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Karen & Jay reside in beautiful Sydney Australia. These two decided to travel the distance to Los Angeles to hire Sun & Sparrow to shoot their engagement photos. We are so happy to be a part of their rustic destination engagement in Palos verdes!
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It was the weekend after Valentines day that I had decided to take Alyshia on a “last minute” weekend getaway. I had been working crazy hours six days a week that didn’t allow us to spend much time together. So I thought a nice getaway to Ventura beach would be a great opportunity to spend some quality time together. That Sunday morning, we continued to enjoy our time in Ventura by spending some time downtown visiting all of the local boutiques and just having fun! We also spent some time walking along the beach, enjoying the sun. Meanwhile, Alyshia had no idea that our families were on the way to what would be our proposal.
During this time I was in constant contact with our families receiving updates to their location. As they grew closer, I took her to Serra Cross Park. This park was a viewpoint that overlooked the entire city and beach. The view is absolutely breath taking, and seems as if you are standing on top of the world. This spot was special to us because we first visited this spot when we started dating. I took out my guitar and played some music while we enjoyed the view. As we were taking it all in, our families had texted me that they arrived. I made up the excuse of “I am going to put my guitar away…” to go back to the car and meet up with our families. When I came back, I had asked another park bystander if they can take our picture and revealed to them my plan to capture a photo of the proposal. Alyshia thought that we were reenacting a picture we took when we first visited the park, as I dropped to one knee and asked her to marry me. She said yes!!! Almost immediately, our families came running over from watching from afar.
It was a romantic proposal that was carefully thought out and made it even more special to celebrate with our families.
©2014 Sun & Sparrow // Ventura beach engagement
©2014 Sun & Sparrow // Ventura beach engagement
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How We Met // The first time Jason and Merry met was early September 2010 through their awesome friend Sherry Pham. Merry knew Sherry from pharmacy school (they were in the same fraternity) and most recently had gotten closer through work at Kaiser Woodland Hills. Sherry and Jason were high school homies. After work on one Friday night, Sherry invited Merry out to go kick it to celebrate her friend’s birthday. They went to grab dinner with some of Sherry’s friends (Jason was in that group) first at Honey Kettle Fried Chicken in Culver City. When Merry first saw Jason, she admits she throught he was cute, but didn’t think much more into it. Little did Jason know, his dreams were very soon going to come true. The Honey Kettle Fried Chicken group (Sherry, Merry, Pearl, Andy, and Jason) headed to Rush Street for the birthday bash, where Jason and Merry started talking more and totally clicked. =) The spark ignited, shortly after they started dating and became official, and the rest is history. Fast forward to 3+ years later, Jason and Merry are each other’s true love, best friend, and soon to be partner for life. =)
Our proposal // On September 13, 2013, Jason and Merry headed to Santa Barbara for a weekend getaway to celebrate their 3-year anniversary. Their actual anniversary date was on September 10. They arrived in Santa Barbara on Friday night and decided to check out the night scene of Santa Barbara. When they got back to their hotel, which was a beach front hotel, it was already past midnight. Jason was very insistent that they should go take a stroll on the beach, especially since it was a nice night. They started walking down the beach, arm around one another, with the waves crashing in the background. Then all of a sudden, Jason just drops down on one knee, with no romantic speel, and pops the question: “Babz (our nickname for each other), will you marry me?” Merry was in pure shock and didn’t know what was going on and kept repeating: “Wait, what are you doing? What is going on?” And then once Merry registered what was going on, of course, she started tearing and said “Yes, of course!” The rest of their trip in Santa Barbara entailed a full day with a wine tasting tour, dinner at Bouchon, and just the pure enjoyment of being a newly engaged couple. It was a very momentous and happy occasion that they will always remember…September 14, 2013…the day Jason and Merry got engaged! =)
©2013 Sun & Sparrow // Rainy engagement in Culver City
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Amazing! Full of love, personality, fun, and color!! This session was amazing! This couple looks like they had the time of their lives! Great job on capturing WHO they are…. I don’t know them, but I can tell you did just that! Now… I want to go to disneyland and fall in love… GREAT WORK!!ReplyCancel
Hello,
I am getting married next spring and am in search of an engagement photographer and possible wedding photographer. I saw images from a Disneyland shoot you did for Vanessa & Daniel and just fell in love with the images. I was wondering if I could receive a pricing sheet?
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This wedding was a long awaited day for me.
I met Helen last year in Seattle at my optometrist`s office (far away, I know...) who is the receptionist there. She was the sweetest, most compassionate and fun-loving person to navigate a confusing new part of my journey as someone who now wears glasses permanently. In any case, she and I have gotten to know each other through the process of glasses+weddings (such a funny combo!). I have watched her journey and gotten to know so much about the depth of how she cares for people, and its so so beautiful.
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Beautiful pictures of a beautiful couple!
Beautiful pictures of a beautiful couple!
Photos look great! Excellent lighting really brings out the love! hehe.
Photos look great! Excellent lighting really brings out the love! hehe.
Reina,
I am in absolutely awe scrolling through these beautiful pictures. I am unable to find the words to explain how happy that I am for you & Miles as you two start this amazing, precious journey together. I have known you for a very long time and unfortunately we grew apart as the years went by, which seems impossible as seeing how close we were years ago. After all, your house was my second home.
I am so very proud of you and all your accomplishments thus far and I know you will have many more to celebrate and to be proud of. You’ve turned into a beautiful woman & I am proud to have been able to call you my friend.
Congratulations my friend.
With love,
Christina
Reina,
I am in absolutely awe scrolling through these beautiful pictures. I am unable to find the words to explain how happy that I am for you & Miles as you two start this amazing, precious journey together. I have known you for a very long time and unfortunately we grew apart as the years went by, which seems impossible as seeing how close we were years ago. After all, your house was my second home.
I am so very proud of you and all your accomplishments thus far and I know you will have many more to celebrate and to be proud of. You’ve turned into a beautiful woman & I am proud to have been able to call you my friend.
Congratulations my friend.
With love,
Christina