Posts Tagged ‘engagement session’
So here’s the thing about engagement sessions. They are SO. MUCH. FUN. I love how laid back they are. There is so much raw emotion at weddings. So much love, so much tears. But at engagement sessions you’ve got two people, completely in love, and it’s just them in their normal clothes and everyday habitats. There’s no crowd, no gowns, no wedding party, no pressure. Just a boy and a girl (and a crazy redhead yelling directions). And it’s all about THEM. About the love they share and what makes them such a unique and incredible couple. I can’t even tell you how much fun this is for me to watch!!!!!! And how much we LAUGH!!! I’ve literally come home from engagement shoots with my face sore from laughing so much. It really is fantastic to see couples open up and be their crazy, playful selves.
All that said, I’ve had a MAD number of engagement shoots lately. What an amazing way to start off the summer!!! I am PSYCHED beyond belief to shoot every one of these weddings. I am overwhelmed by how each of my couples “get” me and how I work..which is the MOST important thing in getting great photographs.
Sometimes crazy fun engagement shoots take a little extra maneuvering, and my couples really step up to the plate. Literally! Valerie had to do some serious pre-planning to get us into Frontier Field so she and Keith could incorporate their love of baseball into their engagement images. But what a great experience that was!!! And Jessica and Clark impressively managed to get their ENORMOUS (and gorgeous!) dog all the way up to my forth floor studio without event! Talk about hard core…
And Stephanie and Micah were right there when I started yelling “AH! There! Light! Underpass! Run! Now! Go!”
And we NAILED it!!!! We make a great team. ::grin::
I love my couples and I am SO excited for this summer.
I love – just LOVE – shooting engagement sessions in Manhattan. The color. The texture. The action. It’s always an adventure.
The great thing is, it just so happens that this year I have A LOT of couples from New York. Some are getting married in the NYC/Long Island area. Some who live down there now are getting married in Rochester. And one couple is holding their wedding in an AWESOME old bank in downtown Albany!
Lots of NY couples means…lots of NY engagement shoots! WOOT WOOT!!! It also means some very strategic planning and a good deal of heated negotiation with the weather man. All of that has paid off, though, ’cause this last trip down was SUCH a success! Allison and Gregg and Leslie and Brad were totally fantastic and, let me tell you, between the lot of us we have some ROCKIN’ scheduling skills. What better way to spend a gorgeous spring day than marathon-shooting two adorable, fabulous couples in Manhattan?!?!
There really isn’t any. I mean seriously. SO much fun!!!! Allison and Gregg, Leslie and Brad, you made my day.
9.17.2009
The shot in the subway, j’adore!
9.17.2009
Tammy this is the session that I totally fell in love with you on….well actually it’s the first one I saw from you but hey it’s still awesome and rockin…you can FEEL the love from this couple. In some it’s like your not there and that’s what it’s all about. Congrats hun!
9.17.2009
Matt looks super. Glad you had fun in NYC. Guess we’ll have to see about engagement shots when you’re here
9.17.2009
These are fantastic!!! How fun!
9.20.2009
You are a true Artist
9.29.2009
Ohhh My Gosh girl.. these are all amazing
9.29.2009
The last one with the boats, the sky, the water…ridiculous!
5.26.2010
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