I hadn't met Kristin and Alicia prior to their engagement shoot as they live quite a distance away, and our schedules never seemed to line up. When the time finally came to meet up, we embarked on an engagement shoot, IN OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE! Now I hadn't been to the village since I was in middle school, so of course I was super excited to get the chance to go back! And boy did it pay off, such a great grounds for a shoot! Now enough about how much fun I had, lets talk about how much fun Kristin and Alicia are. You may notice that many of the photos you will see below, are photos of them laughing. I couldn't tell you how much fun and love I was able to be a part of for our shoot. There are a ton of photos looking up their noses cause they are leaning back laughing so hard. I've got to say, I am truly lucky to be able to be shooting their wedding.
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Greg and Kelly helped seal up what is going to be a very busy October 2015. These two are naturals! Seriously, I didn't even have to tell them what to do, they just nailed it everytime! I know their wedding is going to make for an amazing one! I just wish I could fast forward to October because it is full of amazing couples like this one!
I made a long trip down to Mystic, Connecticut for the engagement shoot of Luke and Kara. It was well worth the trip, not only for these beautiful photos, but for the laughs! My goodness these two perfect for each other! Sometimes, watching a couple, you just know. And the fact that there are plenty of photos with Luke having a goofy face and Kara laughing, only goes to prove it. I mean, I even have a photo of Luke flexing some muscles shortly after I asked him for a slightly more masculine stance. Seriously, I cannot wait for your wedding! We are going to have a blast!
"Look for the red SUV covered in mud" I said, and Holly responded simply "Okay." See, we had agreed to meet at a Scantic River State Park. Now I had never been there, but I like to think that with any area, you can make great photos, just have to figure out how. Anyways, I had said to meet on such and such road, well I did not do my research because that road used to run through the park, so Nick and Holly were on one side of the park and I was on the other. So we figured that out and I drove to the nearest main road and told them to look for that muddy truck. I enjoy off roading, and I don't always get around to washing my truck afterwards! It was definitely surprising that her reaction was simply okay, but I quickly found out Nick was an off road enthusiast as well. It was love at first sight with these two, I knew we could definitely be friends. So we explored a little section of the park, and boy it was cold. Poor Holly was taking her jacket on and off for every photo, and I was cold in a coat! But they both were troopers and we got some great photos because of it. After Scantic, we went to a park that was my 2nd choice to shoot some photos at, but I couldn't find any info on it, so I decided to go to Scantic. So when Nick and Holly wanted some photos with their beautiful pups and they recommended that park, I got excited! And boy was it beautiful! We definitely could have done the whole shoot there. At the end of the day, I met two really awesome people, that I could definitely see hanging out with on the weekends! And not only that, BUT I get to shoot their wedding this fall! And that has me seriously excited! I can only hope that they hire a driver and drive in Nicks jeep instead of a limo!!!
I LOVE Steve and Karen. Like seriously, I cannot be happier to be shooting their wedding this summer. Steve and I played phone tag for about 3 weeks, but finally we were able to get on the phone together and book their engagement shoot before it got too cold. The leaves were off the trees, and it definitely wasn't warm, but these three made it warm! I really had a blast jumping in and out of waterfalls to get their shots. Now if you don't know Steve and Karen, you should, because they are too much fun. I have to admit, I couldn't use many of the photos I took because we were all laughing so hard. Either I was shaking the camera laughing, or I was looking up both of their noses as they rolled over laughing (there would have been milk shooting out of their noses if they were drinking it!). What a fantastic couple, seriously, they could not be more perfect for each other, and I cannot be more excited to share their special day!
Jeff and Karla were so much fun to shoot, not only cause they are a great couple, but we also shot in my favorite places. I love trains, and being able to do an engagement shoot with trains was absolutely amazing. I couldn't have been happier, but then we went to another one of my favorite things, waterfalls! They not only looked great, but were shot at some of my favorite locations to shoot. It was an awesome shoot, I hope you like the results as much as I do!
I know I have said that I don't like to shoot at beaches, but seriously, this summer changed my mind about that. Jon and Sarah are so awesome. I really thought I was shooting models. They did most of the work for me. Just a few adjustments and some ideas on poses and their faces did the rest. Loved shooting these two. I couldn't decide which images to share because I loved them all so much. After much deliberation, I found a few of my favorites, and had to resist posting a few other favorites! Hope you love these!
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Kyle and Cara have been long time friends of mine (well Kyle since we were practically born), so when they approached me to do an engagement shoot in Rhode Island on the beach, I could not have been more excited. I love these guys, they are perfect for each other. Beach is usually not the route I take, I am more of a woods guy, especially when it comes to photography. I could not have been more pleased with their shoot though. Seriously, I started having the desire to shoot on the beach after them. Of course I am located closer to the woods, so thats where I still shoot most, and prefer to shoot, but the beach is no longer dreaded after these two. For the 2nd post, I really didn't want to overload you with the 100 photos that I loved from their session, so I tried, very hard, to narrow it down to some of my favorites. Hope you love these photos as much as I love them!
Stay tuned for their Wedding this summer.
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