Weddingbee

Mr. Deviled Egg and I finally set a date for our engagement photo session and I’m really excited about this! While I would liked to have already had this out of the way, life happens and the next available opportunity, based on our schedules and that of our photographer, will be just a few days before Christmas.

We are planning to use the Pittsburgh skyline as our backdrop, but for that time of year, I’m not quite sure what to expect as far as the weather. Chances are it will be cold, but it was maybe two years ago when we were able to go without coats on Christmas. (Weather in Western PA is weird!) If it’s going to be a winter engagement photo shoot, I’m kind of hoping for snow. Not the icy, slushy, and messy to drive in snow. I’ll take the big, soft flakes that blanket the ground. You know, the kind that come down slow enough you can catch them with your tongue.

Just look at how great the snow looks in these engagement photos:

 
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I’ve shown you our urban shots, so now it’s time for some fun! All of these were taken at the Tennessee State Fair.

We changed into some more casual outfits, and I pulled my hair into pigtails. My make-up was still holding up (i.e., I hadn’t rubbed my eyebrows off yet).

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When we decided where we wanted to have our engagement photos taken, we knew we wanted somewhere fun. We love amusement parks, but there aren’t really any that close to here now that Opryland has turned into a shopping mall, so we decided to schedule our session during the state fair. However, I always loved the textures of urban shots, so one afternoon in September, we met our photographer, Kate Crafton, in downtown Nashville for the start of our engagement session. Whitney Lowe, whose work you saw in my hair and make-up trial, did my hair and makeup for this as well. Forgive the number of pictures; there were so many great ones, I couldn’t really narrow it down!

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Coming soon… our engagement photos!

Photo by Kate Crafton for Studio 5 Photographic Artists.

Next Tuesday is a BIG day! It’s not only Election Day (woohoo!), it’s also the day we’re taking our engagement photos. Sadly, according to Weather.com, it’s also likely to be a rain day in Cambridge, Massachusetts:

Oh well. Mr. HC and I wanted photos that captured our beloved New England, and I guess we’re getting exactly what we wished for, capricious weather and all! No way are we going to let a little precipitation spoil our fun. And maybe if we’re lucky, we’ll even catch a rainbow.

Plus I love rain gear. Look at how adorable this couple looks smooching under their umbrella:

[ErinChris Photograph]

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I was so excited to see these teaser shots from our engagement photo session. All of the prep (scouting locations, getting my hair done, choosing the perfect sweater) really paid off! Our photographer, A Girl In Love, is amazing. This is my favorite shot from the apple orchard:

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[La Vie Photography]

* Title courtesy of Leigh Miller; I love a lady who puns.

As I mentioned in my previous post, prior to Weddingbee, I had no clue what engagement photos were. And I’m fairly certain that Mr. HC still has no idea what an engagement shoot involves. But now that we are scheduled to have an engagement shoot, I thought I’d better do some research on how to get ready for this event. I asked our photographer, Leigh Miller, for some tips on how to prepare for an engagement shoot. She had such good advice that I thought I’d share it with the hive. (Bonus: This gives me an excuse to show more of my favorite e-pics.)
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We received the CD of our engagement pictures a few weeks back, and I love them! Here are my favorites:

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Yes! My sister was our fabbbbulous photographer for a day!

Is she a professional photographer?? No.
How much did she charge? Nothing!

That’s right, we shot our first set of e-pics with my very own baby sister! (Well, she’s not a baby… more like 23 years old, but you know the older sister thing.)

It all began with us wanting two e-pic sessions—one in NYC (where Mr. Blush and I currently reside), and another back in Atlanta, my hometown. However, we didn’t want to pay another several hundred dollars, so I asked my sister if she would take the pictures for us! In a heartbeat she said yes, but quickly replied back, “Um… how do you shoot e-pics?”

Although this was my sister’s very first time shooting any type of “non-personal” pictures, she was absolutely brilliant!
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So it’s my day off, and I finally have time to organize and share with you our engagement photos! It took some time to get these together because our computer has been a little out of sorts. A few weeks ago, Champ spilled some wine on our old laptop, and we’ve since had to purchase a new computer. Some of our photos were given to us on a disc in raw format (in CR2 format taken with a Cannon) and I had to figure out a way to easily convert them to JPEG. This may be easy for some of you, but I am completely technologically challenged, and it took me a while! (FYI: I ended up using ReaConverter Pro to convert the images).

A while back, Champ and I met Loun Loun and Grace from Girls with Big Cameras for our shoot which was supposed to take place along the monuments in DC. The girls told us that we should consider taking our photos along the Georgetown canal, and we figured we would trust their judgment. Loun Loun (or L2) posted a few teasers of our photos a few days after the session, and I was so glad we chose to take our photos along the canal instead of near the monuments. You may also recall that the Tiramisus also had an engagement session with the girls, and their photos inspired us to go with them!

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