Charlene + Brian Engagement | Mountain View, CA | Carmel – Monterey

I met Brian through his bro Andy who went with me to a missions trip to Hawaii back 2 years ago and who recently appeared in one of Jushien’s weddings! Brian’s story with Charlene is truly unique. My favorite part of their story was when Charlene kept on trying to hook her sister up with Brian when in fact Brian was hot for Charlene herself!! And now, ironically they are together rockin’ this engagement session and man, believe me when I say they are MEANT for each other!

I love shooting engagement sessions. It’s just a time of carefree fun with the couple and this couple was no short of that! And for these images I tried really hard to take my images to that next level of editing I want to be at! I’m always trying to experiment both in my editing and shooting. As long as the couple is willing, I’ll go the distance for that one perfect Shot.

I’ll cut my words short as I know Charlene and Brian are dying for the images! I have been truly blessed to be able to photograph you guys! They will be rockin’ my first wedding of 2009!

Sometimes I just want to jump into a pile of leaves.

Hmm. hahah.

I think this series is a good one showing off this couple =).

Liz and Amish’s shoot I was dodging water and this shoot I was dodging sandals haha.

Got to be careful with f1.2! That razor sharp depth of field could cut up a pic in no time if you are not careful (that was for the camera tech junkies hehe)!

Run, run, jump, spin!

Footsies on the beach!!! Now that’s sweet PDA (public display of affection).

My photojournalism at work! We all had a good belly laugh when reviewing these pics that day hahahah. There were ditches underwater that were hard to see. So Charlene goes down first, then Brian turns around to see what happens and tries to save her only to step into a ditch himself. I still break up laughing looking at this.

But it’s ok because Brian is the man to save her in the end anyways.

The water was quite clear! This looks pretty inviting with the warm glow of the sun but trust me, you don’t want to be in that COLD water for long!

I put some of my landscape shooting knowledge into these next few shots. It’s pretty cool integrating different aspects of photography together.

I feel like printing this one out to hang as a BIG 8ft long studio piece for some reason. Kudos to Brian and Charlene for the great choice in matching clothing!

The smell here was horrible. Horrible I tell you. Horrible. Piles of slippery, rotting seaweed in the blackness. Good thing it’s in the blackness.

Ah the sun sets on yet another spectacular engagement session. The sunset foreshadows the Day to come!

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11 Responses to “Charlene + Brian Engagement | Mountain View, CA | Carmel – Monterey”

  1. Can you tell that Brian and I are totally excited…we’ve been checking your blog since Monday and pondering “are our pictures up yet?!” I LOVE THESE SHOTS !!!! I can’t wait to view the rest !!!! Great JOB Lynn !!! HAHAHAHAH – run, trip, FALL !!! Thanks again for shooting our engagement pictures…looking forward to Feb 28th 2009 !!!!

  2. Lynn! These pictures are amazing! Charlene and I spent 15 minutes looking at them this evening. I have so many favorites, it’s hard to say. I do like the last one, because that silhouette is totally me–glasses and everything. There are a couple sunset ones at the park that I really like where I’m holding Charlene from behind. And the run, run, jump, spin sequence is pretty cool and very artistic. Charlene really likes the one with the flying sandals.

    So impressed!

    Thanks for being our engagement/wedding photographer! Can’t wait to see the pictures from you-know-where, and at the wedding. I’m so excited!

  3. Oh yes, and how could I possibly forget to mention the trip and fall sequence. Totally hilarious! That’s definitely not acting; you can’t fake something like that.

  4. These are some awesome!!! i especially like the vertical footsteps, them walking away, texture. colors. and all that!

  5. Viewing these just brought joyful tears to my eyes. Enjoyed the whole selection but the one that made me pause is the black and white silhouette where Brian’s chin nestles into Charlene’s forehead/nose area. Just so happy that you have found each other and will have a lifetime together. Marriage is quite a journey and with God in your lives, it’s going to be spectacular and fun and joyful. The Carpenters’ song “We’ve Only Just Begun” is very meaningful for 2nd Bok and me. We often ponder, “Didn’t we just begin?” But here we are nearing the end of our journey; so, I am especially happy for the new couples just beginning their adventure. I also like the last pix on the beach. The photographer did capture Brian in the sunset silhouette. Also like the stop action sequence. VERY NICE. A treasure!

  6. Really great pictures. Very playful and warming. Congrats again to Brian and Charlene.

  7. [...] anyways, Lynn finished editing our photos this week and posted them on his photo blog. He did an amazing job! We’re so thrilled to have him as our wedding/engagement photographer. [...]

  8. Amazing photos. Again, my deepest congratulations to you two!

  9. Brian and Charlene,

    What an awesome day at the beach. Your photographer captured you under such beautiful skies! Thank you for sharing such a loving photos. I loved the ones of you falling in the surf ditches. What a hoot!

    Leslie Lowe

  10. You guys look great! Awesome pictures. It really shows your personalities! Congratulations and God Bless you two!

    -Gaw

  11. Nothing wrong with this, at all, people should get it more.

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