every september i’m surprised by the power of a couple of cool days to drive me outside. the first day i get to wear long sleeves with my shorts i do a little dance- really, long sleeves and shorts really changes things around the altmix house. for the last couple of weeks, matt & i have eaten every meal on the porch and biked as many places as possible. getting outside and enjoying how beautiful atlanta is in the fall is my favorite. and now to the list of ‘things we do to enjoy georgia in the fall’ i will add, in permanent ink, relaxing in a sunset of yellow daises at stone mountain park. seriously, i’ve never been so blown away by georgia’s beauty than the afternoon we spent with emily & matt wandering through the daises and across the blue-shadowed expanses of stone in the warm setting sun. and actually, i think i’ll add that we’re going to take emily & matt with us- because they are so much fun! they’re adventurous and laid back and up for anything- and they love being outside, surrounded by beauty, just as much as we do. as the four of us walked up to the huge granite bald that is stone mountain, matt & i were both overwhelmed by our surroundings- we actually had to take turns reminding one another that we were going to eventually lose light and there were so many other spots we wanted to try and we needed to move on! we’d been to stone mountain once before- on a foggy, rainy afternoon last summer- and we somehow missed the beauty of it but this time, not one detail was lost. as much as we tried to shoot efficiently, we still shot well into sunset- not realizing we were in complete darkness until we turned to finish the walk back to our cars- what a wonderful problem to have! :) emily & matt were troopers throughout and when we parted in the parking lot i really felt like we were leaving old friends. here is just a small sampling of our very favorite shots:
emily & matt, we had so much fun at your shoot- thank you for taking time out of your limited time in the same city to take some images! we are so looking forward to your wedding!