Yesterday’s Part 1 post featured the casual look of Lindsey & Eli’s editorial-style engagement session. Part 2 is the opposite of casual in every way. (See Part 1 here.)

Once we decided on doing the shoot at The Ace Hotel in Palm Springs, my mind started going crazy with ideas. With editorial-style shoots, I like to have a visual concept going in. Playing off the old Hollywood look they are shooting for with their wedding and the 1960s architecture of the hotel, I envisioned 1960s Hollywood elite on a Summery vacation in the desert. I started pulling together some inspirational photos to help us to develop a concept and theme for our session. (If you’re interested, here’s the inspiration board I came up with.)

Thanks to Lindsey & Eli’s amazing enthusiasm and willingness to collaborate with me in pulling wardrobe together and posing for the camera, my vision became reality and I am so happy with the final concept. Not only does it match my initial vision, but it totally reflects a part of Lindsey and Eli’s personalities: they are stylish, fun, slightly theatrical, gorgeous, creative, and oh-so-willing to have fun in front of the camera.

Lindsey’s dress: Alice & Olivia

Lindsey’s shoes: Givenchy

Hair: Sekena Ball •  Makeup: Jasmine Alise – both of Tek Salon, Costa Mesa

Eli totally rocked this suit and I loved the additon of his shades!

They rocked it out together.

I just about died when I saw Lindsey’s dress. Then, I saw these shoes. HELLO, FABULOUS!

Love these two! They definitely know how to have fun together.

Hot.

This shot is thanks to Eli’s vision. This is what I meant by “slightly theatrical” and I absolutely love it.

I love these two as a series- this is totally Lindsey and Eli.

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Lindsey & Eli – You guys are so incredible. Thank you, thank you for being yourselves, being willing to go along with my crazy ideas, and for just having a fun time with me! I cannot wait for your wedding in October! xoxo

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Not only are Lindsey and Eli sweet and fun, they are also so stylish and creative. They own , a fabulous t-shirt line that celebrates living the dream and has a bright, sunny vibe. We knew three main things going into this shoot: we wanted it to have a fun, editorial style, we wanted to celebrate their t-shirt line, and we wanted to have a lot of fun with a dressier look. They will be getting married in Palm Springs in October, so I thought the was the perfect setting to pull all of our shoot ideas together.

We had SO much fun together. Seriously… the whole day I had to keep reminding myself that this is my job. I’m so thankful for clients like Lindsey & Eli for making what I do so fun, easy and also meaningful.

I had way too many favorites from the shoot to condense into one post, so first I’ll post my favorites from the casual portion of the shoot where they rocked their Fortunate Sun wear.

A special thank you to Jasmine Alise and Sekina Ball of in Costa Mesa for your lovely makeup and hair styling skills!

A favorite!

Lindsey is hot, hot.

Eli- you’re a handsome devil, too.

Love this one.

They are so cute together!

I love the vibe of their company… Live the Dream…. that makes me happy.

The very hot photos from the other half of their shoot will be posted tomorrow!