Autumn and Ryan :: in love :: Atlanta Engagement

This was a somewhat unique photo session. No, not in the way it was shot since that was done in my usual way of doing everything in my power to capture the love between two people. 

No, this was different in the way I processed the pictures after the shoot. I had a special request from the soon-to-be bride and groom to give the pictures a little extra funky touch. . .so I obliged their wishes and took each section of our time together and processed it in a way that I felt added to the feel of the shoot. I hope you like it as much as the couple did.

We started out at this really cool "beer bar" in Little Five Points 

where they have spent a good bit of their time while dating. 

 I was in love with the decor.

 This is a favorite of mine.

 We walked down Little Five Points and got a few shots on our way to one of their other regular spots. . .

Right in front of the Variety Playhouse you can see on the left that we had a little interest in our photo project.

 This was a fun background to shoot against.

 Left is Spencer's point of view and right is my point of view.

We had to get some fun shots against the graffiti walls. Some of Ryan's favorites.

Next stop was Joe's. Awesome little coffee shop where I got an amazing peach icee drink of some sort that tasted just like drinking a real peach.

 This is definitely one of my favorite ring shots. . .

 . . . which is a close race with this one. I love playing with focusing on the ring that binds. ;)

After that we headed over to the park where Ryan proposed to Autumn which was also the place where they finally met after running in the same circle of friends for so long.

 We caught the last few rays of sun while we were there giving such lovely glow to the images.

 Seriously, a FAVORITE!!!! Her eyes are amazing.

 Heeheee, cuteness personified.

Our last stop was this awesome little bookshop, the Atlanta Book Exchange located at 591 N Highland Avenue Northeast; Atlanta, GA 30307-1438 

Autumn found the perfect book for her to peruse.

 I would definitely say that we had some fun while here.

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Preview :: Bridal Shoot :: Atlanta Photog Meetups

Have you ever stopped and wondered how in the world did I start thinking about this? Then you retrace your thoughts back to square one and sit there shaking your head at how completely random your thought process is?

Sometimes events in your life can work in a similar vein. I can not even begin to tell you how I started reading half of the blogs that I do. One link led to another link that led to another is usually how it goes.

One such blog is that of Chris and Allie Bartelski of "the reason". One day I found myself on their blog viewing this post and I was in love so I commented on it to tell them so. To my surprise, I got a response from Allie that same day thanking me for checking them out.

Due to the amazingness of their photography that I admired, the inevitable internet stalking began, and I became Facebook friends with Allie as well. Then she let me know about this group they started on Facebook for the express purpose of local area photographers meeting up and talking and networking and all that good stuff. Awesome, awesome, awesome. I love meeting new photographers and picking their brains, as morbid as that expression is.

Sooooo, long story short, we had one such meeting this Tuesday up in Atlanta and it was arranged not only to meet new photographers but to have a kick butt "trash the dress" shoot. Needless to say it was {{say it with me now}} AWESOME!

Despite the freezing temperatures, the models were real troopers and we all had a blast. I haven't had the chance to work on too many but I wanted to get a few up kind of as a preview so I picked several.

This first picture is not really what I would consider my style as much but it stood out to me and I had to add it in the preview. I think it's Angela's piercing gaze.

Photographing Michelle made me realize all over again that I wish I had red hair and freckles. {{sigh}}

I have to say that this is definitely one of my favorites.

The lens flare was not always my friend on this photo shoot but in this case, I think I just might forgive it.

I really am endeavoring to get better about blogging so look out for some more posts coming soon. Until then. . .

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