Marianne and Dave’s first date was at Piedmont Park, so it was only fitting that we make their engagement photos there!  Marianne told me she thought she was totally UNphotogenic… thankfully she was totally WRONG!  She and Dave are completely perfect together, and we had a blast getting to know them better — oh, and dripping sweat together in the hot May (?!?) sun!

I’m kinda obsessed with Marianne’s bangs.  They’re so adorable!

Yes, this is a skyline we had NEVER SEEN BEFORE!  Marianne and Dave introduced us to a brand-spakin’-new skyline view, and we LOVE it!

THANKS, Marianne and Dave, for spending your  morning with us!  We’re so glad you snagged us for 10/2!

I have to give credit to the two awesome couples who are responsible for bringing my friend Melissa into my life!  Melissa was a bridesmaid in Alissa & Ben’s wedding, then a guest at Michelle & Tomi’s wedding… after bumping into each other over and over again, we finally figured it was time to hang out in person.  Melissa’s friendship has become really special to me, and I’m so happy to see her with a man who clearly loves her so much!

Since we became friends, Melissa would tell me all the stories about how much she loved Hunt, and how much she hoped he would propose… SOON!  So finally getting to see her with a ring on her finger was a really exciting moment, and meeting Hunt (who doesn’t live here in Atlanta) for the first time made me see exactly how perfect they are for one another!

A couple weeks ago Dan and I met up with Melissa and Hunt to make their engagement photos.  We started at Atmosphere, where Melissa and Hunt had their first date.  The nice folks at the bistro were kind enough to let us in before they had opened so we could snag a few photos!

Next stop: the Atlanta Botanical Gardens.  When we got to the Gardens, the rain had just let up, and a faint rainbow appeared in the sky!

LOVE the Orchid House at the Botanical Gardens!  It’s perfect for rainy day photos!

We felt like it was only fitting that we be included in the last shot of the day!

Melissa and Hunt, we are SOOOOOOOOOOO excited to celebrate with you two in October!  You are absolutely perfect together, and we’re honored to be part of this journey with you!  OXOX

Pick up the latest The Knot magazine to see a photo from Michelle and Tomi’s E-Shoot! They took advantage of their engagement photos to also create Save-the-Date photographs that we used for their custom Save-the-Date Cards! The idea is featured in The Knot’s “Photo Trends” article on page 117.

This is The Knot: Georgia, but we’ve heard that the same article is in other magazines throughout the country. We’d love to hear from you if you’ve stumbled across this photo in another state! :)

The oh-so-fabulous Lauren Wright is engaged! I’m so thrilled to be photographing her marriage celebration with the love-of-her-life Robert. Lauren and Robert already had their engagement photos made by the super-talented Florida photographer Scarlett Lillian, but I wanted to spend a little bit of time with them myself before the wedding day, so we met up for a few photos at my favorite-ever Christmas tree farm down in Hampton. I’ve known Lauren for a while, but this was my first opportunity to meet Robert. It was so obvious right from the get-go that he and Lauren make complete sense together. Their love is the real deal, and I am completely honored to be part of such an amazing part of their journey together!

Amanda and Graham are just precious together! Amanda is teeny-tiny, and Graham is 6′5″, but they fit so perfectly with one another. They both laughed their way through our entire E-Shoot, and really just couldn’t get enough of one another. We’re SO excited to be their photographers!

This was part of an art installation downtown, and we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make Amanda and Graham part of it:

Initials?

THANKS, Amanda and Graham, for giving us your Sunday afternoon!  You two are WONDERFUL!

When I found out that my sister’s Chi-O sis Ricci had gotten engaged, I knew immediately that I wanted to take her engagement photos! She and Jacquelyn were on board, but they were both COMPLETELY nervous! To take the edge off, we stopped at Grant Park’s Dakota Blue for some cheese-covered tater tots (YUM!) and a couple of drinks before we started any picture-taking. I snuck behind the bar for this series of the girls taking a couple Lemondrop shots:

On to the park! They may have felt nervous, but Ricci and Jac were also super-smiley and so FUN to hang out with!

Jacquelyn proposed to Ricci, but Ricci plans to reciprocate with a fancy-schmancy ring for Jac as well.  In the meantime, she’s wearing an adorable plastic band that Ricci gave her when they were first dating.

This is my favorite:

While we were out, my sister Katie called!  Of course she had to talk to Ricci:

Goobers:

Ricci and Jac, thank you SO MUCH for letting me photograph you!  You are so wonderful together, and I know you have years and years of laughter and happiness ahead of you!  {{HUGS!}}

We do most of our E-Shoots in Atlanta, so it was really fun to drive up to north Georgia for Rachael and Caleb’s E-Shoot! One of their family friends gave us free reign of their property, complete with an historic old home, vineyard, and apple orchard! We couldn’t have asked for a more beautiful location or a more perfect day. To complete the picture, Rachael and Caleb are absolutely gorgeous themselves, and so completely in love with one another it just spilled over into all of their photographs! I had a hard time narrowing it down for this blog post, but I finally selected some favorites. We can’t wait for their wedding next year!

We’re so happy to be photographing Julia and Carson’s wedding next year!  They claim to be totally awkward in front of the camera, but we LOVED photographing them!  Carson lives in Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood, so we headed out past Phillips Arena for photos…

This is one of my favorites:

Another favorite:

More wonderful Atlanta graffiti!

I think they look like a magazine ad in this one:

We got in a little bit of trouble for trespassing, but this skyline view was totally worth it!

Julia and Carson, we can’t wait to celebrate with you in the spring!