Chris and Christine are former workmates of mine from years ago – actually we all worked at Disney together.
Well, years later here we are and the two of them are now engaged to be married next June! Chris contacted me a while back when a friend of his was getting married to talk to me about photography, then a few months later he got in touch with me again with the news that he and Christine were engaged!

Well the two of them decided they wanted to do their engagement shoot at Disneyland, how fun! Disney has a special meaning to the both of them, so what better place to do your photos than the Happiest Place on Earth?

Christine was amazing – though she’ll probably be quick to tell you she was nervous the whole time. I kept trying to mention in emails to Chris that “we’ll have a blast man, it’ll be great to see you two and catch up. Don’t worry, we’ll have fun and get plenty of shots.” Chris said that Christine was worried, and she also wanted to make sure she looked good in the photos. And Christine, you looked amazing. I’m pretty sure everyone will be able to see that in all these shots.

But here’s the best part, Christine had done tons of research on different engagement photos that had been done throughout the park by other photographers. She came with a few pages of images for ideas and both of them had a really good idea of what they wanted. They had already decided they needed enough images for a book they were putting together.

Well, we walked through the gates and got started! It was a pretty warm afternoon, which turned into a wonderfully warm night as we ran all over the park making sure to cover everything we could.

The first shot of the day was something that Christine had found online. The wishing well shot. Try posing your hands like that and make it look natural and comfortable. It took us a few tries, I’ll be honest. And it was great that so many park guests came up and congratulated them as we shot.

More images after the break below.

I really loved this shot after I finally got it set up how I wanted. Over saturated and contrasty isn’t something I do often with my photos. But it seemed perfect here.

Although I also realllly liked this variation of near-complete de-saturation  too… what do you guys think?

We tried a number of shots on the Mark Twain. It was crowded though, which made things tricky. There was a shot that Christine liked taken in this spot. I’m not sure I captured it quite as well as the photographer we were emulating, but still fun.

Holding-hands shots are always nice

Christine looked over and smiled at me at one point, so I asked her to do that again as I took a few more shots. As usual, the first one was the best.
Again, this is proof that I disagreed with Christine saying she was nervous. She doesn’t look it. And she was having a great time being all cutesy with Chris.

I really liked this shot in Orleans, mostly because of the color and silhouette I think.

They liked the brighter one, what do you readers think? Black and White?

Or color?

Toon Town City Hall!

Gotta go make those documents official and legal!

We had a lot of fun shooting on the Jolly Trolly. This is a tighter crop of the very first image in this post. I like it though because you really see their expressions.

Black and White isn’t bad either…

Love the soft colors we had that day.

At Mickey’s house..

Teacups!
My favorite ride!

Christine is NOT a fan of the Teacups though, we weren’t going to fast cuz we didn’t need her gettin dizzy for the rest of the photos, haha!

Weeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

This photo of them came out perfect! I was so happy we nailed this shot. There were so many people that happened to come walking by. But again, it was great that the park guests were very friendly about us trying to take shots.

I love this moment with these two, also.

Walkin to Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin. Just a snap of them walking together and holding hands.

The Churro shot!
Christine showed me the idea for this image and I couldn’t help but laugh. Any Disney parks fan will usually tell you they love the Churros. So, why not get a ring shot with it?!

We also went back to Orleans so they could have their photo drawn. This girl was amazing. I really appreciate artists who can draw, mostly because it was something I was only mildly good at and never had the patience to master.

Back to Buzz Lightyear for some friendly competition!

Actually it was more of a “Chris doesn’t stand a chance against Christine. Never has, Never will.”
This shot is pretty appropriate for the tone of every-time-they-ride I would guess.

Congratulations you guys! Can’t wait til June! We’re gonna have a blast with the wedding photos next.

One last shot and slight variation that I liked.

Hope you guys enjoyed the images! We took so many and I liked quite a few so I couldn’t help but share a ton! I know that Chris and Christine will put together an amazing book with all the images and I look forward to seeing what they come up with.
I have a lot of other big things going on right now and we’ll see where they go in the very near future. But, I’ll have automotive images to share with everyone shortly from another shoot I did for Promax Motorsport. Also images from my little sisters wedding coming later.

Leave any thoughts or comments below!