{"id":20862,"date":"2026-09-01T15:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T15:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/photography.stephanieip.com\/journal\/?p=20862"},"modified":"2026-09-03T18:18:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:18:24","slug":"lifestyle-branding-shoot-featuring-picnic-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photography.stephanieip.com\/journal\/lifestyle-branding-shoot-featuring-picnic-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating with Intention \u2014 A Lifestyle Branding Shoot Featuring Picnic with Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Palos Verdes has a way of finding you before you find it.<\/p>

I\u2019ve been photographing different live stories and milestones on these cliffs for years \u2014 proposals, weddings, families, first birthdays, branding sessions, editorial work. The light here is magical, especially in the late afternoon: it comes in low and warm off the Pacific, catches the coastal sage and the wild grass, and makes even the simplest setup look considered. It\u2019s the kind of location that is a fit for many transition of live stories.<\/p>

When Meirose reached out about a brand shoot, I knew immediately where we were going when she requested a location with intention and organic.<\/p>

Meirose Marquez is the founder of Picnic with Me, a curated picnic and event setup company based in Southern California. She\u2019s been doing picnics for over four years \u2014 but before that, she was an educator for two decades. And before this shoot, she had stepped away from her business for two years to figure out what she actually wanted it to be.<\/p>

This shoot was her return. And it was exactly the right place for it.<\/p>

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Meirose, founder of Picnic with Me:<\/span> \u201cI\u2019ve just always enjoyed going on picnics. And this is really how it started \u2014 just going on picnics with friends and family. I had no idea that I would turn my passion into a business. But prior to my picnics, I was an educator for 20 years. And who knew that this would be my life today?\u201d<\/p>

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