Saturday November 22nd- Leo Carillo Ranch and Cardiff State Beach

This afternoon Skip and I met Jennifer and Morgan at Leo Carillo Ranch for their engagement session. We were really jazzed that they liked the idea of the ranch for their session because it is a place we had been checking out for a long time, and were dying to do a shoot there. And it did not disappoint! I think we could spend hours on our shoots there, it is like a photographers Disneyland… soooo many great spots!

Here are some of our favorites from the ranch…..

YES! That IS a real Peacock! These guys are running all over the ranch!

After the ranch, our plan was to head over to the beach for some sunset shots, but… sadly, the weather didn’t get our memo. It was totally overcast, and pretty ugly. We decided to go for a re-shoot on a better day since Morgan and Jens wedding isn’t until next October, we had time to wait it out for a great sunset.

Since the weather bombed, we used the opportunity to try out a new lighting system that we had been working on. We love the look of our off camera studio lighting, but have always been hesitant to lug it all around the beach if we don’t have an assistant with us. The light always needed someone standing with it so it didn’t get taken down by the wind. We both want to be shooting, not just standing there holding the light so we never used it at the beach. But now…. we have worked out a great system where we have the light anchored to a wagon and that leaves us both free to shoot and the light is safe…. woo! It’s all about bringing the best possible lighting to our clients! ;o)

Morgan and Jennifer were terrific and helped us out with a test run. We did get some nice shots, but look forward to part two of their session when we can really rock the sunset!

Morgan and Jen, will be getting married in October at The Rancho Bernardo Winery!

To view their page on our site, and more images from this session, please visit their page on our site at- http://www.shadowcatcherimagery.com/jenniferandmorgan.html