Sarah and Martin :: in love :: Covington GA Engagement Pictures

Whenever a photographer gets contacted by another photographer to take their pictures. . .the pressure's on! Will you live up to their expectations? How will the shoot go?

Well when I met with Sarah and talked to her, I realized she was meeting with me because she liked what she had already seen and that's all I needed to do.

Martin couldn't get out of his head that this was going to be a stiff Olan Mills type of production at first. Once he figured out I actually wanted him to kiss Sarah, he was good to go. ;)

 We started out in one of my favorite places where there is sure to be beautiful even light to get things started.

 Oh, look! It's a he shot/she shot! I will admit, I like his better.

 Kiss her? SURE!

I am in love with colorful doors. Sadly, my own front door is quite bland. In other news, I LOVE how playful they were together. As much as I love the quiet shots like the one above, my heart really belongs to the fun ones with plenty of smiles.

 Oh, Sarah, you are beautiful even if you don't agree. I think you are outnumbered. 

I know that Martin agrees with me.

 While I was changing my camera settings. they pulled this one on me thinking I wouldn't get it. Thankfully, they forgot about Spencer. .bwahaahahahahaha!

 Okay, I am getting tired of being jealous of the cool creative shots that Spencer gets. :/ Nothing but love here though. He likes to say it's because he has a good teacher. . .but he's biased.

 Too cute!

You know, they say certain things get passe and overdone but the way I see it, everything you do is unique to THAT couple because THAT couple is in it and no one else. I love that she was eager and willing to sit down on the train tracks in her beautiful dress. . .and I love this shot.

 :D He did this all on his own.

 Would you kiss her again, please? NO problem.

 See the three below for exhibits A. B. and C. of why I just ADORE laughing fun shots:

Exhibit A.

 Exhibit B.

 Exhibit C.

So this is a funny story. Anyone who schedules a shoot with me may notice that I usually set the time to be later in the evening. This is for several reasons. It's cooler in the summer and easier for Spencer to join me but the number one reason is the LIGHT. I am always hoping that the sun cooperates with me and shows me how beautiful it can be as it retires for the evening.

Unfortunately, this doesn't always happen. In fact, this time it didn't seem like it was going to so we got in the car and headed off for some much-deserved sustenance for our bellies. . . 

So we're driving down the main drag in Covington towards the restaurant when I all of a sudden start freaking out because the sun was, in a word, spectacular! GRRRR! I began searching for a place to pull over because I just HAD to get them with that sun behind them. Thankfully, Sarah and Martin completely understood. That's one of the advantages of photographing a photographer.

The result is how you see below. . .{{SIGH}} I love when the sun shows me how purty she can be.

Thank you so much Sarah and Martin for being rockstars! I think I would have been happy if I just got this shot! I am looking forward to your wedding in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!!!! AHHHHHHH!!!

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Kaleigh and Josh :: in love :: Covington GA Engagement Photos

It's not very often I get a bride SO on top of things that she hires her photographer over a year ahead of time. 

That is just the kind of girl Kaleigh is. She knows what she wants and she goes for it. I am just fortunate to be one of those things she wants. ;) You better believe that I wanted to work extra hard to make her engagement session live up to her expectations. 

With all that in mind, imagine my dismay when I show up at our meeting location 

(Oxford College) and am greeted by pouring rain. 

See what a pretty place it is during the sunshine?

Well, when the rain died down some, we made our way over to one of the student halls for a few inside shots as we waited to see if the sun would grace us with it's presence for longer than a few minutes.

Despite the sunshowers I am in love with this shot taken in the upstairs of Candler Hall Student Center.

As the rain decided to give us quite a break, we made our way outside and first spent a little bit of time in front of Seney Hall. . .

Then we walked around the beautiful campus itself.

I have to explain what is happening in the images below. He wanted me to take a picture of the way that he is in the habit of coming up behind her to embrace her. That resulted in the first great shot, then I asked him to kiss her on the neck. . .well. . .it tickled, resulting in the second image where it looks like he has her in a headlock. I love how things just happen sometimes.

I found out this was one of Kaleigh's favorites and I can definitely see why. What a beautiful face!

This was an idea of theirs because it's an activity they are often engaged in. I loved how it turned out.

I played around with the new Fuji Instax camera that Spencer had just given me for our five year anniversary! Yay for instant pictures!

Not sure if I've mentioned how much I love laughing images. Have I? {{rolling eyes}}

;D

I played around in photoshop a little with this one.

We were hot and tired by the end of our session because we trekked along the nature trail there at the college and you can imagine the mud we encountered. . .but Kaleigh had one last place up her sleeve. . .

It was perfect. I LOVE this big hill!

They were so sweet as to lay down on the wet grass for me when I asked. How incredibly obliging of them!

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