Susanne Ashby Photography

John & Whitney are such a fun couple… I honestly don’t think I’ve EVER laughed so hard while doing an engagement session!  We started out at a laundromat, of all places.  Yes, this was my idea… I first saw another photographer do an engagement session at a laundromat a few years back, when I was first getting into couples photography, and I’ve been dying to try it ever since!  So I was super excited that John & Whitney were in!  Then we headed over to this adorable strawberry stand, which also happened to have an awesome corn field and vineyard close by, so we set up a little vintage styled picnic and just had fun shooting until the sun went down!  Here are all my absolute favorites from their session… 

(Channeling The Notebook for this one!)

The past couple of days were beyond amazing!  I had the opportunity to attend a workshop hosted by the fabulous Tori Wible… she is so very, very sweet and put together a super fun and informative workshop.  I loved getting to know a whole bunch of other Northern California wedding photographers (and one from Washington!) and had a great time photographing two adorable couples.  Alex & Kamden are engaged and planning a fall wedding.  They ironically met at the exact venue where we photographed them for the workshop – the gorgeous Viaggio Winery in Lodi, CA.  The venue was unbelievably gorgeous with so many fun spots to take pictures… I would be thrilled to get a chance to shoot there again!  Here are a handful of favorites from day one…

Heather and Ben are such a sweet couple!  Heather is friends with my little sister and I was thrilled when she contacted me to take their engagement pictures.  I was even more excited when she told me they were happy to travel out to Monterey for the session and we decided on doing the pictures at the beatiful Carmel mission and then headed down to the beach for some sunset pictures.  The weather was absolutely beautiful, with plenty of sun shining, and I had a great time getting to know Heather and Ben a little better!