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Lifestyle Sessions
As we ease into the wedding season, everyone is having their lifestyle (also known as engagement) sessions done! All of my wedding collections include an engagement session. I always encourage my clients to do the engagement shoot because it gives us the chance to work together before the wedding. Not only will you come away with some amazing photos of the two of you but we will be able to develop a sense of comfort and trust between us. It also gives me a chance to get to know you better so I’m not a stranger showing up on your wedding day. Before the engagement session I like to ask…
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Morgin and Patrick’s Engagement
This past week the weather here in Southeast Texas was gorgeous, perfect for an engagement photo session in downtown Beaumont. 🙂 I met Patrick and Morgan at the Barking Dog Coffee Lounge where we warmed up the smiles and the camera with a few images around the spectacular interior – Jody and Tanya have done an amazing job of adding a little swank to the downtown area. Stop in when you get a chance. Patrick said he “was up for anything”, Morgin agreed and that’s all I needed to hear! First, we moved to the street – Morgin and Patrick were stopping traffic; me? I was trying to not become…
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Morgin and Patrick, Part Deux
Here’s a sneak peek at the great time we had this afternoon around downtown Beaumont photographing Morgin and Patrick’s engagement session: After days of rain and cold, the weather was perfect. We’ll be photographing their upcoming wedding in August (we can’t wait!) – I’ll get some more images up soon 🙂
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Morgin and Patrick’s Proposal
Some little girls dream all their lives of being Cinderella, finding their prince, a whirlwind romance, the perfect proposal, followed by the perfect wedding and happily ever after. Morgin was one of those little girls – as she grew up she met her prince – Patrick, who is all too willing to give her her perfect proposal. Brought recently to a ‘dinner at Patrick’s parents’ home, Morgin was shocked when the door opened and all her friends and family yelled “surprise!”. Months of preparation had led Patrick to this moment – he pledged his undying love and never-ending devotion to Morgin, but would the glass slipper fit? Patrick got down…
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Proposal Paparazzi
I have a post I am working on of a surprise proposal I was asked to photograph recently and it got me thinking – for most of us we put so much effort into finding ‘the one’, making plans for the proposal, ironing out all the details so that moment is perfect, hoping she’ll say “yes”… but don’t have any photos to remember the big event by. Let’s face it fellas, the proposal is our moment to shine! Most guys kind of glide through wedding preparations, figuring we put out the effort when we got down on one knee (You *will* get down on one knee, won’t you?), held out…
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Parker and Barrow
I had some fun this past week, attending a seminar and photoshoot put on by John Michael Cooper of AltF infamy. John, whose work inspired the whole “Trash the Dress” craze, was in classic form – teaching, shooting, and inspiring. The day started off mildly, with John sitting down with us to discuss some of his background and thoughts behind his more famous images, then led us through some exercises in photographing engagement sessions. In the afternoon a couple recently married came in and we spent a little time shooting “pretty pictures”: before moving into the more interesting part of the day, JMC’s re-creation of Bonnie and Clyde’s takedown, with…