renee & eric are engaged!

we first met renee at one of our first weddings ever and we have seen her at several weddings since- so when we showed up to shoot her engagement pictures we felt like we were meeting up with old friends. we’d traded emails about the perfect location for them and i actually laughed out loud at renee’s responses- she has such an endearing yet slightly sarcastic sense of humor! as we spent more time with them we got to know eric better too and we could easily see how perfect they are together- really sweet and playful but overshadowing everything else is their ability to make one another laugh. and us too! renee’s stories about her students (she teaches 5th grade, can you imagine!?) and eric’s stories about his crazy friends kept us laughing with them as we captured their sweet interactions as a couple. they are just so down to earth and fun to hang out with! they drove in all the way from augusta for their shoot so we grabbed dinner before their drive back- enjoying the sunset sitting outside on one of the most perfect days atlanta has seen this year. a great way to end a lovely shoot!

so to give you an idea of how awesome these two are: we scouted the below location before they arrived and once we made it over there to shoot the sun was mostly behind clouds. we made a deal that if the sun came out and cast the shadow we liked so much that we would all drop whatever we were doing and run over to capture it before the clouds closed in again. so after a few runs back to the wall where the clouds beat us there i was ready to just forget it. eric looked up at the sun and said he was sure we’d be able to get it soon. so they marked where they needed to stand and sure enough, while we were shooting the above images the sun peeked through! we all ran and made the most of the 30 seconds we were given. eric, thanks for not giving up! :)

the same clouds we were fighting with for the above shot were really stunning from the roof so we climbed up there to grab some really wide, epic shots- this is my fave:

renee & eric, thank you guys so much for taking the time to come all the way to atlanta to spend the afternoon with us! we had a great time getting to know you guys as a couple and we cannot wait to capture your wedding day!