Boy do I love me an engagement session, ha. One of the reasons why I love being a Wedding Photographer in Dallas is because I get the pleasure (most of the time) to be able to also shoot an engagement session for the couple. Typically before a session begins I like to sit, relax and just talk to the couple and get to know them a little better. I think it helps us all relax and get comfortable with each other and it helps me figure out how to capture who they are as a couple. I already knew Amanda from high school but I had not met Jon before so it was great to finally meet him and just get to talk a little about their relationship. We spent this session walking around White Rock Lake in Dallas, although you would not know because I didn’t take any pictures of the actually lake this time around, haha. I had such a good time walking around with these two in the evening heat, they were troopers during the session and didn’t complain one bit! I really enjoyed the Black and White photos for this session as you will see below, enjoy some of my favorites!

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I am very excited to share today’s pictures with you for several reasons, one of those reasons was because I had the opportunity to shoot at the W Hotel in Dallas for the first time, and the most important reason was because I got to shoot an engagement session with a life-long friend. Not many people can say they keep up with their friends from elementary school, with facebook so popular now it isn’t hard to find them, but how many have you actually remained friends with? I can proudly say that Vincent and I have been friends since Kindergarten! How crazy is that? I put a little storyboard together ranging from our awesome flat top haircut elementary school days,  our middle school soccer days, graduation day in high school, and ending with a picture of us together on my wedding day.

Enough about me and Vincent, let us talk about Vincent and Alexis. I have known Alexis since high school so it has been so great to just know a couple for so long and then get to hang out and take pictures of them. We have all been excited for this day to come and so glad it finally got here! We first stopped at a park in Richardson so we could get some pictures of them together in the park and include some with their dog. We then made our way to the W hotel for the remainder of the session and it was so much fun to get to walk around and find awesome places to shoot inside! We were also allowed to make our way up to the Wet Deck of the W Hotel and we were able to get some shots of the American Airlines Center in the background. This was semi-important for them because Vincent plays for the Mavericks, or at least that is how I like to phrase it when I tell all my friends, Vincent is on the drumline for the Mavericks home games, so I wasn’t lying to you, he actually plays for the Mavericks! So next time you go to a home game and hear some people banging on some drums you should look over and go say hi. Well enjoy my favorites from this session, make sure you see all 30 of them by clicking the link below .

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Meet Phillip and Casey. Casey and I go to the same church in Forney, Tx and we just so happen to co-lead a bible study full of high school students. Phillip is awesome because he is a singer/guitar player in a worship band named Burgundy Road. This engagement session was unique because I got to tag team with another awesome wedding photography team known as Ben and Chrys Q. They really took the lead on this engagement session while I tagged along since I knew the couple and wanted to have some fun shooting as well. It was so cool getting to work with other photographers, especially ones that have a different style and look than you because we all see things with different creative eyes. I had a blast and I know Phillip and Casey felt blessed to get double the awesomeness of pictures. Here are some of my favorites from our time together. I suggest checking out Ben and Chrys Q’s website for their take on the engagement session. Enjoy!

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I met up with Ben and Jade to shoot their engagement session this past Sunday, although I do not know if you can call it an engagement session, maybe a more appropriate name would be “holy moly we are getting married in less than a week” session. Haha. Well now they are actually only two days away from their big day, and I couldn’t be more happy for this sweet couple. Both Ben and Jade have been around since my very first wedding I shot back in 2007, Jade was a bridesmaid during my first wedding and she was so incredibly helpful throughout the day, while Ben was one of the musicians that played during the ceremony. So it is great to come back three years later and shoot their engagement photos and Jade’s bridal portraits. We started the session off on the SMU campus, we then made our way to the Crooked Tree Coffee House and we totally jacked one of their couches and brought it out into a field near by, and then we ended at the Half Price Book Store in Dallas. As you can imagine those last 6 days before your wedding can be hectic trying to get all the final details in order and get your new home all ready, I was thankful that they could take some time away to relax and just enjoy some sweet time with each other and just have fun loving on one another. Stay tuned next week for Jade’s amazingly awesome bridal session! Thank you so much you two for allowing me into your lives and capturing some special moments. Enjoy.

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I had the pleasure of spending a beautiful day in downtown Plano with Preston and Melissa two weeks ago for their engagement session. I have had the pleasure of knowing Melissa since my college years through mutual friends and both being art education majors at the University of North Texas. I was honored and excited when she contacted me to be her wedding photographer! Here are some of my favorite images from our session while we walked around the downtown Plano square. Enjoy!

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