This past weekend my best friend and matron of honor, Katie (& her wonderful husband, Travis), flew in to take our engagement pictures for us! They arrived Saturday morning and after a quick stop by our house, we were off to our first location.
Red Rock Canyon is beautiful! And I knew it would make for great backgrounds. Unfortunately, I didn't account for how bright the sun would be that early in the morning. I have extremely sensitive eyes (cons of having blue eyes I guess) so I had to wear my sunglasses in most of the pictures we took there. I tried to do without, but my eyes would either be completely closed or so watery that I might as well be crying. We ended up getting a lot of good shots though! Here's a sneak peek from the Red Rock Canyon shoot:
Sixty-eight pictures later, we decided to stop for lunch. Then we went back to our house to relax, just long enough for the sun to begin setting. I had one more location I wanted to go to, but after the trouble with the sun at Red Rock, I decided to wait until later in the evening to head out again.
We went to Sunset Park because there's a lake in the middle of the ginormous park which makes for another great background. We got a little silly here and ended up with some great pictures that weren't posed or planned. We also got a little adventurous with the poses and learned that some things you see on Pinterest just aren't meant to be reenacted. Here's a sneak peek from this shoot:
All in all, it was a fantastic day and we had an absolute blast! I am so, so, so thankful for Katie. Not just anyone would jump on a plane and fly across the country for two days just to take someone's engagement pictures. I am truly blessed to call her my best friend and have her as my matron of honor. Now we both get to start editing these beauties! Once we get them done, I'll share tons more!
And just because I love you all, here's one of my favorites (unedited)!
xoxo
What a beautiful setting for pictures! These look great and I'm excited to follow along with your special day!
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I can't wait to see them all! What a beautiful location.
ReplyDeleteLove your photos!! And It's awesome that your maid of honor and her husband were able to do the photos! - Svetlana @Life with a Side of Wine
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see them all too! Looks like you had a lot of fun! We have our engagement pictures scheduled for October, I can't wait! I want to bring my two dogs with us to get a few shots with them too :)
ReplyDeleteThat's so exciting! I love when people include their pets! (we don't have any) The pictures always turn out super cute though. Hope you post them so we can all see how great they are :)
DeleteAww I love them!! Can't wait to see more! My eyes are also very sensitive so we did some photos at sunrise, and then others at sunset. It worked out really well!!
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