Never could I have dreamt up how I’d meet Jessa & Ben. I got an email one day while I was traveling around Africa. Jessa had inquired about booking me for her wedding & engagement session. Through the back-and-forth emails (and my auto-response telling everyone I was out of the office, traveling around Africa for a few months) She mentioned her and Ben would be in Johannesburg, South Africa at the exact same time as me!! How crazy. So we met up at a coffee shop and chatted for a few hours. They told me how they met and planned a trip to Peru together just one month into dating. I knew immediately these were my kinda people. Adventurous lovers who weren’t afraid to take a few risks. They dated for several years and now I had the pleasure of documenting their love story! I love that Jessa is such a planner and a dreamer. I had a lot of fun thinking up locations for their California engagement session and I’m so so happy they trusted me to do some last minute scouting. We started out at Malibu Creek State Park and then drove up a narrow windy road to catch the sunset at the top of a mountain. I had so much fun with these two and can’t wait for their wedding in San Diego!