Our Engagement Photo Shoot!
/One of the biggest changes that has happened since last year is I am engaged!! Kyle proposed to me on the day of my Shop Harvie launch party (blog post to come) and it was honestly one of the best days of my life. So many emotions and almost everyone I loved was there. I will never forget that day!!!
Ever since we got engaged I imagined our engagement photos and was so excited to have professional photos of us! We don’t have very many professional quality photos so I was super excited to have new images to display around the apartment. I could really just stare at these photos over and over again!! Our photographer Courtney did such an amazing job shooting our engagement session and I am overjoyed with how they turned out. Check out her work at www.courtneymorganphoto.com
Since our wedding is going to be on the formal side, I knew I wanted to do one formal location for our engagement shoot and one location a little bit more fun/laid back. After doing plenty of research and discussing it with our photographer, we decided on the VA State Capitol for location #1. The large staircase mixed with stunning capitol building just can’t be beat! i wanted our outfits to be a bit more fancy for this location and so decided on a gorgeous lace embroidered dress for me and a nice navy jacket/khaki pant combo for kyle. I’m super happy with the way these two outfits looked together.
The day our engagement session was scheduled ended up being a bit overcast (perfect for photos!) but extremely windy. I think my curls lasted about .5 seconds haha. But I didn’t let that bother me and I’m so happy I didn’t! I remember sitting at my desk in the morning just praying it would not rain on us! We got super lucky and had the best lighting for photos.
For location #2 we decided on the new pedestrian bridge down at Brown’s Island. I had seen a few couples use this location in the past and just could not get over how perfect it was. I love the view of the city, river, and the shots on the bridge. I decided to make our looks a bit more casual and opted for a maxi dress while Kyle wore a casual button down shirt and pants.
At this point the windy day had completely flattened out my hair which made it fun to just really embrace the wind/casual vibes and get so many gorgeous shots! I love how the breeze picked up my maxi dress in so many shots.
It really is hard to choose favorites for this post because I honestly love them all. They are photos I know we will look back at for years to come. Courtney did such an amazing job and I can’t wait for her to shoot our wedding in October. Stay tuned for more posts as I continue the wedding planning journey and all the fun days ahead.
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