Soft launching a relationship on social media isn’t a new concept. Folks have been sharing teasers about their new partners - without giving their followers too much detail - ever since social media was invented. But if you fast forward to the last few years, we now have a name for those little sneak peeks into relationships: the soft launch.

Now, y’all know I love being included in secrets and surprises, so it shouldn’t come as a shock that I was over the moon to take the photos for James and Andrea’s cutie lil’ soft launch session - the fact that it was in Santa Monica was just the ultimate cherry on top!