{"id":10177,"date":"2026-06-22T07:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T07:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photography.stephanieip.com\/journal\/?p=10177"},"modified":"2026-06-24T22:20:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T22:20:27","slug":"tongva-park-engagement-session-santa-monica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photography.stephanieip.com\/journal\/tongva-park-engagement-session-santa-monica\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa Monica Engagement Session at Tongva Park and Pier | Mary &#038; Michael"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10177\" class=\"elementor elementor-10177\" wpc-filter-elementor-widget=\"1\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2bf90f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2bf90f1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3ac51a\" data-id=\"d3ac51a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0cfabce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0cfabce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"landkit-elementor-heading__title display-4 default elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Story about Mary and Michael<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f80c97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f80c97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>They had already been back once \u2014 for the proposal. Now they were back again, this time with Cindy.<\/p><p>Tongva Park in Santa Monica is one of those places that rewards loyalty. It doesn&#8217;t dazzle on first impression \u2014 no dramatic cliffs, no crashing surf. It has something quieter: a sense of being held. Tiered lawns, the soft geometry of the paths, and in the late afternoon when the marine layer thins, a warmth that feels earned. Mary and Michael knew this park the way you only know a place after returning to it. Their first date. His proposal. And now, nine months into their engagement, they were here again \u2014 this time with their dog, Cindy, bounding ahead of them on her leash.<\/p><p>As a Santa Monica engagement photographer, I look for couples who have stopped thinking about being photographed. Mary and Michael got there quickly. They&#8217;re both psychiatrists \u2014 people who spend their days reading other people, holding space with careful attention. On camera, that translates into a kind of presence that&#8217;s rare to work with. They weren&#8217;t performing for me. They were just together, in a place they loved, with their dog.<\/p><p>Cindy, for the record, had opinions about the session. She had opinions about the direction they were walking. She had opinions about the squirrel near the upper terrace. She is, in every way, a full member of this family \u2014 and the frames with her in them are some of my favorites from the afternoon. There&#8217;s a particular kind of joy that only enters a portrait when a dog is involved, and it has nothing to do with posing.<\/p><p>We moved from the park down toward the pier as the light shifted, the overcast sky softening everything into a gentle diffusion \u2014 no harsh shadows, just that even, coastal glow that Southern California does so well on cloudy September evenings. By the time we finished, the three of them were thoroughly comfortable and I had run out of light to chase.<\/p><p>Their wedding was already on the calendar for the following May. I knew, standing there at Tongva Park as they laughed at something Cindy had done, that the day was going to be a good one.<\/p><p><em>Thinking about an engagement session in the Los Angeles area? 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