i love teddy and liz.  teddy is my husband's best friend from well, his whole life.  justin love's teddy.  so i love teddy.  and teddy loves liz.  and well, i love liz!  they are such a fabulous couple who just compliment each other so well.  they are like these two puzzle pieces that just fit together perfectly.  teddy and liz have actually been married for almost four years now but never had an engagement session and wanted to have one, so we did!  i loved doing this session with them.  after being married for such an amount of time they just had this comfort level with each other that was just so sweet.  i love the way they look at each other.  i love how much fun they have together.  ok, i think i've said it enough, i just love them!!  

i have been trying my best to get caught up on all of my blogging before the crazy holidays arrive and apologize about the delay between sessions and posts.  all that to say, i finally am getting caught up and do think that i will maybe (don't hold me to it...) reach my goal! 

engagement sessions are one of my favorite things to do.  it provides such a great time for me to get to know my clients before their wedding day that otherwise i would not have.  not only does it allow me to get to know my clients better and for them to get to know me, but it gives them a chance to know what it is like to be in front of my camera.  they get used to how i direct, or sometimes how little i direct.  they get to know what i am looking for in a shot and why i ask them to do something that they might think is silly or weird.  it gives them a chance to trust me. that way, on their wedding day, they can know what to expect.

i am so behind on blogging and have been just itching to get these photos edited and up for the world to see.  i just loved hanging out with emily and erik a couple weeks ago.  they were both so fabulous in front of the camera and just oozed with love for each other.  i am so excited about their wedding next spring.  enjoy some of my favs from their session

so after so much yucky weather the month of october, we were finally blessed with some sunlight!!  i could not have been more excited when i woke up to see this bright yellow thing in the sky.  i have increasingly become more and more obsessed with natural light this past year and use it every opportunity that i can.  if i have a chance to shoot into the light, i will do it.  i love love love love it.  not to say you can't get great, crisp, smooth images out of a cloudy day, but there is just something inside me that screams with joy when the sun comes out and hits my lens.  needless to say, i hadn't had the opportunity to shoot into light pretty much the whole month of october so when the sun came out this day, i took full advantage of it!