Anniversary Portrait Photography, Long Beach

This was an endearing anniversary portrait session. Luis serves in the military and had only a week to spend with his wife,Vanessa, & family until he heads back to Germany for duty. They both graduated from CSULB and request to have their session on the campus. It was the first time that I walked through the campus. I wish we had more time to explore the grounds but we were chasing the sunset toward the south west campus near the Japanese Garden. The wildflowers were in bloom and made a spectacular finale for their session. I recently heard from a cordinator at the Garden that they recently chopped all the beautiful natural growth. I hope it doesn't take long for it to grow back because it's such a romantic place to photograph. Vanessa and Luis have a little boy, Aiden, that I photographed recently and it's possible that their next photo session may have an addition to the family portrait. How sweet is that?