kristin and erik: durham engagement photographer

these are my fabulous neighbors--and this is their fabulous engagement session!



I loved that the whole time we were doing the session I just kept thinking "they are so in love!" Too cute, huh?

I can't wait to share their wedding with you!!

ashley and marshall: dallas engagement photographer

marshall contacted me a few months ago to see if I would come to Dallas to shoot his and Ashley's engagement photos, and I couldn't've been more flattered! he and I knew each other in college at The University of Tulsa and had only been in touch on Facebook since. He said he knew I would put them at ease, and I think I did, because we spent the whole time cracking up! :)

I mean, probably a third of the pictures I took look like the one in the upper right hand corner--where both of them are laughing! You can tell they really have fun together!



And the black and white sheep--well, there's a story. And the short version is that they're special to them and that Marshall is the "black sheep"--so of course these sheep had to make a cameo! I love it when clients bring object that have special meaning to them--it adds so much to the photos!





this is one of my favorites--and one of theirs too. such sweetness!


and is this adorable or what?


you all were such a delight, thanks again for letting me be a part of your engagement celebration!!

karen and rich: durham engagement photographer

this is my friend karen and her fiance rich. I've known karen for...let's see...well, I guess we met four years ago. we bonded over graduate thermodynamics taught by a man who was, literally, from transylvania. and had a dracula accent. it was excruciating--we cried together and laughed together (at tests. while taking them!) and celebrated the final by enjoying both icecream and beer. it was THAT bad.

anyway, after that horrible shared experience we talked sometimes and tried to get together, but nothing ever ended up working out, really. but then she was leaving for england to go to grad school for a year and I *had* to attend her going away party.

and during the year she was across the pond we emailed and talked more than we had in the previous three years! (not counting all things thermo) and then one day I got the BEST email! rich had proposed, they were getting married in the states and she wanted ME to do the honor of photographing her wedding!! and, could they please please get some engagement pictures while rich was visiting?

um, YES, of course!

so (and sorry for the all the words, I promise there will be pictures in just a sec!) when talking locations, with karen and rich half a world away, I asked where they met and if there was anything special to them. they said that they met for the first time at a train station: this train station...



so we went to the new amtrak station in downtown durham!



this is my favorite from the whole session--just look how happy they are!


we tried to kind of re-create their real life meeting--rich saw karen before karen saw rich--see?


see that rock in their hand (I mean the one in their hands, not the one on her finger!!)? on the day rich proposed he saw the rock on the ground right near where he asked her--and it looks kind of like a heart. SO sweet!


and I LOVE how sweet they are--and check out those chuck taylors!


doesn't the bus station bench look awesome in this one?


so precious. so romantic. so THEM. :)


karen and rich, thank you so much for sharing your story with me and for asking me to be a part of your big day! and rich I am so excited for you to move here SOON! I look forward to sharing many beers and dinners out with you two! and I can't wait for your wedding in april!!

[and, fun fact? karen and rich are getting married the week after I am! matt and I have set a date!! can I TELL you how excited I am about how fantastic april 2010 is going to be? I can't believe it's only 5 months away!]

kristin and dave, catching up.

I have been remiss in my blogging. But there's a good reason for that--MY NEW SITE. Same URL, higher level of awesome. check it out!

so, you saw some purdy pics of kristin and dave a while ago. and they just got married last weekend, congrats to them both! here are a few more beauties!!







nice daffodils, yes?





I really had fun with this one. getting to go down a slide? AWESOME!


I love how you can see the love here...


and awwwww.


I have...let's see...three more sessions to blog, and then all the ones from this coming weekend. hope the weather holds. I'll get caught up soon enough!

oooh, shiny!

some beautiful pictures of a BEAUTIFUL ring. I took some pictures of these two a year ago, but didn't take any of just their rings. I wanted to make up for it, so here are some of the lovely images...

oldies but goodies-engagment re-mix

so, I was playing around with a new photo tool that I LOVE, Boutwell's Totally Rad Actions, and I had to try them out on an outdoor shoot from exactly six months ago. to the day! you can see the original images here (though none of these new ones are posted there!), but I played with a few, and here's what I came up with...

on UNC's campus

this one is definitely my favorite of hte three--LOVE the pose and the colors. the brick, the door....yummy!



and sitting in front of a church.




fun, fun, fun! they're getting married in just under a month, so as you look at the pretty pictures think good thoughts for them!

kristin and dave, part one

what a fabulous couple! we took these on a weekday evening as the sun was setting. I'll be sharing more soon! this is just a {ring oriented} sampling I wanted to make. just wait until you see the rest!