Early Morning Passion

Jason is stationed in South Korea as part of the US Army and was only home on leave for 3 days before leaving again. Now I had the kids this weekend so jokingly I told the couple that the only time I’d have to photograph their engagement was at sunrise on Friday (my day off). They said SURE. I said, “oh…” So I left home at 4:50am and made it down to Santa Monica, met them and then as the sun broke, took them to the end of the pier with the big Ferris wheel, setup my SB600 with Fong dome on it, fired remotely with my South Korea eBay triggers, and got my first ever sunrise engagement kissing photo. Kinda proud of it. They were good sports and we used the pier as much as we could until the security guard showed up and started hassling us about having permits and licensing and using the pier for commercial profit, blah blah blah blah. We got what we want, it was illegal, and fantastic. Strobist: D700 w/ 17-35 f/2.8 shot with SB-600 on light stand with Gary Fong clear dome fired remotesly with iShoot PT-04 CN III Wireless Radio Flash off ebay.