Weddingbee Blog

We finally took our engagement photos back in late October. After 9 months of engagement, I was getting antsy, and scheduled them about a year before the wedding.

The weather had been crappy, rainy and cloudy the week we scheduled to take the photos. The Midwestern fall foliage was still in full display, which I was happy about, but I was worried we’d have to reschedule. Miraculously, on the day-of, the rain stopped and the clouds began to clear about mid-way through our session. It was nice that we were able to get a bit of sun flare in our pictures – one of the many aspects of our photographer’s style that I loved.

After we had our pictures done, I had stalked Lisa’s blog regularly (I do this anyway) waiting for our pictures to appear in a post. I knew she had been super busy with weddings in the weeks prior to our engagement photos, so I was expecting to wait. Finally, after about 5 weeks, a lovely surprised popped into my inbox in the form of “Miss A, your pictures are done and you should check out the blog for a sneak peek.” SCORE!

We ended up taking our photos at a local park and in a historic part of town – we were looking for something different than what everyone else was doing (i.e. not Forest Park). Plus, I seriously loved that Lisa was up for our fun props! We could not be happier with the result, and I am beyond thrilled to share them with you!

Of course, we had to bring one of the dogs!

Big red balloons! Our favorite!

Hello sun flare (there are more where this came from, too)!

Ahh… the fall colors in the Midwest!

A million thanks to Lisa Hessel for her skill and for taking these gorgeous photos!!

Was there a particular element that you really wanted to have included in your engagement pics? What was it?