A BadAss Engagement Session - Jo and Nick

I thought I wouldn't split sessions into parts I and II anymore but the awesomeness from Jo and Nick's engagement shoot is too much to be contained in a single post.

I met Jo through a wedding forum a couple of months back when she asked for wedding supplier advice. These two are getting hitched in one of the most beautiful places in the world -- Boracay -- in January of 2011.  It's getting really close and I couldn't be more excited especially that some my favorite people (and wedding suppliers) Mangored,  Mayad Studios and Boracay Events (Amanda Tirol) are part of their wedding supplier team.

The cool of Jo and Nick against the backdrop of the Haight Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco is a welcome overload to the senses. The colors of the storefronts and street graffiti are bursting alive on this sunny fall afternoon. Nick and Jo were just having too much fun with the interesting, the weird and the eclectic items in-store.  This is a part-quirky, part-hobo and full-on badass set. I'll let the photos do the talking.

Update: Part II here.

Disney-Pixar's "Up" Engagement Session Part II - Jackielyn and AJ

Here's Part II of more "Up" inspired goodness with Jackielyn and AJ. See Part I here. It was quite a challenge to get the dollhouse to the park. It did not fit in AJ's car so he had to hail a van/cab to transport it. The cab driver actually showed us the best spots in the park to shoot where there's not a lot of crowd traffic. Jackielyn's friend La Verne was a real trooper and helped looked for parking. The few people in the park, including kids, just enjoyed watching Jackielyn and AJ's photo shoot because these two were just having so much fun and everyone kept saying how much they loved "Up".

Keeping close to the dollhouse inspiration, the sweetest surprise are the real life victorian styled houses dotting the area where Jackielyn and AJ lives (helps that Pixar is 15 miles away). These houses look so similar to the balloon home Carl and Ellie lived in. What a perfect serendipity :-)