{"id":12374,"date":"2024-06-08T00:12:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-08T00:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photography.stephanieip.com\/journal\/?p=12374"},"modified":"2026-09-24T18:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T18:25:14","slug":"hillcrest-park-engagement-photoshoot-in-fullerton-california-claire-robert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photography.stephanieip.com\/journal\/hillcrest-park-engagement-photoshoot-in-fullerton-california-claire-robert\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillcrest Park Engagement Photoshoot in Fullerton, California | Claire & Robert"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Why Claire and Robert chose Hillcrest Park<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hillcrest Park in Fullerton, Orange County, was new to us when Claire and Robert chose it for their engagement photos. Our first impression was the size of it: terraced lawns, a stairway through the pines, a fountain at the center of a wide lawn, all spread across a hillside. We’re based in Torrance, so we arrived an hour and a half early and walked it before they did.<\/p>

Before any session, I often find out why the couple picked the place, their history at the location usually provides information about what will make them more relax than the other. For Claire and Robert, the answer was simple: they’re from the area, and Hillcrest Park carried meaning for them. Photographing their engagement somewhere close to home was part of the point.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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An afternoon engagement session at Hillcrest Park<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We started planning well before the day, texting back and forth about what they’d wear. We settled on lighter tones: soft colors that sat naturally against the green lawns and the dappled shade under the trees, without competing with them.<\/p>

The session ran an hour and a half. With a park this size, we worked in short loops: drive, park, shoot, move on. We moved from the Great Lawn and its fountain to the Pine Forest Stairs, Hillcrest Terrace, and the grounds around the Hillcrest Recreation Center. Engagement session are typically very relaxed and we are always looking for the genuine joy and love the couple share. Every frame looks like them, because they were simply being themselves.<\/p>

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Hillcrest Park at a glance<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Where it is:<\/strong> Fullerton, Orange County. Not the Hillcrest neighborhood in San Diego.<\/p>

Spots we’ve photographed:<\/strong><\/p>