Sara & Derek are getting married next June and although I wont be photographing their wedding I was very excited to get to know them and capture this important time in their life.  They knew exactly what they wanted location wise, wore beautiful bright outfits and brought along so cute props so they were SO my kind of people.  I immediately felt a bond with Sara over her love of cupcakes because seriously, who doesn’t love cupcakes!  They were incredibly sweet to one another and both of them just wowed me with their infectious smiles and killer eyes.  I must say at the end of the session I was sad that I won’t be photographing their wedding but they do have one lucky photographer because they are a joy to have in front of the camera.  Best of luck in all your wedding plans and I hope that I helped you nail down those color choices (Sara has been so overwhelmed and not able to decide but we did some major color conversing during our shoot – turquoise and dusty rose, pretty!!!)

Rebecca & Mark are getting married in Dallas next year and I can’ wait for their wedding!  Last Friday we got together at the McKinney Cotton Mill for their engagement session.  This time of year the weather is unpredictable (well, it is Texas so maybe I should say all year) and we couldn’t risk cold or rain as Mark lives in Washington DC and Rebecca lives here.  He flew in for the weekend so he could meet me and get close and cuddly with his woman in front of the camera.  It was awesome to meet Mark and we hit it off right away as we both have something in common, photography!  Mark loves photography and learned using film and the darkroom (like me!) so we were chatting it up from the very beginning of their shoot.  Their relationship has pretty much always been long distance with each of them taking turns flying across the nation every other week to spend time together.  They met years ago but sparks didn’t fly BUT when Mark came back for a visit he remembered Rebecca and asked his friend to invite her out.  It is history after that as these two are a perfect match, their families love them and so do I!  He is so sweet on her and her beauty is even more stunning when she smiles looking at him.  So lucky to photograph people in love.

For the second part of Lindsey & Jason’s engagement session we headed down to Trinity Park and had a picnic!  Lindsey brought lots of cute props and my favorite, J Rae’s cupcakes!  Yum.  We played some guitar, had lemonade and read love poems.  THEN we headed down town to end the day.  It was fun filled, packed with cool things and I LOVE the results.  Here is part 2 of their session and a slide show of highlights!