Ngoc and Dave’s E-Session at The Buttermilks
Ξ April 12th, 2008 | → | ∇ Engagements, Climbing |
So today started a little earlier than usual with my alarm going off (can’t remember the last time I heard an alarm go off) at 5:30 am. I awoke excited to meet Ngoc and Dave, and we went up to the Buttermilks for some luscious morning light for their engagement photos. Ngoc and Dave came in to Bishop for the weekend from San Francisco to enjoy the warm sunshine amidst some of the worlds best bouldering and for us to shoot their e-session. They’ll be getting married at the Edgewood Resort on Lake Tahoe this August, and I’m so excited for their wedding!
This morning was so peaceful and we were the only people out there for a while. After we got their engagement photos, they changed clothes and we played in the boulders for a few hours. Ngoc and Dave are really good climbers, so they’re loving being here in Bishop with so much beautiful rock. Dave even did the Iron Man Traverse for his first time, which he’d tried in the past, so he was psyched! It was so nice to have such an early start and it felt so good to be outside.
Ngoc and Dave, it was so great to meet you and hang out today, and I’m so excited for your wedding!
Hope you enjoy the photos and slideshow! You can see the slideshow in its own window HERE.
Hope you’re well,

























on April 13th, 2008 at 7:54 pm
Shawn, Love the pics! What fun to have a couple bouldering during their engagement session!
on April 14th, 2008 at 9:49 am
Wow! You two look fabulous - being in love sure seems to agree with you! Your photographer got some awesome pics and nice job picking the setting. Beautiful….
on April 14th, 2008 at 9:49 am
absolutely beautiful shots guys. should I bring my rock shoes to the wedding?
on April 15th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Shawn, as always you are a master of images. I love these photos and I continually come to your blog for inspiration. Great work. What a fun couple too!!!
I love that you have these gorgeous shots of them being sweet and loving and then you have these awesome rockin’ climbing shots. Just so much fun!
on April 15th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Howdy Shawn, Sam here, one of the groomsmen for Ngoc and Dave’s wedding as well as former amateur photographer and intermittent climber. I cannot rave about these photos enough. When Ngoc sent them to me, I was pretty much in tears–at work, no less! I’m so excited that Ngoc and Dave are having you on board, and the work you’re displaying above is just phenomenal. These are two of my closest friends and they are among the folks I most respect in my life, so it’s good to know that at least this part of their wedding is in good hands. They deserve it! Thanks, Shawn!
on April 17th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Lovin’ that blue sky contrasting with the light bathing them in warm fuzzies. Beautiful.
on May 2nd, 2008 at 10:11 am
Wow, Shawn! Simply breathtaking!
on August 31st, 2008 at 7:00 pm
[…] at the Edgewood Resort. It was a stunning day. I had the great fortune of meeting and doing and Engagement shoot with Ngoc and Dave back in April, so it was like I was showing up to a friends wedding. It was […]
on July 31st, 2009 at 12:08 am
This is great stuff! Thanks!