Chris&Courtney live relatively close to Auburn and are preferred wine club members at some wineries along the Auburn Wine Trail. It is their go-to outing with friends and family. It is along the wine trail that Courtney and her mom stumbled upon Vina Castellano where we took their engagement photos at. Vina Castellano is an award-winning boutique winery in Placer Country run by the sweetest Spanish family who we had the pleasure of meeting while exploring around the property. Chris&Courtney met us there and we started our session with a delicious glass of award-winning wine. Chris&Courtney walked hand in hand exploring the property with us and we ended the session with the most beautiful sunset with light glowing through the big oak trees.
Read MoreJeff approached us a few months back about wanting us to be "in" on this special surprise, and we could not have been more excited! We started planning and dreaming right away. We all thought up a crazy idea for the proposal. What if we teamed up together with some other amazing wedding vendors in Chico to create a "styled shoot" and at the end Jeff would propose. If you're new to wedding photography, a styled shoot is where a bunch of vendors put their heads together to create awesomeness. It's a way to have fun, collaborate and display their work for all to see. It was the perfect plan to keep everything a secret from Alex, all while totally keeping her in the loop! We played it off by texting Alex asking if her and Jeff would be willing to "model" for our upcoming shoot. She then asked Jeff what he thought and he (knowing it was coming) was little resistant at first to throw her off, but then finally he gave in and agreed to the photo shoot.
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