NEEMA & HOLLY

NEEMA & HOLLY | A FILOLI HISTORIC HOUSE ENGAGEMENT SESSION

Engagement Photography | Filoli Historic House & Garden | Woodside, California

Some sessions just feel like a love story unfolding, and Neema and Holly's afternoon at Filoli was exactly that. We met at the Historic House & Garden in Woodside and wandered the grounds as the golden light settled in — the rose garden in full bloom, the brick building with its arched windows glowing behind them, the two of them so clearly at ease with each other.

I mostly followed along and let the moments happen: hands held, quiet laughter, a kiss among the roses, the occasional black-and-white frame when the mood called for it. As the sun dropped, we found the string lights, and the whole evening turned soft and warm and a little bit magic. Filoli has a way of doing that.

If a romantic, garden-style engagement or couples session sounds like your vibe, I'd love to plan one with you.

Engaged couple leaning together on a stone balustrade, noses nearly touching about to kiss, with Filoli's brick facade and autumn foliage behind them.
Couple walking hand in hand down the garden steps at Filoli, her olive skirt trailing behind her and pink begonias blooming in the foreground.
Black and white frame of a couple walking toward the camera hand in hand, arms stretched between them, both looking away and laughing.
He leans in near her temple while she smiles toward the camera, standing under brick arches hung with lit greenery wreaths.
Couple facing each other and holding hands on a gravel rose garden path lined with hanging pink and purple paper lanterns at Filoli.
Engaged couple standing together holding hands in front of sage green garden windows, her head tipped toward his shoulder, ring visible.
Engagement portrait framed against Filoli's red brick house, with a tall cypress wrapped in lights and wreaths hanging in the windows.
Engaged couple walking side by side away from the brick entry steps at Filoli, photographed in black and white, both dressed in soft neutrals.
She reaches up to touch his face on a hedge-lined path strung with warm string lights during a winter engagement session at Filoli.

See more of my work for couples & engagements or check current availability for your own session.