Engagements! A Weekend of Photography

This week was full!  Hanna’s new sched­ule has allowed me a lit­tle more time to sched­ule some long over­due pho­tog­ra­phy, and I have also been busy find­ing a new assis­tant man­ager can­di­date at the “real” job.  From Erik and Iris on Sat­ur­day, then on to Amanda and Eli on Sun­day, I had a full week of shoot­ing sand­wiched in with work.  Phew!  For­tu­nately, putting some time in the dol­drums behind me, I really felt on the ball this week and have pro­duced some of my best pho­tos to date.

Sat­ur­day morn­ing, I met Erik and Iris at Duke Gar­dens for a shoot.  We had been watch­ing the stormy weather all week, hop­ing things would clear up by Sat­ur­day.  Luck­ily, they did, and we had near per­fect con­di­tions for an engage­ment ses­sion.  We had lots of fun and got some great shots that I hope they will love–if they really love them, it could lead to bridal por­traits and a wed­ding down the road, which would be awesome.

Sun­day was another challenge–I woke up even ear­lier to meet Isaac’s god­par­ents at the Eno River.  Amanda and Eli are great friends and are both artists as well (pho­tog­ra­phers, even!), so the stakes were high!  Amanda linked me to some inspi­ra­tion the night before, and I spent some time envi­sion­ing what their pho­tos should look like.  For­tu­nately, I know them both very well and felt com­fort­able that I could show­case their par­tic­u­lar style.  I think I was successful–maybe they’ll still be friends with me, and maybe they’ll invite me back to shoot their wedding!

I owe a big thanks to both cou­ples for  choos­ing me for their photos–I have had a really reju­ve­nat­ing week of pho­tog­ra­phy, and I hope it shows in the photos!