California
Honeymoon session · San Diego
In short
Honeymoon session in San Diego starts at $395: 90 min on location with a photographer who works in San Diego, and 50 edited photos delivered to a private gallery within 5 business days.
Why choose Honeymoon session in San Diego?
A honeymoon session in San Diego is a 90-minute sunrise or sunset shoot at two locations, one of them away from the resort, delivering 50 retouched photographs within five business days, priced from $395. Most honeymooners here stay on Coronado, Mission Bay or in La Jolla, and each of those has a natural second stop within a short drive. La Jolla is the most requested of the three, because the cove, the sandstone bluffs and the sea lions sit within a few hundred yards. Those sea lions are also where the rules are strictest, and a honeymoon plan that ignores them ends with a citation rather than a photograph.
Worth knowing about San Diego
The City of San Diego closed Point La Jolla and Boomer Beach year-round in 2023 under a California Coastal Commission permit, leaving only an ocean access corridor for swimmers, and enforces it with citations. Sea lion pupping there runs from early May to October, so a San Diego honeymoon session in La Jolla frames the colony from the public walkway rather than walking down onto the rocks.
What does the session in San Diego look like?
- La Jolla Cove and the coastal walk
- The clifftop path above the cove at sunset, with the sea lion rocks photographed from above on a long lens.
- Windansea Beach, La Jolla
- Sandstone reefs and the thatched surf shack, a quieter second location a short drive south of the cove.
- Coronado Beach, public stretch
- Flat sand and the turreted hotel behind you at sunrise, on the public beach past the hotel’s line of hot coal bins.
What does honeymoon session in San Diego include?
- 50 retouched photographs
- Sunrise or sunset session, planned around your location
- Two locations, including one away from the resort
- Private online gallery within 5 business days
- Print release for personal use
FAQ — Honeymoon session in San Diego
Can our San Diego honeymoon photos include the La Jolla sea lions?
Yes, from a distance. The City of San Diego keeps Point La Jolla and Boomer Beach closed to entry all year, and approaching or harassing sea lions breaks the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. A San Diego honeymoon session photographs the colony from the public walkway above the closure, using a long lens so the animals stay soft in the background.
Sunrise or sunset for a San Diego honeymoon session?
Sunset for La Jolla, where the coast faces west and the cliffs light up in the last hour. Sunrise for Coronado Beach, where the sand is nearly empty and the low sun rises behind the hotel, rimming the couple against the surf. A 90-minute San Diego honeymoon session can cover one coast at either end of the day, but rarely both.