This Bride Is No Fool

With only a month until I take a two month Leave of Absense to have another son, I’m packing as many shoots as I can in the little free time I have. This Friday afternoon I did another engagement shoot at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills. We had overcast skies, which they thought was unfortunate, but I told them about the more natural flesh tones and lack of shadows. After squeezing off a few rounds of them in the grass/jungle they saw what I was talking about. Lucia & Shane are the most adorable couple and totally easy to work with. At one point I suggested they do a romantic shot laying down in the creek, to which they asked, “shirt on or shirt off?” Now that’s the kind of clients I like!!! Ambitious and just as crazy to come up with something unique. We saved our water adventure for the beach at sunset, which was blocked by the June Gloom, which showed up in March. What’s up with DAT? I just received my permit to shoot commercially at Paramount Ranch and all NPS Properties in the SMMNRA, and sure enough minutes after taking my first photos with them there, I was approached by a ranger who asked for my permit. I then thanked him for checking, since I've seen a lot of photographers bringing clients there and allowing them to climb on the Old West set, etch hearts/initials into the wood fences/buildings, etc. Just need to justify my $175 permit with a few more shoots there, most likely after June.