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I love having fun, learning new things, making people smile, and telling stories. I love seeing life through fun angles. I enjoy inspiring others as well as being inspired by others. I have the most supportive husband, best friend, and partner. We enjoy hiking, traveling, our furry kids, snowboarding, weddings, and of course, photography.

I love weddings. Weddings are filled with thoughtful details and emotions, and I love capturing those precious memories. I love telling vivid wedding stories. I put my heart into every photo, so you will see personality, new perspectives, a great story, and life in my photos.

I work unobtrusively, using my mix of photojournalism, candid, and fine-art portraiture style. I document those important moments with the most interesting, truthful and beautiful perspective. I understand how much time and thought is put into each wedding - that’s why it is so important to me that you to experience your big day all over again every time you see your pictures.

The opportunity to capture your memories and tell the story of such a special day is truly an honor to me. I enjoy developing relationships with each couple, which allows me to make each set truly unique & memorable.

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military engagement photos | betty + brandon

Monday, August 3, 2009 Posted in engagements

Betty contacted me a few months ago about doing a vintage inspired military engagement session. Brandon’s in the Army and is getting deployed, so they wanted to do an engagement session before he leaves. They both live in Texas now, so while they were visiting LA, we headed out to Pasadena for our session.

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So here’s the story of boy meets girl:

I love how much fun they have together. I love watching them laugh.

How often do you find a couple making out in the middle of an intersection? I love it!

And I love how much body language tells you… You can tell so much about the big picture by looking at the details.

And of course the big picture is super cool too!

And I just love how cute this last image is. I was looking for a place to do a normal shadow, but instead we found this cool shadow instead!

Betty & Brandon, thank you so much for this fun shoot! I wish you two all the best, especially while you’re apart, and look forward to Brandon coming home!

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Tags: army, caroline tran, engagement, old town pasadena, vintage military

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August 3, 2009 - 12:15 pm Jason - These images are so freakin awesome. I love it!

August 3, 2009 - 12:30 pm Chelsea Elizabeth - Love this session Caroline! I love the ones sitting in the door frame with the brick walls! so cute! Love your use of negative space. Love your shoe shot on the stairs. Love how you capture details! great way to capture that uniform. Love the shot at the bottom of the staircase! so creative! As usual you rock my world!

August 3, 2009 - 12:46 pm Shannon Renee - OH MY GOSH CAROLINE!!!!! You NEVER cease to amaze me with your crazy awesome ability to capture beautiful emotions and perfect compositions!!!!! This session is just absolutely one of the bet I've seen!!! You ROCK!!!

August 3, 2009 - 12:53 pm Benjamin James - wow Caroline! These are just awesome! Your style is always so strong in everything you shoot!! I love it!! Great job!!!

August 3, 2009 - 1:07 pm Kisha of Sahara Blue - i am absolutely in love with your work. there is something so...romantic about that them. it's hard to explain. this is such a gorgeous session - love the unique angles & compositions. can i ask what lens(es) you are using? particularly in the shots that you use to open each session (and in this case photo #11 with the sky background). i love the way so much of the environment is around them but they are still apart of the photo...when i try shots like that the people are either teeny-tiny or far too big/normal sized (if that makes sense).

August 3, 2009 - 1:16 pm Michelle - Wow, wow, wow!! I love these shots so very much. I'm a sucker for WWII era so this engagement session is just plain adorable. Thank you to Brandon for his service!

August 3, 2009 - 2:09 pm Rachele - I've been following your blog for a while now, and I love your style! I'm dying to know what lenses you use for your sessions. What's in your camera bag?! I hope you will share! :o)

August 3, 2009 - 3:33 pm Kelly - this is one of the best engagement sessions i've ever seen. i am loving the vintage glamour feel, these are just lovely! what a beautiful couple.

August 3, 2009 - 3:40 pm Carolyn Egerszegi - * THUD * (that was the sound of me fainting) OMG. You KILLED this session. What a gorgeous set of images. These are crazy-good. I would think I'd died and gone to heaven if I had photos like this of me and my hubby. Beautiful. Oh... and the shot of the couple on the floor down the staircase??? Brilliant. Hysterical. Excellent. I LOVE IT. LOVE IT.

August 3, 2009 - 4:50 pm lynna - hi, i've been going on your blog..& i just absolutely love your personal style of shooting!! You are an awesome photographer! & I just love looking at your work!! Great Job!! Look forward to see more of your work in the future!!

August 3, 2009 - 5:35 pm Tammi L. - i am totally in love of their smooching shot in front of Tiffany's. it reminds me of Breakfast at Tiffany's - totally classic, especially with the groom dressed in his military gear and the ever so stylish bride with her cute outfit. i think out of all of your engagement shoots, this one is my absolute FAVORITE!

August 3, 2009 - 6:07 pm tiffany - new reader here and just had to say that your images are stunningly beautiful. they all tell such a great story. love it!

August 4, 2009 - 3:19 pm lydia - truly amazing shots! fantastic job capturing such a bittersweet moment. i'm such a huge fan!

August 4, 2009 - 8:21 pm Leila Khalil| Wedding Publicist| Be Inspired PR - Caroline.. you are SO talented. I LOVE this engagement session. The bride is so cute and stylish. You captured them perfectly.

August 4, 2009 - 8:59 pm Jen@GreenWeddingShoes - wow caroline. wow. that is all i can say. amazing session!!

August 4, 2009 - 10:26 pm Jocelin - I absolutely adore your images!

August 4, 2009 - 10:58 pm danielle - love, love, love it. just beautiful, caroline :) as always, i'm in awe and inspired...

August 5, 2009 - 10:47 am francia - wow, mom, wow! i loved every picture of this session! amazing images.

August 6, 2009 - 8:29 am Anna - Love this military theme and so many great ideas here! The kiss in front of Tiffany's is definitely a fave! Love it!

August 8, 2009 - 9:04 am Émilie - Absolutely love the shot of their silhouette and all the pictures that feature the balloon and the stairs. It's creative, fun and it makes me laugh. Lovely photography.

August 12, 2009 - 8:44 am Trude - I love ALL your stuff, but that last shadow shot is especially awesome. Gorgeous!

September 1, 2009 - 9:49 am Luyen - my second fav e-session of all time! i just love everything (the background, color, lighting). the photos are too beautiful.

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military engagement photos | betty + brandon