Rio Del Mar Beach to Seacliff State Beach, on the Cliffs
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Rio Del Mar Beach to Seacliff State Beach, on the Cliffs.

75 edited photos · Rio Del Mar Beach, Santa Cruz

How it went

We met at Rio Del Mar Beach an hour before sunset. The tide was right, the light was right, the beach was empty enough to feel private.

After that we drove south to Seacliff State Beach, where the cliffs give way to a bigger sky: wide open, longer focal lengths.

A half-day, in pieces. We worked each location for thirty to forty minutes, then moved on. Different light, different backdrops, but the same loose direction throughout.

The kind of late-afternoon shoot that turns into a story at the rehearsal dinner a year later.

2 locations in this shoot

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Rio Del Mar Beach
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Seacliff State Beach
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The shoot
The whole shoot, not just the highlights

Here’s a few highlights from this shoot. Most photographers only ever show a static portfolio of their very best images. I think every potential client should see more than that: the full shoots themselves. Nothing sets expectations like seeing multiple sessions at one location in different weather, times of day, and seasons. We get amazing photos no matter what, and we’re not afraid to show you.

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