Romantic Crystal Cove Anniversary Session

We’re a little bit – okay a lot – obsessed with this romantic Crystal Cove anniversary session! These two are celebrating 7 years! To us, they look like newlyweds! Cori Kleckner captured their joy-filled, equally tender & fun, beauty-full, love at dusky by the ocean. Every moment is so priceless, we had a hard time editing this shoot down! We hope you enjoy this celebration as much as we do! P.S. you can find her super gorgeous dress here!

From Cori, Leilani & Shane contacted me for an anniversary session to commemorate the 7 years they’ve spent together as husband & wife . These two have had their share of struggles with Shane having been in the military so early on in their marriage and Leilani often home awaiting for his deployment to end so that they could be in each others arms again. Despite the distance, these two stayed strong and wrote letters back and forth constantly. We wanted to find a way to incorporate this very unique part of their story into their session, so we thought what better way then to bring all the letters he wrote to her on his deployments, with us to our session? This added a touch of intimacy and reminded them of the strong connection they share. We started at Crystal Cove State Park with open dirt paths to really connect to the nature around us and then walked down toward the beach to get those gorgeous cliff views. These two cuddled under the sunset with cliff views overlooking the oce! an, wine glasses to toast the 7 years of marriage they’ve shared and a cake to celebrate too. It was such a beautiful moment to witness as their friend + photographer.. Sometimes I would step back from the camera and just soak up their joyful presence. Their love could honestly light up a room. I am truly honored they chose me to capture this incredible love they share, 7 years later.