Wedding Post #1: Engagement Session

by Brooke on June 23, 2009

Last weekend my little brother Tyler was married to his adorable Lisa! They are such a wonderful couple and we are so happy for them! This is most of the reason why I’ve been MIA here at the blog, because weddings are a lot of work. :) I’ll post more about the big day later but for today I wanted to share their fun engagements. I was so thrilled to do their engagement photo session and we had a total BLAST together. Ty and Lisa are so photogenic, so it’s tough to take a bad picture of them. :)

Of course, it was a rainy evening this particular night in early May (and it rained their whole wedding day too–I’m sensing a theme here!) but we made the best of it I think. Ugh, though I’m not super happy with how the color/clarity/saturation of the images look here on the blog for some reason–but they look great on my calibrated monitor and really printed up beautifully. We enlarged all of these favorites and mounted them on foamcore with a wide 3 inch border and hung them all around the reception.


Aren’t they a beautiful pair?? I love them! :) They are perfect for each other. I’ll post their wedding announcement and official engagement photo next, along with some pictures from their wedding day.

But for today, we will be enjoying the lovely weather! After 3 weeks of rain, it sure was nice for the kids to play in the water most of the day yesterday and for a fun family bike ride last night. Is it finally going to feel like summer?? Hooray!!

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Brooke June 23, 2009 at 11:43 am

LOVE THEM!!!! The pics are GREAT!!

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emily mcd June 23, 2009 at 12:32 pm

Love love love how you really captured this darling couple! They are so great and you are SO talented!

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Heather Ridge June 23, 2009 at 1:07 pm

Love these, where were these taken? I wish I could have been there last week for their wedding.

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Valerie June 23, 2009 at 2:39 pm

While they are definitely a beautiful couple, I think the PHOTOGRAPHER had a lot to do with the beauty of the shots! You are so gifted!

Hope all is going well and glad to hear that you are having some drier weather.

Blessings to you from Kansas,
Valerie

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Katie June 23, 2009 at 3:19 pm

You did an AMAZING job!!! Good work! I'm sad that we missed the reception. We had family visiting, and couldn't get away! Hope it went well (despite the RAIN!!!!!)

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onememoryatatimephoto June 23, 2009 at 6:15 pm

WOW! WOW! WOW! Is all I can say! You did an incredible job! What super fun pics! I can't wait to see any more you took. You are amazing!

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emily June 23, 2009 at 6:38 pm

wow, i wish i were getting engaged all over again. :) dang you're good.

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Lynndi June 23, 2009 at 9:02 pm

Great job on the pictures!!! You are very talented. Have you started an official business yet?

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Jen F. June 23, 2009 at 9:15 pm

You did an awesome job on those pics!! So cute :)

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JennyFer June 23, 2009 at 9:20 pm

You are so good Brooke, I love looking at your photos, you are so talented. And double yay for the sun too, I'm so happy to finally see the sunshine!

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Emilee June 23, 2009 at 11:05 pm

HOLY COW! You are incredible- but we already knew that. These are FABULOUS photos; the variety, locations, colors, etc… It's all wonderful!

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Tori June 23, 2009 at 11:24 pm

I totally know your brother! I think that we went to USU together? Anyways I love the pictures that you took and would love to know where you took them!

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Gina June 23, 2009 at 11:53 pm

These are crazy good. Why again do you not take pictures ALL THE TIME?? Out of control good. Good eye. And….I love the creativity of the shots. The only thing I don't like is that there are too many great ones to choose from. If I were them, I would have to have an entire hallway dedicated to engagement.

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Preds Girl June 24, 2009 at 10:29 pm

They ARE a beautiful pair!! And you take spectacular photos!

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Neil and Lara June 25, 2009 at 6:48 am

Your photography skills are amazing! I loved these photos! They look great!

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Natalie June 25, 2009 at 1:15 pm

Yay! I love them too! I know it helps to have beautiful subjects to work with but you did do an awesome job on the pictures. They were so dang cute. I love the one of Lisa in the chair with her shoes out to the side. You do some fine work. :)

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susan June 26, 2009 at 12:52 am

AWESOME!!!

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Julie June 29, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Love them all. They're so cute together and you did a fantastic job. They looked so great at the wedding.

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mari_contrary June 30, 2009 at 6:31 pm

Ok, I ADORE these pictures – so cute!! I just came across your blog today. You're in Utah right? I'm in Cali but am going to visit family up in Utah in a couple of months, and wanted to do some family pictures while I'm there (my son is a year old and we STILL don't have any! ah!). Do you ever do sessions for paying customers? Please email me and let me know mari_contrary@hotmail.com

mary

p.s. happy anniversary! :)

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Steph H July 19, 2009 at 5:01 pm

Hey Brooke, I'm Tyler's friend (steph brown) from high school. I love your blog. You are the epitome of creative and I love seeing what projects and crafts you come up with. You did such a GREAT job with Tyler and Lisa's engagement pictures! I loved the announcement and was impressed with all the great shots at the reception. Should've known you were behind it (were you also behind all those cute colorful candy jars? wish I had my camera!). Anyway, great work! If I wasn't already married I would've hired you to do my engagements! I love the scenery and texture and color and charm of them all. TALENT!!

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supermombritt July 20, 2009 at 2:07 pm

Super cute of course. Would we expect anything less from brookiewookie? I don't think so. Where did you take this pictures? I love them all.

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