Mrs. Pineapple, Pittsburgh
Age and Occupation: 24, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Student Affairs Administration
Engagement Date: August 4, 2007
Wedding Date: October, 2008
Blogging Since: April 14, 2008
Venue: The Rivers Club
About Me: Being a transplant from sunny south Florida I am learning to live with all four seasons while playing with our cat collective, line dancing, and doing a ton of DIY projects for our wedding (seriously, like a thousand)!
Engagement Photos
April 23rd, 2008 @ 4:36 pm by Mrs. Pineapple
I had many amazing professors while I was attending Carnegie Mellon, one of whom was photography professor, Charlee Brodsky. After graduating we worked together on the School of Design’s newsletter, Re:View. Working with Charlee is always a wonderful experience. During our 8 months working on Re:View I lived in 4 homes with 5 different cats, a dog, several goldfish, and 4 different roommates. Also, I ran Mr Pineapple’s car into a curb, followed by getting my first pair of glasses, and my first fiance. Charlee was there though it all and we got to know each other very well.
Engagement photos were not one of the things to make the tight budget, but Charlee said she “would love to take pictures” of Mr. Pineapple and I. She is amazing.
It was the dead of winter and Pittsburgh, not a great time for outdoor photos. Unfortunately, we never quite know when winter will end and I was anxious to have some photos shot so I could get to work on our save the dates. Luckily Charlee has a studio in her home. Studio photos are not common for engagement photos, but it is what we had.
She took a lot of photos of both of us as well as of parts of us. Charlee and I are going to work together to put together some sort of composition of the images for the save the dates.
Here are some parts of Mr. Pineapple. He has a hard time not flashing his “cheese ball” smile, which is funny - sort of.
Here are some parts of me. I am so not used to being on this side of the camera.
The shot above was an accident, but it is one that really shows our personalities. I think Mr. Pineapple is dancing.
Mr. Pineapple and I are not very publicly affectionate so being romantic in front of Charlee and her camera wasn’t going to happen easily. For the shot above Charlee said “Ok, now touch each other.” Of course that is what first comes to mind for the Pineapples.
My cowboy boots. I can’t remember the last time I had to tie my shoes and that is pretty great.
One of the few that we can give to our folks as “the newspaper shot”
Anyone else get lovely-dovey camera shy during their photo shoot?
15 Responses to “Engagement Photos”
OMG I love your “now touch each other” picture!
Very cute! I can’t wait to see your STDs 
We aren’t big PDA people either. And when the photographer wanted us to kiss… we bumped heads and busted out laughing… which turned out to be my favorite pic because it’s so genuine!
The photographer did a great job of capturing your personalities. It doesn’t look put on at all, very natural, very realistic, and still very profesional! They almost look kind of gallery - artsy…(I know there’s a more appropriate word for that, I just can’t think of it right now. I’m at work and ready to go home so please forgive)
She got such awesome natural shots that you don’t even notice the studio background.
SO jealous that you had charlee brodsky do your shoot!!! you guys look fabulous — though with such an amazing photographer and a cute couple, that’s not too hard!
Hahaha…I love your photos!
We got shy too. Our photographer kept telling us to sit closer together, or get our heads close together. We were like “isn’t this close enough!?” at about 6 inches apart. We figured it out eventually, though. LOL
This are stellar photos!! They have so much personality. I feel like I know you and Mr P, just after seeing these pics.
I think future-hubby and I will be camera shy too. I was a little nervous, but after seeing yours, I think I’m excited!
these are my favorite engagement shots ever. they just feel so natural. i love them. great job.
I LOVE THEM! seriously they are different and without all the background of fields, beaches, city streets etc. in the usual engagement pics in these you really focus on the important things, the two of you.
I think they are wonderful.
what are you all smoking????
the cute picture is the one where you guys are “touching” very funny.
So this post just made me realize I went to high school with Mr. Pineapple. I’d heard a rumor he was getting married, but of course never expected to find his fiancee on Wedding Bee!
You guys make SUCH a sweet couple, and it really comes through in your pics : ) Great Job!
oh my goodness, I did not expect such a wonderful response! You guys are so sweet. I was kind of bummed that we had to do an indoor shoot, but now I am glad we did
@Kate: Mr. Pineapple feels super famous that he is the topic of a rumor and is racking his brain about which Kate you may be.
GORGEOUS. I loved the way the photos came out!
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