Category Archives: engagement portraits

I can’t lie- when Candace contacted me to do “rainy” engagement portraits for her and Steven, I was over the moon excited!  I have been wanting to do a session like this for sometime and having complete creative freedom just made my heart race!  Shoots like this are why I am a photographer– I can’t wait to see the finished collection hanging on their wall!

Sometimes engagement sessions are tough to get on the calendar and it can get pretty close to the wedding before we can get them done.  For Rebecca and Danny, it was really close… I am photographing their wedding tomorrow!  I am so glad we were able to make the time and i could get to know this amazingly sweet couple!  Super super excited for their big day tomorrow!

Heather has been so excited for her engagement session… I thought at one point she might just pop!  She had the clothes all picked out, the location set and she was ready to go.  And then… Ray went fishing.  The sunburn that followed resulted in a flurry of emails and a reschedule for the portrait session.  I honestly don’t think Heather will ever let Ray forget it!   He was such a good sport about all the teasing and we ended up with a beautiful day in Southwood for their session!

I realized on the way to Michelle and Randy’s engagement session that I have never known a wedding couple so well without having photographed them first!  I have been photographing their little girl Stella for almost a year, but Michelle and Randy haven’t really been in front of my camera until now! Needless to say, I am super super excited for their Pebble Hill Plantation wedding in February!

Engagement portraits are one of my very favorite kind of sessions– we get to hang out with an awesome couple, have a lot of laughs and not once do I have to make a complete fool of myself to get them to smile.  As much fun as photographing children is, getting subjects that can actually do what you ask is simply divine!  So, we had the pleasure of starting our long weekend right with a Friday morning engagement session with Amber & Ron!

Honestly, the best way I can imagine spending a Friday morning is in a field of wet grass in the bright sunshine with a sweet, funny and very much in love couple.  I know most people would want to sleep in and have breakfast in bed, but engagement sessions like this just fill me with joy and excitement.  With an engagement session like this, I can’t wait until their fall wedding!