December 4, 2012

Rachel+Matt (and Jade and Mernerner)

This is the first engagement shoot that I’ve done where a ceramic alligator has been present, and I must say it was very fulfilling to have him there.

Rachel is perhaps the most giggly girl I’ve met. Always happy, always excited. Matt is Rachel’s cool calm, but is also always happy, always excited, just very cool and calm and collected about it. Jade is their super cute puppy who is not cool or calm or collected, but is VERY EXCITED. Mernerner is their ceramic alligator that Matt painted for Rachel while they were dating (he is a piggy bank alligator) who is the most cool, calm, and collected of the bunch (because he is ceramic).

Together we romped around the park and took engagement pictures. Rachel taught me that packing clothes for the holiday trip to your parents is best done in Tupperware (Rachel – I did this when I went home for Thanksgiving, and I could fit 50% more in there than I could in my giant suitcase and it was awesome). Matt taught me about kayaking (they met while Matt was teaching a class). Jade taught me that TREATS ARE AWESOME. And Mernerner taught me to save for retirement. It was awesome and Geoff and I can’t wait for their wedding next September!

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November 26, 2012

Danielle+Emry // Engaged in Raleigh

Danielle and Emry are getting married at Disney World right before Christmas, so it was only fitting that they run around their engagement session with mouse ears, right? Right. I was there to help document the running around and to try and keep up with their sci-fi conversations regarding movies, books, and genetic modifications (where’s Geoff when I need him). They’re also big fans of cheese to which I can totally relate, and to which it was also very appropriate to bring along the mouse ears (they didn’t bring anything with them but the ears, so in an effort to not loose them, I wore double mouse ears around the park. At one point I asked them, “Where are the mouse ears?” to which they replied, “They are on your head.”).

I had an awesome time wearing dueling mouse ears and climbing on things and taking pictures while some dude drinking something out of a paper bag followed us around for a while to see what we were doing (it’s not an engagement session without this guy at every. location. ever.). I wish we could be at Disney World with them in December but a clash of schedules is keeping us away, so I’ll wish Danielle and Emry the best wedding ever and to totally ride the Tower of Terror for me because I hear that is awesome.

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November 21, 2012

Kirsten+Michael Are Engaged in Durham

Kirsten and Michael are the winners of the worst weather to photograph anything in for the year of 2012 so far! Congratulations, guys? ;) Outrageously overcast, freezing, and raining, but these two did an amazing job of keeping each other warm and me entertained and being troopers through it all.

Both from different countries (Michael from the US with Kirsten from South Africa), they met at a wine tasting at the West End Wine Bar in Durham and bonded over their love of wine (they really, really like wine… but are very, very picky about it because they know a whole, whole lot about what’s good and what’s not). They wanted fall leafy pictures and to incorporate wine. So we ended up at the Wine Bar, but before that, they opened what Kirsten referred to as “the PBR of all wines” for a celebratory wine explosion in some alley somewhere (don’t worry – they didn’t do too much public drinking and they recycled the bottles). It was great.

They also drove me around in Michael’s car which is permanently tuned to the Pearl Jam channel of satellite radio as he is one of two grooms next year who have an undying love for Eddie Vedder that rivals my own (Are you reading this, Nick Pastore? Michael and Kirsten were at the same Pearl Jam concert in Atlanta as you a few weeks ago. Creepy client coincidences!). I had such a great time with these guys… they’re super nice and funny and both totally brightened up this otherwise dreary day with their awesomeness! Yep, I said it.

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