this past sunday despite the oppressive humidity ashley and joel rocked their engagement shoot! we met up with them during our favorite time of day, the golden hours, at the savannah rapids pavilion in augusta, georgia. i noticed their connection right away; it can be difficult to feel comfortable with the camera right from the start but these two were so into each other they had very little trouble ignoring the lens. ;) they told us how they got engaged and the way they took turns telling parts of the story was so perfect and sweet, i only know them a little and it made me so happy that they are together! matt and i left the shoot more excited than ever about their wedding day and until then ashley and i will certainly keep in touch thanks to our parallel cooking obsessions! without further ado, here are a few of our favorite images!
ashley and joel, when i said you guys rocked your shoot i meant it!! you guys did an awesome job and i hope you love your images!
stasia and andrew are unstoppable, and we love that about them! we met them at a well hidden little park in roswell and from the second they stepped out of the car their energy and love was astounding. they started off with a little football complete with tackles – they just don’t do things half way! :) we walked around the park for a bit and how they continued to look fabulous in the heat i have no idea, but i really am impressed! (glistening would be an understatement for my condition!) we finished off with a few sweet photos in a little field, just an all around green shoot, love it! we’re really looking forward to their (no doubt amazing – deep red and goldenrod, yes please!) winter wedding! here are a few of our favorite shots from the session:
this next image is a little different for us, two shots together, but stasia and i share a little obsession with this tree and i wanted to include it somehow! for some reason this combo made sense to me…i may be alone, haha!
my first trip ever to chipotle was our first time meeting amy and chad, what an all around awesome day! over quite excellent gourmet burritos (their words, not mine, although i do agree :) ) we chatted about how they met, their upcoming wedding (and corresponding killer reception), and life in general. we immediately liked amy and chad.
it was great to reconnect with them on tuesday for their engagement shoot! since they are super braves fans (like, multiple.games.a.week kind of fans!) chad had the fabulous idea of shooting their pics at a game! of course we were up for it, it was a little different, great company and braves baseball – perfect!
we decided to grab a few ‘green’ shots for amy before heading to the stadium:
i really love noticing the way each couple we shoot holds hands. it is always so sweet and uniquely ‘them’ we make sure to get a shot of it each session we do!
we were racing the rain at the park, the skies were darkening and we knew our time was short!
once at the game, matt and i switched gears and shot more like we shoot a wedding – capturing the whole story and very selectively offering suggestions. we also put down the cameras and spent a few innings chatting with amy and chad and cheering for the braves; what a great night!
the bottom did finally drop out of the sky and it rained like crazy! luckily, it didn’t last long and when we emerged from our cover the sky looked like this:
the game finally started and we took our (quite excellent, thanks chad!!) seats. this picture is from the second inning when we were tied with the mets; we pulled it out but it was a little nail-biting for a while!
we headed up to the top of the stadium to take some shots right before we left and though it was dark, we had some crazy stadium lights to work with!
our favorite shot we took in front of the skyline happens to barely include the skyline, oh well! :)
i know chad’s fingers were crossed the whole time that the stadium would work out (since it was his idea after all :) ) and i have to say, chad, good call!
amy and chad, thank you guys for such a great evening! it was awesome getting to know you two better and you couldn’t have picked a more perfect setting in which to do that ;) ! we are so looking forward to the wedding and meeting noah too!
