Jagger Photography » Engagement

A.J. + Brittany {Newport Beach}

Heather — Sun, 30 May 2010 11:00:41 +0000

A couple of weeks ago we had the chance to come back to CA for a couple shoots and A.J. + Brittany’s engagement was one of them! A.J. + Brittany actually live in Arizona and just love coming to the beach for vacation and chose to get married here. We checked out their venue while we were there and we are super excited to be shooting their wedding in October. We had a lot of laughs and fun with some cotton candy, especially when we realized how awkward it is to eat ice cream on camera! So you’ll be seeing more of them later on in the year, here is their shoot!!

some random girl walking by gave me a nice opportunity to get this shot! convenient :]

Ben + Christine {San Diego, CA}

Heather — Mon, 17 May 2010 11:47:36 +0000

We got to shoot Ben and Christine at Balboa Park in beautiful San Diego. We’d only been there once before with some friends about a year back and fell in love with the place. SO, when Christine said that’s where they wanted to shoot, we were more than happy to make the 2 hour drive to do it! {well, and a 2 hour flight for our CA shooting weekend extravaganza part 1000}

Something I’ve been loving lately about engagement shoots is we’ve been going out to lunch with our couples, it’s great! It’s more time to get to know them without a camera in their face for 2 hours. And we got some really good Italian food… mi favorita. {Actually my favorite foods are cookie dough and cereal.. and steak with A1 sauce, and if you’re wondering, Grayson’s favorite food is anything with Teriyaki sauce on it, but we love Italian food}.

So here is their shoot, it was great weather which made it ever better with the luck we’ve been having {shaking my fist at the rain}. Enjoy!!!

she had to practice in the grass first.

flying ninja kicks can never be bad

I like to call this one “Angry Ben”… we made him rip off his shirt… he “resisted”.. haha

Douglas + Erinkay – {Anaheim, CA}

Heather — Sat, 15 May 2010 13:31:20 +0000

We first met Douglas and Erinkay at a Starbucks a long time ago when they wanted to meet us and talk about their wedding. We clicked right from the start. Erinkay and I (Grayson) actually went to the same high school together and talked about that for a bit. I didn’t remember her (she was a couple years older than me), but luckily I had a yearbook in the car. No, I don’t keep my yearbook with me at all times; I was in the process of moving and grabbed a couple last items from my “previous residence,” aka my parents house. We thought that it would be funny to take a picture of Erinkay’s senior portrait on our phone and text it to her as a joke. We thought it was hilarious, but didn’t hear back from her until the next day. We were getting really nervous that she might have taken it the wrong way, but she loved it and we all got a good laugh. I think that is what sealed the deal for us!

Douglas and Erinkay got married at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, CA. For you that haven’t seen this massive glass castle, its the one that almost makes you crash when you drive past it and the sun reflects right into your eyes. The party was at the Grand Californian Hotel right outside of Disneyland; which allowed us to take some cool shots of the bridal party. We did have a tough time getting past security though. We thought it was pretty funny that the reason that Erinkay couldn’t get through was that she looked too much like a princess and would mess with Disneyland’s mojo. We were told that they didn’t want little kids thinking she was one of the princesses and wanting to take pictures with her. It guess it would take away from the Disneyland “magic!” We finally got it sorted out and got some great shots. It was pretty funny and i’m sure that it will be something that they won’t forget.

One of the things that we loved about this wedding was that everyone loved Douglas and Erinkay so much (we understand why) and they were not afraid to show it. The reception was full of “performances” and awesome speeches. The sisters performed a song with cutouts of the couple, Erinkay’s dad and brother-in-laws sang a song to the tune of “my girl” with new lyrics, and the parents went all out when talking about the couple. It was really cool to see! We had a great time and wish Douglas and Erinkay the best in their marriage!

April + Jason {Bellingham/Seattle, WA}…. YOU’RE WELCOME

Heather — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:05:24 +0000

As you know, every once in a while we get the chance to shoot our amazing friends when they decide to get engaged! And THIS one was AWESOOMMMEEE! April and Jason met at OUR WEDDING! She was a bridesmaid and he was invited. {It was all pre-planned.} One day, when I was living with 3 girls, {one of which was Brenda, haha} one of the girls {Brenda} asked me if there would be any hot single guys at the wedding. So I busted out the guest list and looked, they were all her friends so I told her no. The.. suddenly, I had an epiphany and I yelled out “Oh my gosh!!!! April and Jason! April and Jason!” and all the girls screamed too, it was the best match ever!! You see April was always my friend, kind of separate from the others and I’d bring her around every once in a while so everyone knew {and loved} her. Jason was our friend who often showed up to our house in a speedo and cut off in shorts to go swimming.

Anyway, it was all planned, they met at the wedding with the help of the girls, instant connection via the dance floor and their amazing moves and the rest is history. Sorta cliche, a bridesmaid and a guest with good dance moves hitting it off, but that makes it even better!!!

Well on a side note, April has been one of my best friends for about 6 years now. We met on the dance floor (so it was only fitting that she met her future hubby on the dance floor) and we hung out every day, going dancing on average 3 days a week… No, not to ghetto, grinding hip hop clubs. We weren’t lame. Grayson and Jason have always had a not so secret man crush on each other and been very open about it, haha. Needless to say, we love April and Jason

Sooooooooo, here is there awesome, 3 day shoot from when they came up to visit us in WA.

my new favorite photo!!!!

no, I did not edit her eyes, they just look that awesome in the sun.

the most amazing bridge!

I had this idea with bubbles, it didn’t work haha.

Day 3: Seattle

Now for the most amazing photos, the behind the scenes of our awesome 3 days.. First, I have to preface with the explanation for these pants- they’re awesome, and we love them.

ummmmmmmmmmm….

Seattle skyline deserves these pants too.

manliness at it’s best

they have a man crush on each other.

one of many of these photos from the times.

We’ve been doing this dance (for reasons unknown) since 2004

look in the background

And last- but certainly not least: this little diddy of pure joy via 2004 if you have a few minutes and want to be wildly entertained…. This video is a perfect example of why April and I were meant to be friends.

{AMAZING VIDEO OF HEF AND APE. WATCH IT!!!!}

…YOUR WELCOME

And PS: A photo of the night they met: on the dance floorrrrr!! Bridesmaid + guest + sister in law wearing a fur coat and video taping = looveeeee

Tina + James {Burbank, CA}

Heather — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:00:06 +0000

Tina and James got married at the Calamigos Equestrian Center in Burbank, CA- it was great, I loved this place! Huge trees and lots of grass, my favorite. We just did their mountain engagement shoot a few weeks ago, which was good fun! This wedding was a little different than anything we’ve done before. The whole ceremony was in Korean! It was awesome. We had no idea what anyone was saying, but we could appreciate it none the less. So it was a good time and a half. The middle of our 3 shoots on this trip home to CA.

So this was an interesting reception, no dancing- just games. It was hilarious.

“Geoff’s the best! Say it!!!”

Heather — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:00:36 +0000

Living with Candice, I’d often wake up from a nap or come home from work {back when I had a “real job”} and hear the sounds of screaming and giggling, followed by a loud “smack!” accompanied by more screaming and giggling and Geoff yelling ” ‘Geoff’s the best’ Say it!!!” ‘Geoff’s the best!!’”.. From experience, I knew that I wanted no part of what was going on in that room. More than likely, Geoff was sitting on Candice with her arms behind her back while she laughed too hard to get a “Geoff’s the best!” out and go on with her day.

Another funny story, Candice and Geoff met initially in like 4th grade, she was dared to kiss him on the bus, she did and Geoff was her first kiss. He apparently rode his bike home after that, haha. Years later… here they are. Good times, good times. Now these two are actually getting married and it’s freakin awesome! We were going to shoot their wedding until they decided they didn’t want any friends having to work at their wedding, and I appreciate that! I almost never get to go and enjoy a wedding as a guest with all my friends, I am overly excited for this wedding. Anyway, here are their photos!

He has no patience…

Now that all those are out of the way………

Yen + Daniel {can’t beat a good picnic}

Heather — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:41:29 +0000

We met Yen and Daniel back before we moved up to WA and after our meeting with them we were so excited to shoot their wedding, they were so laid back and just seemed awesome. So we’re super excited to shoot their wedding in May! The night before this shoot I was sick from some food and slept on the bathroom floor on a little bed Grayson made me, he stayed in case I got sick too, what a good hubby :]

Well we got up a 6:45 to do this morning shoot, and thankfully, I was A-OK. Our original place turned out to require a $100 permit to shoot at- no thanks. So we had a back up plan which worked out perfectly! It was a slightly rainy, very overcast day, but it was great. Yen packed a picnic for all of us and it was amazzzinningg!

We all sat and ate, they told us about how Daniel proposed, it was cute :] So obviously, this was a really fun shoot. We had to end early because Daniel was off to his Bachelor party in Vegas and then, as Yen put it “GAME OVER DANIEL!” haha.

best picnic spot ever!

Yen packs a fancy picnic. If we were in charge we would have been eating cold mac-n-cheese, haha. No good.

Purely a taste

Heather — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:24:18 +0000

We had the great pleasure of shooting our lovely friends Candice and Geoff back home in CA. I’ve known Geoff sine I was about 18 or so and Candice was one of my fantastic roommates before I got married. {Oh how I miss the” SheShack” and the hours upon hours spent in our pool} But THIS is only a very tiny sneak peak to assuage Candice! I know the feeling of waiting so anxiously to see your engagement photos. She had to put up with me stalking my photographers blog every 5 minutes, waiting to see a glimpse too.

So here it is, a very small peak of what’s to come, and it only gets better.. This shoot was awe-some.

That’s all you get Candice!! For now… more to come soon, I promise!

Tina + James {Big Bear, CA}

Heather — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:13:07 +0000

We met Tina and James for the first time at this shoot and they were awesome! We all made the trek up to Big Bear to do a mountain shoot and it was worth the drive! Well, Grayson drove, I fell asleep for part of it then chugged some coffee. First thing we noticed is that Tina and I were wearing the exact same p-coat (only mine is teal) and we both got it like 5 years ago on sale at Nordstoms.. small world! Anyway, we started shooting in the snow and found some awesome places, had a good time, froze to death when the sun went down and went on our ways! And let me just say that Tina has BEAUTIFUL skin.. it was amazing! We can’t wait to shoot their wedding!!!

The best of 2009!!!

Heather — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 21:22:55 +0000

Now that 2010 is here, we decided to put together some of out favorite images from 2009. It was hard!! We had a ton of amazing couples, awesome locations and really good weddings. We’re REALLY excited for our 2010 weddings, we’re all over to US this year so it’s going to be good! Here are some of our favorite images of 2009- enjoy…

And then… there is this, Halloween shopping 09…. ok it was really 08, but who cares.. this is pure amazing.