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Palm Springs Tram Engagement Session

August 8, 2016

Oh friends, do we have a beautiful treat for you! Ever since we moved back to California a couple of years ago, we’d been wanting to shoot an engagement session (or a wedding!!) up at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, on Mt San Jacinto. It’s one of our favorite places to be – even if Ashley isn’t the biggest fan of the trip up (longest 11 minutes – each way – ever!). But – for friends like David + Malia, we’ll brave the ride for a gorgeous Palm Springs tram engagement session!

These two are so adorable together, and we LOVE their story. They laugh when they tell this story because it’s definitely not something either one of them were expecting! If you ask David, he’ll actually tell you that he replied to Malia’s Craigslist ad! 😉 But the REAL story is that once upon a time, Malia was living in Long Beach and she and her roommate ended up needing to find a new roommate for the third room of their house. Initially, Malia wasn’t too enthused about considering having a guy roommate (because hello – that could be kinda awkward), but when David came over for the interview – he immediately won Malia over with his fun and outgoing sense of humor. After only a few weeks of living together and becoming good friends, they both realized they had feelings for each other and began to date … and now, here we are!

They chose to have their engagement session at the top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway because it’s the spot where David proposed to Malia.

Malia told us that she was flying out to California for her friend’s Bachelorette party, and she’d flown out a few days early to spend some time with her aunt in Palm Springs, not realizing that the Palm Springs trip was part of Dave’s proposal plan. The plan was that Dave and Malia’s dad were going to up on top of the Palm Springs Aerial Tram and her aunt and mom were going to bring her up at sunset for happy hour, and then Dave would surprise Malia at the top and propose. But, of course thats not exactly how it happened!! Dave was flying out that day from Charlotte to Palm Springs and ended up missing his connecting flight from Phoenix to Palm Springs. They rerouted him to Ontario and luckily there was a lady who Dave had met on his flight from Charlotte who also missed the connection to Palm Springs. She said she was going to have her husband pick them both up and then drive Dave to Palm Springs to make the proposal. Malia’s mom showed up as a surprise that day, and they had to rush to the tram because they were supposed to be up there at sunset and we were running late, not knowing that Dave and Malia’s dad had missed their original planned tram because they went to go buy champagne (which totally fits them – ya can’t forget the champagne!). Malia’s mom, aunt, family friend and Malia made it up the tram to have a glass of wine and appetizer, and Dave and Malia’s dad made it up on the very last tram of the day and came out of nowhere!

All Malia can remember saying was “what are you doing here?!?” and “is this for real??!”  because it was totally unexpected! Dave got down on one knee and Malia’s dad handed him the ring and he proposed!

And now they are in the midst of planning their November wedding at Desert Falls Country Club, which we are SUPER excited about! We loved spending the afternoon in the mountains, adventuring with these two and cracking open not one but TWO bottles of champagne to celebrate!

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Hey there, I’m Ashley Durham, a Palm Springs engagement photographer specializing in unposed, authentic and romantic intimate weddings that capture the love, fun and realness of couples and wedding days.

I am happy to serve couples from Palm Springs to Phoenix, and all over Southern California, Western Arizona, Southern Nevada or anywhere else I can drive or fly. You ready to have an incredible time together for your wedding?? Message me today!

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  1. […] couple inside and out, and we absolutely adored their friends + family!!! Ever since we shot their engagement session at the Palm Springs Tramway this past summer, we had been eagerly awaiting for their wedding because we knew it was going to […]

  2. Marilyn Rivas Tate says:

    Hello Randy and Ashley, I am Malia’s mom, Marilyn. I just wanted to tell you how impressed I am with the quality of the the images you took of Malia and Dave. I don’t know if Malia told you,I am a retired professional photographer. Imagine trusting another photographer with your daughter’s wedding portraits, not so easy to do. When she first told us she was getting married, she said, “mom, your main job is to find me a good photographer that will be a good fit for me”. It didn’t take me long to find 3 photographers to show her their websites which I thought would pass my high standards. You both were my first pick because I loved how beautifully you worked with natural light, which was also my specialty, I always used natural light. So I showed her the the 3 picks and said: choose what you want but Randy and Ashley are my first pick. She agreed!For her it was your casual and natural style. So when I saw their engagement portaits I was so happy with the quality of your work and knew we had choosen the right team! Here’s the thing, I now feel that on their wedding day I don’t have to worry about a thing..thats a huge relief for me. I can relax and not worry about how the images will come out… I know you 2 will nail it!!!I will only have a couple of requests to have images taken with certain special people, but we can discuss that later. I am so happy and thank you for your beautiful work!
    Happy mom. Marilyn

  3. Marilyn Rivas Tate says:

    So happy with the quality of these beautiful portraits…Amazing lighting!! and you both look happy and in love :)))

  4. Stefani Ciotti says:

    So totally cute!!

  5. Danielle White says:

    Absolutely remarkable! Just more proof of the love you two share.

  6. Ann Macagna Reid says:

    You two were made for each other. We wish you many Happy and Healthy Years together… Enjoy every minute. Love
    Ann & Richard

  7. Joanne Giordano-Lepore says:

    These pictures are so beautiful. You two make the cutest couple. Can’t wait to see you at your wedding.

  8. Justin Turconi says:

    Haha Dave the third pic of you spraying champagne is great. You look like a kid on Christmas, Malia’s just like oooh Dave lol. Great pics you two!

  9. Danielle says:

    Absolutely remarkable! Just more proof of the love you two share.

  10. Donna Reid says:

    Wow…beautiful , loving & payful pics…great photos

  11. Susan Carroll Starr says:

    Beautiful!!

  12. Marissa Stendel says:

    Love love love! Such a beautiful backdrop!

  13. Jill Marie says:

    You guys, these are SO so so beautiful!!! Love the surroundings and how natural it all is- beautiful work!!!

  14. Emma Wondergem says:

    This is too cute! Love you both 🙂

  15. The Original Dave says:

    Beautiful! She makes me look good!

  16. Misty says:

    Oh man!!! It looks like that 11 minutes is SO worth it. It’s gorgeous up there!!!

Heyyyy ... I'm Ashley Durham and I'm a luxury wedding photographer in Phoenix, but I travel all over Arizona and the desert southwest to hang out with the most incredible people. I am obsessed with puppies, extra hot coffee, sunrise and firmly believe that love conquers all.

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