Charmlee Park

Malibu Engagement Photography | Katie and Brad at Charmlee Park Engagement Photos

Malibu Engagement Photography | Katie and Brad at Charmlee Park Engagement Photos

Hoo boy it's a good thing we had some low-hanging clouds during Katie and Brad's engagement session because these two are sizzling! They're getting married about a year from now but they wanted to snap some engagement photos on a visit to the LA area and we headed over to Charmlee Park for some trail smooches and clifftop-canoodling.

Malibu Engagement Photography | Grant & Sarah at Charmlee Park and El Matador Beach

Malibu Engagement Photography | Grant & Sarah at Charmlee Park and El Matador Beach

I always wondered what it would be like to photograph photographers. Now I can say—it's amazing!! Grant and Sarah are both mega-talented photographers in their own right. Like me, they shoot weddings and events in Southern California. Not only was it a huge honor for them to ask me to document their engagement and wedding (no doubt they have a long list of other photographers they know), but it was SO much fun to spot backgrounds and imagine the shot together with them. This shoot felt like a collaboration of minds, rather than me running around bossing my subjects around. Thank you so much, Grant and Sarah, for being so lovely and creative and so gosh darn cute together. STOKED to shoot your wedding (spoiler alert: beach elopement) this summer! 

Malibu Engagement Photography | Ryan proposes to Alexa at Charmlee Park

Malibu Engagement Photography | Ryan proposes to Alexa at Charmlee Park

As a photographer, I'm seeing a trend toward photographing actual moments in people's lives, not just the posed portrait photo shoots and I'm. Loving. It. When Ryan reached out and asked for photos of his proposal to beautiful Alexa, the love of his life, I knew it would be one of my favorite moments of the year.