Karlie & TJ Engagement

You've seen this fun loving couple before, last time they were there with their beautiful dogs. This time they are back for an engagement session!!! I know TJ from Camp Ukandu, a children's cancer camp where we both volunteered last year, and plan on volunteering again this year. Just being able to spend a short amount of time with this couple let me know how much they are in love and how perfect they are for each other. Congratulations TJ & Karlie! 

Brooke & Jeff Engagement

This might be the year of the Brooke's! It's a good thing, bc I have always, always loved that name.

I met up with this beautiful couple (and their darling baby girl) in Castle Rock for an engagement shoot. I'm not going to lie, it was a dark day (all day) and we were shooting at the end of daylight, so it made for some tricky shooting, definitely not ideal but we worked it out! You've seen baby girl before on this blog. I will say that spirits remained high and everyone's positive, easy going attitudes made my job a lot easier! Here are some previews: I can't wait to photograph them on their special day...in SUNSHINE! ;)

 

 

Brooke & Tommy

I've known Brooke since middle school. My husband has known Brooke since elementary school! We met Tommy, her funny, handsome, fiance when my husband & I moved up to Tacoma, where Brooke was living at the time. She was a wonderful resource for us in this new town. Brooke & Tommy make a wonderful, beautiful couple. I love seeing them tease each other, and laugh at each other! Please enjoy the engagement photos of this fun couple!

Rana & Tyler Engagement Session

I loved photographing this couple. I could feel the love between them, and at one point during the shoot, I teared up. Which has NEVER happened at an engagement shoot! I hope I can get my act together for their wedding, bc blurry-tear-eyes are never a good combo for photographers. I can't wait to work with this beautiful couple!!

Amanda & David Engagement

 I say this a lot, but I have a great time with my clients. I love my job. Amanda & David are no exception and they are the kind of couple that I found to be hilarious and adorable and I could instantly relate with them. I had a fantastic time at our shoot, and told them so! Work can sometimes feel like...work, but not this day. It felt like hanging out with buddies. AND they brought their puppies and you guys all know how I feel about that. (I would be an animal hoarder if it wasn't weird and crazy). Anyway, I hope you enjoy their engagement photos. I decided to shoot all in film (haven't done that in a while), sometimes when I know that the pressure is off, I like to use my oldschool Nikon, just so I remember how to use it. Film still captures so much more than digital photography! The technology hasn't quite caught up yet, in my opinion.

 If you feel like this picture looks fake, 

it's bc it was. We actually shot in a warehouse

in L.A. ;)

The puppies! 

This was kind of a joke-shot, but those ducks didn't

seem to mind at all!

I met up with T & J this weekend at Snake Lake in Tacoma. It's right in the middle of town, and yet it's this beautiful nature conservatory. I had a great time photographing them and their adorable little boy! I hadn't seen T in a very long time (we went to school together, back in the day) and it was wonderful seeing her. Such a beautiful family. I can't wait to photograph their upcoming wedding in 2013, and I definitely can't wait to see their baby boy again!!

don't they just look so in love?

baby model.

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Oh my gosh. If this doesn't

make you smile right along with him,

then you must be really cranky! ;)

Sean & Courtney Engagement

Sean & Courtney met up with me in beautiful downtown Tacoma for an evening engagement photo session. I first met Sean almost 10 years ago, when I was going to college to UW. It has been a very long time since I'd seen him, but it was definitely a good visit. His wife-to-be is an absolute natural in front of the camera, and it was awesome getting to see them interact. I also have the privilege of doing their wedding photos this coming July! We all nearly froze trying to get this photo shoot done, but that's the name of the game, and we were blessed with NO RAIN (just freezing cold). Enjoy the preview!