Orange County photographer | Tara Whitney – Orange County's Leading Photographer. Family, Pregnancy, Maternity, infant, Newborn, Baby, engagement photography in Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego

This is my good friend Michel, and the love of his life Christa. They were driving me to a spot they found that had a view of Los Angeles – to help us live out my vision for their engagement shoot. As we drove through this tunnel I saw the way the light was going OFF at just the right angle, and I asked, “So. Are we down for doing something in the tunnel?” And I found out that Michel had wanted to shoot in the tunnel, but thought it might be weird to ask, and I had wanted to shoot in the tunnel, but thought it might be weird to ask. (I almost didn’t ask.)

Guess I just learned (again) – IF YOU ARE REALLY FEELING IT, whatever it is, IT IS NEVER WEIRD TO ASK.

xo

Tara

Thirty minutes later in another part of town:

James hails from Scotland, and I might have asked him to talk a lot simply to hear him speak.
Rosie resides in Chicago, where she owns and runs her own clothing boutique, named Roslyn.
Rosie is good friends with a client turned friend, Michelle, who is one of the women I went to Thailand with. I also photographed her gorgeous pregnant belly, pre Thailand.
(Fun connection: Rosie is Thai and the blanket they are making out on is Thai. Bought it on my trip.)
I photographed Rosie, Michelle, and their friend Amy while they were on a Los Angeles girls weekend.
Rosie came back to me for her engagement session with her James.

We started in the sun and headed to the beach where it was locked in with cloud cover. And dark. Very dark. I was a little worried, but I think the end results were good. They got a mix of sunny and happy along with moody and sexy.

I hope I get to photograph their babies.

xo

Tara

“Close your eyes and breathe each other in…”
LOOOOOOVE the emotion in this shot.