Elsa & Daniel * engagement
Elsa and Daniel are one awesome couple! They have such great chemistry that I’m sure you can totally tell from the engagement session. Elsa and my hubby Daniel are actually related - they both have mutual cousins. Daniel and I don’t really remember meeting her from before but we are so glad that we finally met!
She and her fiance (also named Daniel) are so much fun to hang out with. They were laughing so much through the entire session they really made our job easy. I was most impressed with Daniel’s ability to tease her yet kept her happy at the same time!
We started out the day with the following image.
I love Daniel’s expression here.
Elsa is such a cutie!
I absolutely adore the following picture! They are so darn cute even when they have their fingers up their nose!
now back to something more engagement photo-ish.
Here’s another proof that it doesn’t take much for them to have fun. I think Daniel was talking about Indiana Jones or Star Wars which he was very excited about, apparently. Elsa was just laughing and smiling the entire time.
Then they got ice-cream. 3.99 for a waffle cone, not bad!
And we went on the roller coaster!
Originally I wanted to take my camera with me on the ride so at least I can take some shots of them while we are going up. Plus I totally thought that it would be a wimpy ride anyway. But the lady who works there stopped me from taking my camera with me - which turned out to be a great idea. The ride was so much faster and it was FUN! My butt was in the air most of the time haha. I don’t know if I could have held on to my camera.
Luckily, Daniel didn’t go on and he got the following shot of us:
LOL!
We headed out toward the beach for a few more shots.
And that concludes our awesome engagement session at Belmont Park/Mission Bay.
And one more thing - before we left, they gave us a set of 6 different types of soda to enjoy! What a nice gift!
Thanks guys!
And June wants some too.
Elsa and Daniel - thank you so much for the great time! We will try one soda a night and I will post it on the blog and let you know what I think!
Let’s hang out again before your wedding - maybe at Magic Mountain?











































Oct 13th 2008 at 10:03 pm
Nice work, Orange Turtle!!!! The quality keeps gettin’ better and better!
Oct 14th 2008 at 12:50 am
Cindy and Daniel!!
We love them!! We could not be happier with them. Thank you for all your time and hard work!! It is much appreciated!!
You guys did an amazing job capturing who we are as a couple!!!
Did you get a chance to try any of the sodas?!
Let us know how you like them!!
=] Magic Mountain sounds wonderful!!
next time you guys are in that area, Daniel needs to try out that coaster!!
Oct 14th 2008 at 5:04 pm
now you can tell that this couple is genuinely happy. they must have been a joy to shoot. they look like they had so much fun! great job!!
Oct 15th 2008 at 9:26 am
Orange Turtle,
Wonderful job!! What an adorable couple! The pictures turned out great!! I especially love the black and white one and the one of them on the pier!! But I can’t forget about that nose picking one either!! What a fun couple!!
Oct 15th 2008 at 9:48 pm
Hey there! I’m new to your work and I gotta say, its some of the best engagement photos I’ve ever seen! The fact that you made Dan look so good blows my mind! =) hahaha just kidding. I’ll definitely be sending future couples your way! Keep up the great work!
Oct 16th 2008 at 4:06 pm
Wonderful set of pictures!! Beautiful couple and beautiful pictures!! Great work, Orange Turtle!! Do you personally have a favorite from all of these (it must be hard to choose!)
And what an awesome gift!
Oct 17th 2008 at 10:43 am
Wow! What a beautiful collection of pictures! The contrasts are so stark and the color saturation makes it all surreal! I love them. I was telling Elsa that I wanted to get a poster of them…just cause they look that good, yes including Dan. Fantastic job capturing their energy, humor, emotions, joys, and GIGANTIC smiles!!! and great location!
Oct 17th 2008 at 8:19 pm
Wow, Orange Turtle!! These are great pictures. They are worthy to be put on your website! Some of your best work yet…