Nea is the wife of Chad Morgan of Chad Morgan Photography in Colorado.  Chad is an extremely talented photographer!  So right about now you are thinking, so why did he hire you to take pictures of his wife.  That of course was the first question that I asked him when he called.  Chad’s most difficult subject has always been his beautiful wife because as we all know, when our significant other wants to take a picture of us we for some reason turn into this crazy, goofy. shy versions of ourselves.  Nea needed a woman’s touch and she deserved a photoshoot all her own.  So we started the Portrait Shoot in Downtown San Diego…

You have no idea how badly I wanted to cut my hair short again after this shoot.  Her hair is freaking hot!  I love it!

Nea is laughing here because there was some guy in his underwear calling out about how hot she was from a hotel across the street.  I know, you thought it was because I was funny.  I thanked the guy if that makes it any better.

So, I had to make one stipulation that when we were done with Nea’s shoot we would meet up for a couple pictures of the whole family.  Since I know that is something that we photographers can not do ourselves.  I fell in love with their daughter.  She is totally a reflection of her parents.  Beautiful, playful, and fun!  ADORABLE!

Chad, thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to capture your family.  You are truly blessed!

I also wanted to find out where you think that Justin and Kiley should get married.  They are deciding on a destination wedding location and are totally open for suggestions.  So, where do you thin they should get married?

A few days later we got together for a fun engagement session down in Pacific Beach and we had so much fun!  The couple rented bikes for the day and we hung out on the boardwalk, under Crystal Pier and on the beach.  Kiley and Justin are so much fun!  Luckly, Kiley brought this cute white dress even though she had no idea that she was even getting engaged on this trip to San Diego.  Justin did such a great job with the surprise proposal!  Make sure to check out those images too.  They are really fun.

Warning, there are so many great images that I had to break the post into 2 different posts.  This is part one!  Can’t wait for the wedding you two!  Let me know if you decided on a destination yet!

I was also really excited because I got to take my incredibly talented associate photographer & boyfriend, Jeremy. On our way there, he shared some great information & history with me and I wanted to share a little of that with you. He is a wealth of knowledge.  Cabo San Lucas is right on the edge of the Baja Peninsula, “El Arco”. The natural landmark, formed in the shape of an arch at the southernmost tip is the place where the deep blue pacific ocean joins the sea of cortez. The beach at the tip of the peninsula is called “lover’s beach.”  This peninsula is not only beautiful above water it is also beautiful below the water.  Jeremy and I had the chance to scuba dive the area a couple days before the shoot.  This was the creation of Playa Del Amor “Lovers Beach”.  The only way to get to Lover’s Beach is by Water Taxi.

A few days after the wedding we came back to the Rui Palace where the wedding was held for  a post-wedding fashion shoot which some others have named, Trash the Dress Shoot. During most Trash the Dress shoots, the dress is never harmed, Amy & Jimmy on the other hand had no problem getting a little down & dirty on Lovers Beach! We have so many great wedding shots that we have been pouring through to decide what to post but I wanted to show you a few of the Trash the Dress first to give a little taste of what’s to come.

Our adventure began on the waters edge of our incredible hotel, The Riu Palace Hotel.  The rock formations behind the couple in this shot is lover’s beach to give you a little perspective of where we are heading!

The Cabo San Lucas water taxi company that drove us to Lovers Beach was so great! They were very accommodating to us!

The rock formations at Lovers Beach were so cool! The colors were something I have never seen before.

We ended our shoot in the pool at the Riu Palace Hotel. The Riu Palace was the same place where they held their destination wedding & where all the family & guests stayed as well.

If your getting married in Cabo, The Riu  is the place to have your destination wedding!!

To see more images from Amy & Jimmy’s Post Wedding Fashion Shoot, click here to view the slideshow

I love doing these type of shoots.  They are so much fun and so creative.  For this shoot we went up to Julianne where Jessica grew up.  Jessica and Anthony’s wedding was in San Diego in Heritage Park followed by the reception at the Darlington House.  However, the town of Julian, CA (the home of Julian Apple Pies) holds a lot of great memories and is very special to both of them which made for even more meaningful imagery for them.  In case you did not see their wedding it is currently featured on Style Me Pretty a few weeks back.  Here is a link to their wedding slideshow.

If you would like to do a shoot like this PLEASE give us a call we just love doing these and hope it will become more popular.