Last week I had the pleasure of photographing Rebecca and Juan’s engagement session in Malibu. We started the morning at the Malibu Beach Inn which is where Juan proposed.  We then walked a few hundred yards down the beach to the Malibu Beach Pier. I tried to get them to grab a pole and catch a few fish, but they claimed that photos were probably a better idea. After the pier, we drove up the Pacific Coast Highway a few miles to another beach where we grabbed just a few photos to finish our session.

Since I got to Malibu a few minutes early, I snapped this peaceful photo of the Malibu Beach Pier.

Rebecca and Juan’s wedding is in South Carolina next summer so they wanted a summery feel
to their photos–even though it was about 55 degrees when we started shooting.

♪ ♫   Blue skies … smiling at me …   ♪ ♫

I didn’t have to provide much coaxing to get these guys to kiss — with passion no less!

This reminds me of the silhouette project I did in
the 2nd grade. But that’s a story for another day.

See! I told you it was 55 degrees!

We should have gone inside the cafe for some coffee. But we didn’t.

The beauty of a steel cargo container is never lost on me.

The Malibu Beach Inn has a cool front door.
Especially when pretty people stand in front of it.

Malibu Beach Inn – Carbon Beach

The Traditional Portrait

Malibu Beach. Wheeeee ….

This is called hoe he’e nalu — or if you’re a haole it’s called stand up paddle surfing.