Carbon Canyon Regional Park offers a unique, drop-dead gorgeous scenery for your engagement session. The towering redwood trees provide a romantic canopy. If you did not want to walk the 10-minutes to the redwood trees, we can take your engagement photographs near the lake and park. lakeside is serene and intimate, and you can enjoy a romantic walk around them. I went with Roshni and Lucas in January, and it was quiet, so you can enjoy some peace and quiet during your session. Carbon Canyon Regional Park is the only place in Southern California with Redwood trees, so you are in for a treat. With that being said, if you go to Carbon Canyon Regional Park and expect to see Redwood trees the size of those in North California, you will be sorely disappointed, but regardless they are still gorgeous, and a gem hidden away in Brea.
Carbon Canyon Regional Park Accessibility and Convenience
Carbon Canyon Regional Park is a slice of heaven for all nature enthusiasts, but if you don’t fit that bill, it is super accessible. The trails are well maintained, making it really easy to navigate and they do not require hiking shoes of any sort. The park also has bathrooms, so you won’t be bursting at the seams.
Time of Day
There is truly no wrong time to have your engagement session at Carbon Canyon Regional Park. The redwood trees provide a shady overcast, so the sun won’t burn you alive. In fact, it will provide a nice glow, making this the perfect location if you do not want to do an evening session. Granted during the prime sunset hours, it will provide a warm glow over the environment surrounding you, creating an intimate, romantic atmosphere.
Because the redwoods provide lots of shade, if you are a photographer and planning to use Carbon Canyon Regional Park for an upcoming engagement session, I recommend going a tad earlier. This will allow you to capture the magic of the sun seeping through the leaves and onto the couple.
Permit Costs
Carbon Canyon Regional Park requires a photography permit, which costs $25 per hour, for any professional photography services. The entrance fee to the park itself is $3 or $5 dollars depending on the day.
My Personal Experience at Carbon Canyon Regional Park
Recently, I had the pleasure of doing Roshni and Lucas’s couples session at Carbon Canyon Regional Park . I met Roshni my first year of college, so this was a real treat. The area near the redwood trees is wide open, which allowed Roshni and Lucas to wander around and explore the space on their own (one of my favorite prompts during engagement sessions). The trees provided the perfect place for an adult game of hide-and-seek, which was super funny to watch and made for some of the cutest photographs.
Read more about Roshni and Lucas’s session at Carbon Canyon here!
To Conclude:
Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea is the perfect location for your engagement session. The magnificent trees and scenery will set the stage for romance. If you are a nature lover, Carbon Canyon will memorialize your love story and reflect your passion for the outdoors. If you are not looking for somewhere to have tour engagement session, but rather a peaceful Sunday picnic date, the park has some of the most perfect, trees with luscious leaves providing you with the perfect amount of shade. Be warned of the geese, if you are afraid of geese like me, they tend to be wandering around the park.
Lastly, engagement photographs signify the beginning of the next step in your journey together. You can’t get the moment back once it passes, so you should make the most of it and cherish the moment and preserve the memories. So, in my opinion, your engagement session location matters a lot and should reflect who you are as a couple.
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