Jamie Solorio Photography of Redding, Ca - Downtown Redding Engagement Session with Melissa and Quentin Sneak Peek - Plus a Chance to Win a Photobook Through Paislee Press

Here is a little sneak peak for the most adorable, easy going couple!  They have been together for SEVERAL years and have decided to tie the knot this July!  Sorta sounds like my husband...5 and a half years before he even told me he loved me, then same day he told me he loved me, he also proposed.  Boys!  More images to come soon!

Be sure to check out my new photography site Jamie Solorio Photography if you haven't yet please!

And about that giveaway!  Go check out Paislee Press for more information!  She is giving away a template for a photobook!  Sweet!

James and Ashley's Engagement Session Favorites - Redding California Engagement Photographer

Okay, finished with this soon to be married couples images.  James and Ashley were a lot of fun to work with and I so look forward to taking their pictures again soon.  We have decided to also do a nature type setting with them, and I have some great ideas that I can't wait to try out on them. :)  Again, thanks you guys for letting me capture some intimate moments between the two of you.

On a different note, Vicki you are up next and then the ArtHop blog post is after that!  My husband and I have been crazy busy trying to get some things wrapped up around here with our laptop, network, business cards, and trifold brochers...busy, busy, busy!  Right now I have time for this post since I am backing  up Vicki's session on two external hard drives as I type this out.  I have so learned from my past errors, please back up your images!!!!;)  By the way, I have a feeling that the pictures of Vicki's daughter and her are going to be adorable!  Thanks for taking the time to stop by and see my latest photographs.

Ashley and James Part 2 - Redding, CA Engagement Photographer

Such a cute couple!  I even enjoyed doing their edits for a second time tonight! LOL!  Though I am looking forward to the 2nd half of their images, there are some really great shots of this twitterpated couple.  Guess what...I backed them all up on my passport right afterwards.  I am learning.... LOL! :)

Ashley and James's Engagement Session - Engagement Photographer Redding, CA



I just have to start off by saying that these two are so stinking adorable!  The love between them is so obvious and powerful.  It is always nice to see a young couple so in love and excited to spend their lives together.   Thank you Ashley and James for letting me take your engagement pictures, you guys were so fun and easy to capture.  To see more of their images you can click HERE.

As far as weather goes, I typically like to shoot with much more light.  However, today  was very overcast and that was something somewhat new for me to experiment with.  There are great things about overcast days, one being there are no harsh shadows or blinding highlight blow outs.  I could take a picture anywhere I wanted and didn't have to worry too much about exposure on Ashley and James.  The only thing that I am not a huge fan of with cloudy days like today would be the lack of sun flare in my images and dramatic back lighting.  Next time I do an overcast shoot, I am thinking of popping on my polarizing filter to see if I can get the colors to pop more also.  These images are considerably lighter than the images I see in photoshop, but when they print they will have more of a color pop.  I still am working on finding a good photoshop recipe for saving for the web without a loss of color saturation.