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sarah & jonathan are engaged!

January 7, 2011 – 10:19 am

three years ago when matt & i first started kicking around the idea of wedding photography we knew two things (and really only two things, let’s be honest): we wanted to capture real moments and we should have a blog. i’m not sure i’d advise starting a business with that vague of a business plan but that’s exactly what we did. so, to start our blog, we needed to know what awesome blogs were like. and that’s when matt found jonathan.

at the time, matt was working as a designer at a small agency here in atlanta and he and one of his fellow designers, after a few weeks of reading jonathan’s awesome blog, decided to head over and see what his startup, monday night brewing, was all about. we immediately gave up learning about blogging in favor of just chatting and enjoying their beer. anyway, then jonathan met a rad girl named sarah and they eventually started dating. matt & i had the privilege of first meeting her at a settler’s of catan ‘party’ (or, for the nerdier more awesome crowd, ‘tournament’) where she very politely let me win. sarah’s a really nice person. since then we’ve shared a couple meals and she is truly such a brilliant person. matt & i feel so lucky that we now have the opportunity to capture jonathan and his lovely sarah’s sweet engagement and wedding. and also, you should click here right now and see what good craft beer is all about.

so anyway, images! we had such a fantastic afternoon shooting with sarah & jonathan- they are an incredible couple. so down to earth, creative, funny and, well, fierce? what i mean is, they work it. one of our favorite shoots EVER ever:

sarah was freezing by the end of our shoot but she didn’t let it slow her down! i love these next few ‘between’ shots of jonathan warming her up, so sweet:

aaaand, pretty much my favorite ever:

***please click here to see sarah & jonathan’s slideshow***

sarah & jonathan, thank you guys so so much for trusting us to capture how perfect you two are together. we really are honored to be a part- can’t wait for your wedding!

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beth & lawton are engaged!

August 11, 2009 – 7:37 am

beth & lawton have been together the entire time i’ve known them which, i guess, is coming up on 5 years now! they are an awesome couple, passionate about one another and also about the rest of the world. they’ve served their peers side by side since the day i met them and i’ve yet to run across another couple so selfless. when we met up with them to shoot we knew they would create unique images full of life, love and, we guessed, lots of laughter as well! bottom line, they blew us away. we shot for waaaay longer than we usually do, exploring every inch of piedmont park and utilizing every little bit of beauty we found in the landscape. and we had nothing to worry about because everywhere we stopped beth & lawton infused their contagiously fun personalities into the images! we laughed with them and did our best to create images that highlighted their deep friendship and love; we are so grateful they chose us to capture this time in their lives!

first up, a little goofing off just as we started! beth and lawton are one of those rockin couples you’ve heard about who play together; they’re both very athletic and i know their future will be full of friendly competition!

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i love how beth didn’t even hesitate when matt mentioned this next shot; really, she seems to be totally happy anywhere as long as lawton is there to laugh with her!

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right on the edge of the park was this old metal building and we spent lots of time there enjoying it as a backdrop!

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but we can’t resist the lush greens of the park! we jumped back over when the sun got lower:

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there are so many reasons we left this shoot smiling and one of them was this next set of images. after discovering lawton didn’t think he could pull off the cartwheel she suggested, beth proceeded to show him how! the resulting images make me smile:

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with a couple as ready for fun and games as beth & lawton there was NO skipping the bright colors of the playground! (or the swings; see the slideshow!)

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we finished up with a few shots with the skyline. classic atlanta!

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***please click here to see beth & lawton’s slideshow***

beth & lawton, we are so happy to be working with you guys! your shoot was such a blast, we know the wedding will be even more awesome and we’re excited we’ll be there front and center (crouched, haha) watching it all happen! you guys rock!

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katie & blain are engaged!

June 25, 2009 – 7:47 am

katie & blain booked us through the mail so we thought it was a great idea when they suggested we all hang out a little before their engagement session! we met at octane, enjoyed some quality coffee and a little hummus (strange combo? yes.) and chatted about everything. even puppies, my new favorite topic of conversation. katie has a cute and fiercely loyal mini australian shepard and while we were there we laughed as katie received a reassuring call from the pet sitter to let her know that little mikko hadn’t destroyed everything in their house yet! :)

once we’d drained the last speck of coffee from our cups, we headed over to blain’s alma mater, georgia tech, for some engagement pics. we’d never shot there before- or really even been on the campus! luckily we were with a local- as we shot, blain shared snippets of info about the campus and school as well some of his memories there. it was awesome finally getting to know one of atlanta’s landmarks- about time too!

as the sun sank lower the humidity and mosquitos burst forth as a united force- but katie & blain powered through it! we were all smacking them off of one other between shots but we were still going strong- must have been quite a sight for anyone who saw us! so katie & blain, to you i must say, WELL DONE!

we started the shoot off at a little secret garden area that blain knew about- it was quiet and peaceful, and a great place to get things started:

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from there we just wandered, looking for sunlight, cool architecture, interesting plants- anything and everything! katie & blain seemed up for whatever so we tried a few experimental shots so ridiculous that we pretty much all just laughed at the absurdity of it- so thanks guys for your willingness to run between these two trees multiple times so we could get this shot!

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the variety of textures and architecture at tech was surprising! there was stone, iron, wood, brick and plaster for us to play off of- sometimes all in one place!

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this rock wall was unique too- now that i look at this next image it almost looks like they are lying down and we flipped it up- but really, it’s a wall! the sun was glaring over them but i love the washed out look this image has. and look at katie’s eyes- WOAH! so so pretty!

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all it takes is a three foot bed of daylilies and an awesome couple to pull of a dreamy image!

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we really liked this reflective building- it’s creates such an interesting background as it reflects the rest of the campus! great idea to swing by these buildings on the way out, blain!

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***please click here to see katie & blain’s slideshow***

katie & blain, we are so excited to be working with you guys! it was awesome to take some time to get to know you and relax together and i think it shows in the images. you guys rock, hope you love them!

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