Hidden Beach Engagement Photos | Kelly & Sam
As if we didn’t already spend enough time at Montana de Oro,
we like to frequent this coastal state park near San Luis Obispo when we’re not shooting, too. This is mostly because we can’t get enough of the views of the rugged coastline, the waves crashing far below, and all the aquatic life we tend to see when we’re walking the Bluff Trail together. We also love taking these personal trips out to our most frequently photographed spot so we can keep things fresh when we’re there with our couples.
It really doesn’t surprise us at all when most of our couples tell us they want to take their engagement photos at Montana de Oro. The state park provides the widest variety of landscapes and biomes I’m pretty sure is possible to fit into one area, and we can usually fit the grand majority of them into a two hour session. We really care about each couple getting a unique experience when they book with us, and this is evident in everything from our booking and onboarding process, to our location selection when we’re actually at their shoot.
Bottom line is, we don’t want every couple’s gallery to look the exact same (and I think we’d get pretty bored and uninspired if we shot at the same list of places every dang time). When Kelly and Sam told us they’d be travelling all the way from Connecticut to take their engagement photos, and that they wanted a beachy vibe in an environment that screamed “California,” we knew we had just the place for them.
Our frequent bluff trail walks are full of wandering way off the beaten path (in a leave no trace way, of course!) to find the little hidden gems within this hidden gem itself. We stumbled on a hidden beach a while back, and have been waiting so patiently to make it the focal point for an engagement session. Enter Kelly & Sam and their quest for the perfect Central Coast beach, free of people I might add!
This truly provided the perfect setting. We got the rugged coastline, the waves crashing, the golden hour light illuminating everything so perfectly, and, most ideally, no one to stare at these two as they were effortlessly able to love on each other for the sweet hour we got to spend with them!
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