golden sunset light like nothing I’ve ever seen before, and this backroad in front of it makes the perfect setting for a couple session in Phoenix!

I have been waiting for so long for the day Lauren and Dylan got engaged, and it truly was an honor to fly out to San Diego to photograph this special moment in their life together!

Sara and Max met and were engaged in Phoenix, Arizona, so it was only natural they chose the desert landscape of Dreamy Draw Recreation Area for their engagement photos!

What better way to capture the greenest hills San Luis Obispo has ever seen with a sunset engagement session overlooking the iconic Bishop Peak? Mikayla & Jonny got to capture the place they met as they prepare for their wedding here this summer!

Lisa & Daniel have a very tangible, and full-of-personality love for each other. It came so alive as we photographed their sunset engagement photos at the always classic Montana de Oro.

Allison & Max opted for a unique take on classic engagement photos, incorporating a beach bonfire, something they love doing together, into their session!

Two and a half of the most life giving (and sweaty) hours of our career were spent with Carolyn & Kenan capturing their engagement photos as we trekked across the Oceano Dunes.

Jessica is Joseph’s oldest childhood friend, so we really had a nostalgic, full circle moment when we traveled up to their hometown to take her engagement photos with her fiance, Josh!

Megan & Andrew’s sunset engagement photoshoot began at the scenic Montana de Oro and ended on a backroad during blue hour, making for an absolutely majestic gallery!

Alivia & Jonathan met in Fisher Science Hall at Cal Poly, and they returned to the very place they met for a ten year wedding anniversary shoot to document how far they’ve come since their college days!

We got to take Marriah & Kyle on a sunset adventure for their engagement photos, and show them just why Montana de Oro is the best place for an engagement session in California!

Courtney & Jack, San Diego natives, met us halfway in Ventura for their sunset engagement session. Together we explored a hilltop park and watched an epic sunset (while also dodging hundreds of kids taking prom photos, lol).

Kelly & Sam came all the way from Connecticut to take engagement photos with us and we were honored to show them a hidden beach we’d discovered on one of our many adventures to Montana de Oro!

People are shocked when they learn they only have to travel as far as Pismo to take Sahara Desert-like engagement photos! See more from Loren & Jason’s session here!