Engagement Sessions - ALTMIX Photography

Jul 16

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kyle & chris are engaged!

By Kate Altmix | Engagement Sessions | 11 Comments

for chris, kyle was the girl next door. like, literally. well, actually- across the street. they grew up friends, their families grew together, their brothers became college roommates. it’s so perfect it could be a movie, but how much better is it that this is their real life!?

kyle is a wedding PRO. that girl knows more about weddings than anyone and her ideas are always overflowing with inspiration and creativity! we traded TONS of emails about this engagement session- we changed the location at least four times and the prop list kept growing! thankfully they have a vehicle that fits all of the fun things they brought along- even a couch! we met them at a beautiful private home in buckhead and the backyard was just the perfect backdrop for these images. we spent the afternoon sweating ourselves into dehydration (but no worries! kyle brought drinks for us all! i tell you, she’s awesome!) and experimenting with all of the fun things they pulled out of their car- balloons, flowers, picture frames, quilts, etc!

it was a little different for us to be shooting a session with props but we had a lot of fun with it! kyle designed her shoot to be colorful, happy and creative and we hope these images do her ideas justice! can’t wait for their wedding in october!

first up, some fun with balloons! i love the happy warm yellow she picked!

ok, so we LOVED the balloons…a few more! ;)

check out the colors here! so cheerful!

the property ended in beautiful tall hardwoods and i love the background they created for this next image, it’s hard to believe we were in the middle of the city!

kyle & chris are so sweet together! despite the heat they cuddled and loved on each other the whole time. their chemistry is so evident and their relationship is so developed, it’s easy to see when they are together that they’re perfect for one another.

aaaand, the fainting couch! this piece of furnature is one of kyle’s favorites and it paired so nicely with the tall thin trees! and oh, how they made this work! way to rock it, guys!

MY FAVORITE!

kyle & chris, you guys are awesome! we are so lucky to have met you and we can’t wait to see what fun you have in store for the wedding! in the meantime, hopefully we’ll run into you at church! :)

Jun 25

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katie & blain are engaged!

By Kate Altmix | Engagement Sessions | 6 Comments

katie & blain booked us through the mail so we thought it was a great idea when they suggested we all hang out a little before their engagement session! we met at octane, enjoyed some quality coffee and a little hummus (strange combo? yes.) and chatted about everything. even puppies, my new favorite topic of conversation. katie has a cute and fiercely loyal mini australian shepard and while we were there we laughed as katie received a reassuring call from the pet sitter to let her know that little mikko hadn’t destroyed everything in their house yet! :)

once we’d drained the last speck of coffee from our cups, we headed over to blain’s alma mater, georgia tech, for some engagement pics. we’d never shot there before- or really even been on the campus! luckily we were with a local- as we shot, blain shared snippets of info about the campus and school as well some of his memories there. it was awesome finally getting to know one of atlanta’s landmarks- about time too!

as the sun sank lower the humidity and mosquitos burst forth as a united force- but katie & blain powered through it! we were all smacking them off of one other between shots but we were still going strong- must have been quite a sight for anyone who saw us! so katie & blain, to you i must say, WELL DONE!

we started the shoot off at a little secret garden area that blain knew about- it was quiet and peaceful, and a great place to get things started:

from there we just wandered, looking for sunlight, cool architecture, interesting plants- anything and everything! katie & blain seemed up for whatever so we tried a few experimental shots so ridiculous that we pretty much all just laughed at the absurdity of it- so thanks guys for your willingness to run between these two trees multiple times so we could get this shot!

the variety of textures and architecture at tech was surprising! there was stone, iron, wood, brick and plaster for us to play off of- sometimes all in one place!

this rock wall was unique too- now that i look at this next image it almost looks like they are lying down and we flipped it up- but really, it’s a wall! the sun was glaring over them but i love the washed out look this image has. and look at katie’s eyes- WOAH! so so pretty!

all it takes is a three foot bed of daylilies and an awesome couple to pull of a dreamy image!

we really liked this reflective building- it’s creates such an interesting background as it reflects the rest of the campus! great idea to swing by these buildings on the way out, blain!

katie & blain, we are so excited to be working with you guys! it was awesome to take some time to get to know you and relax together and i think it shows in the images. you guys rock, hope you love them!

May 14

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sara & george are engaged!

By Kate Altmix | Engagement Sessions | 24 Comments

when i first met skay* she was couch surfing to avoid living in her freshman dorm. she had tossed clothes, books and sketch pads in a bag and was basically living in the apartment downstairs. we became inseparable fast and when a 1/2 room opened up in our place she was the first one called. we spent the next two years watching the zillions of movies her grandfather mailed us- sprawled out on the floor, hands covered in charcoal, bagel bites and art projects creating a disaster that only we could create. it was awesome.

i met george right around the same time i met skay. he played guitar with some of my best friends and when skay moved into my place george moved into a house up the street. we spent many nights half-working/half-watching reality tv- mostly just laughing and relaxing and enjoying life.

just after i graduated and matt and i got married we went back up to athens to visit and found skay and george attached at the hip. they were planning a trip to new york together and, as i heard from other friends, you never saw one without the other. they swore they were best friends and nothing more- and not one of us believed them. finally, after months of rumors, george grabbed her hand and they realized what the rest of us had already seen- that they were made for each other. is there a more perfect way to start a relationship!?

when we found out they were getting married we were beyond excited! they wanted to get married within the year and they wanted to elope. YES. ELOPE. remember how i said they planned a trip to new york together? well, they started dating right after they bought their tickets and ended up having a blast up there together so what more appropriate than a city hall wedding in the heart of nyc? it started as a joke but shortly they realized that, really, nothing was more perfect for them than a small nyc wedding, so that’s what’s going down. they’ll get married this fall with just their immediate families present- and matt & me of course! like we’d let them work with anyone else!- and it’s going to be amazing. TOTALLY their style. surrounded by families that are already great friends and in the magical city they both love- is there a more perfect way to kick off the rest of their lives!? they do things right.

anyway, i’ve talked 650% more than i should have- picture time! george proposed on jekyll island so we were excited to do the shoot there as well!

it’s been quite a while since we pulled off a few one light shots but as we were driving off the island the marsh called for it. something a little fun and different:

skay & george- thank you for trusting us, can’t wait for september! all our love.

*skay=sara. i will eventually learn to call her that but ‘skay’ stuck early on and i’m not ready for change. ;)