I’ve posted several teasers of Julia and Andy’s engagement shoot, but I really wanted to show them all. Since there isn’t room for that, here’s a selection of my (and Julia’s) favorites.
It was really fun to plan and execute this shoot because Julia and I were on the same page. (I think we stalk much of the same wedding blogs haha!)
So Julia collected a ton of fun things – old books that she and Andy love, a blanket that was her grandmother’s, the absolute cutest picnic basket – and we brought a long a couple of our favorite things too – an old camera that belonged to my grandparents, some blue mason jars that I’m obsessed with, an old box so we could create some levels… I even brought along our record player, but it’s newer and didn’t look right so you might not see it in many pictures. When we had enough of the picnic, we just walked through the rest of the Arboretum… it wasn’t dramatically in bloom, but we found some beautiful purple flowers and some bright light peeking through the trees. I love the purple and yellow together. 
The next part that was absolutely crucial was selecting the right time of day… 6-7ish is the “golden hour” when the sun is going down and isn’t so damn bright We actually had to reschedule the shoot once because it was supposed to rain on the first day we had picked, and was very grey and cloudy. Normally, that wouldn’t have been a problem, but remember that aforementioned vision we had? It included warm, glowy, lovely evening sun.
see that sunlight coming in the frame? I love this!!!
How cute is this?? I could totally see them on the couch doing the same thing.
LOVE this SUN!
this is so dreamy
silly and sweet. i love it!
it's like they're under the mistletoe. I love how Julia's laughing- it totally shows how they are completely amused by each other
Very gorgeous pics. I like the last pic. most. Really great photography.Keep going on..
Amazing pics! really nice couple like made for each other. I love all the images which are fantastic.
Always Awesome use of lighting and creative framing. Love all the three from the last.