Olivia + Justin || Engaged

I was so excited when I got the email from Olivia asking if I could fly up to TN to shoot her wedding!  What made me even more excited was that even though her schedule was 100% completely full prepping for the wedding, she actually *wanted* to make the extra time for the engagement shoot.  Olivia and Justin had only taken one photo together, and according to Olivia it was just a selfie.

We decided to shoot the engagement session the day before the wedding since I had already moved back to TX and would only be in TN for 3 days.  We almost ran out of both time and light, but we were able to find a beautiful field to take some amazing shots.  I'm not sure how it happened, but we finished the shoot in less than 40 minutes and on our own terms - not just when it got too dark to shoot.  They were soooo photogenic and I could have kept shooting the whole evening.  All they had to do was look at each other a certain way and they would burst out laughing!

Olivia and Justin, I had such an amazing time getting to know you better and shooting your engagement session and wedding!!

 



 

***CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE FROM THE ENGAGEMENT SESSION***

 

~~LE

Hola Texas! + A Sneak Peek

Seattle.  Nashville.  San Antonio.  Nashville.  San Antonio.  All in one month.  <---- officially the most traveling I have ever done in my life.  I feel like a repeating record when I say "things are so crazy around here" and "my life has gotten soooo busy" (believe me, they ARE. and it HAS.), but no matter how many times I say those words my life gets even *busier* - and I'm kinda loving it.  :)

I am *almost* settled after my move from Tennessee to Texas and realized that I haven't blogged since I got back from creativeLIVE!  I still have some boxes to unpack, wedding photos to edit, and about 1000000+ blog posts to catch up on (including my seattle trip, an engagement shoot and 2 weddings), but I just had to stop in and say "hey", "I'm still alive", and "HOLA Texas.... you sure are HOT!!".

 

Here's a sneak peek of an engagement I shot last week in Nashville, TN.... aren't they ADORABLE!!??  Can't wait to share the rest of their engagement photos!

 

 



 

Happy Wednesday!
~~le

Reiley + Ryan || Engaged

The third time really is the charm - at least it was with Reiley and Ryan's engagement session.  After being rained out twice our third try ended up being an absolutely perfect day.  Thanks for an amazingly fun evening Reiley and Ryan!!

I had a hard time narrowing down their photos because they are just so photogenic, but here are a *few* of my favorites...

 

Click here to view more from Reiley and Ryan's Natchez Trace engagement session...

Happy Friday

~~laura

Catching My Breath ~ May Goals

This is going to be the busiest month EVER for me.  I'll be back and forth between TX and TN all month, so instead of posting goals (which I *know* I won't have time to complete), I'll just post the highlights of my month .... :)

What I'm Looking Forward To:

• Travel - In addition to two 14 hour car rides, I'll be flying twice this month.


• Photo-shoots with Friends - I'm making a point of actually documenting our time together :)


• Show Hope's 10th Anniversary Picnic - I'll be manning the kiddos bouncy machine if you want to come and see me!


• Prepping for a visit with Brett - CMA is *almost* here!!


• Crocheting toy mushrooms for a friend who will take them to an orphanage!  (more on this later :D )


• Work....yes, I LOVE my job and I LOVE working :)

 

And because I love adding photos in every post, here's a glimpse of Reiley and Ryan's engagement session!  I'm so glad that even though we were rained out twice, we finally ended up with an amazing day to shoot!



 

~~laura elizabeth