E + P Engagement - Petaluma Engagement Photographer

I had stated it before and I will state it again...I love it when my clients select a meaningful photography location.  It simply makes the photos better in so many ways.  And who doesn't enjoy spending an afternoon at the ever fabulous AT&T Park home of the San Francisco Giants?

When we met for their wedding consultation and as we discussed how they met, it was very clear to me what a role the Giants baseball team has had in their lives.  Both separately and together.  So on a lovely Sunday afternoon we headed down to capture a variety of pictures celebrating E + P's October wedding. 

I love when couples are not afraid to let their silly and quirky side show, in my opinion, not all photos should be perfectly composed 'looking at the camera smiling' images.

I was pleased that we were able to create many different 'looks' from the session with just a simple walk around the stadium.

Beautiful beautiful.

As we were about to walk along the cove, we noticed that the back gates to the park were open and asked the attendant if she wouldn't mind us taking a few pictures on the steps.  She happily agreed and told us that if we signed in we could go into the park.  But we only had about 15 minutes until it closed.  Say what?!?

Apparantely the park is open on non-game day weekends for kids to play in the park area.  Holy moly - we didn't know that!  What a pleasant surprise for all three of us.  

So, we ran around as fast as we could capturing as many images as possible in 15 minutes.  Since it was mid afternoon the sun was super bright, but I thought that we did pretty good finding pockets of good light to shoot in, and even those without my preferred lighting still tell the story of our right place at the right time moment.  

Note to self: next time always check the venue websites for cool entrance opportunities so that you are prepared with your clients, never assume that everything is closed during 'off days.'  Rooky mistake on my part  ;)

 

Once we got kicked out of the stadium we needed to commenorate the gates that they use when attending games with their season tickets.

Over at China Basin Park we finished up the session with a completely different view of the stadium.

They have an uncanny way to make one another laugh on a moment's notice.  Love it!

Erik and Paula - Thank you for spending a windy and sunny day in San Francisco with me and my camera.  I had a wonderful chatting with the two of you, exploring the ballpark, and, of course, taking some pictures too.  I cannot believe that your wedding is only 50 days away...if your engagement session was any indication of your wedding day we are going to have a great time celebrating with your family and friends!