Mission San Juan Capistrano Wedding Photography | Orange County Portrait and Wedding Photographer

Here are a couple of sneak peeks from a session at the Mission San Juan Capistrano. More to come later! The Mission has been shot so many times, but I’ve always envisioned it almost as a movie set, with lots of beauty and drama (er, the good kind!) that can be pulled out of it. The Mission is truly a character on its own. I love using lights to highlight that…it’s as if I’m taking a portrait of three subjects instead of two. Funny enough, I tend to turn to film directors for inspiration, such as Wong Kar-Wai and Sophia Ford Coppola. My latest obsession has been Brandon Flowers’ Only the Young music video, shot by Sophie Muller. Every frame, every angle has so much drama and it’s so gorgeous…definitely inspiring. That’s actually the new frontier for me this coming year – to shoot my first full-length music video! Wait, not a video of me singing though – a squeaky wheel seriously sounds better than me singing – but to be behind the camera.

Anyway…

Here’s Sneak Peek #1: There was direct overhead sun and it was blazing hot! Kudos to the bride to be for braving it in her gorgeous Monique Lhuillier gown. Kudos to my hubby for stopping by unexpectedly (he works nearby) to see if I needed a milkshake (I’m pregnant).

Sneak Peek #2:  The arches and walls have such historical beauty. I wanted to enhance that and to envelop the bride and groom to be in a bath of golden light.