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stasia & andrew are engaged!

stasia and andrew are unstoppable, and we love that about them!  we met them at a well hidden little park in roswell and from the second they stepped out of the car their energy and love was astounding.  they started off with a little football complete with tackles – they just don’t do things half way!  :)  we walked around the park for a bit and how they continued to look fabulous in the heat i have no idea, but i really am impressed!  (glistening would be an understatement for my condition!)  we finished off with a few sweet photos in a little field, just an all around green shoot, love it!  we’re really looking forward to their (no doubt amazing – deep red and goldenrod, yes please!) winter wedding!  here are a few of our favorite shots from the session:

this next image is a little different for us, two shots together, but stasia and i share a little obsession with this tree and i wanted to include it somehow!  for some reason this combo made sense to me…i may be alone, haha!

amy & chad are engaged!

my first trip ever to chipotle was our first time meeting amy and chad, what an all around awesome day! over quite excellent gourmet burritos (their words, not mine, although i do agree :) ) we chatted about how they met, their upcoming wedding (and corresponding killer reception), and life in general. we immediately liked amy and chad.

it was great to reconnect with them on tuesday for their engagement shoot! since they are super braves fans (like, multiple.games.a.week kind of fans!) chad had the fabulous idea of shooting their pics at a game! of course we were up for it, it was a little different, great company and braves baseball – perfect!

we decided to grab a few ‘green’ shots for amy before heading to the stadium:

i really love noticing the way each couple we shoot holds hands. it is always so sweet and uniquely ‘them’ we make sure to get a shot of it each session we do!

we were racing the rain at the park, the skies were darkening and we knew our time was short!

once at the game, matt and i switched gears and shot more like we shoot a wedding – capturing the whole story and very selectively offering suggestions. we also put down the cameras and spent a few innings chatting with amy and chad and cheering for the braves; what a great night!

the bottom did finally drop out of the sky and it rained like crazy! luckily, it didn’t last long and when we emerged from our cover the sky looked like this:

the game finally started and we took our (quite excellent, thanks chad!!) seats. this picture is from the second inning when we were tied with the mets; we pulled it out but it was a little nail-biting for a while!

we headed up to the top of the stadium to take some shots right before we left and though it was dark, we had some crazy stadium lights to work with!

our favorite shot we took in front of the skyline happens to barely include the skyline, oh well! :)

i know chad’s fingers were crossed the whole time that the stadium would work out (since it was his idea after all :) ) and i have to say, chad, good call!

amy and chad, thank you guys for such a great evening! it was awesome getting to know you two better and you couldn’t have picked a more perfect setting in which to do that ;) ! we are so looking forward to the wedding and meeting noah too!

ashley & david are engaged!

i start this post with just a little sadness. engagement session inundation ends here; we’re going miss the great one.on.one time we get to spend with our clients. we’ve learned a lot these last few months doing these shoots but most importantly we’ve decided that letting people be who they are as a couple yields awesome pictures. we love encouraging our couples to suggest a location that means something to them (like the first date spot or the proposal location), bring a fun prop (like an adorable puppy or guitar), and even plan an activity to do while we shoot (like a picnic!). we’ve had an excellent season of creative and fun couples and we couldn’t ask for a better kick off to wedding season!

today i’m really excited to share a few pics from ashley and david’s engagement session on wednesday. they took us to one of their favorite spots outside of atlanta, the ruins of an old paper mill that sherman burned on his march through atlanta. when we got down to the ruins and saw them overrun with ivy (and ants! but we tried to ignore that;)) and perched just beside a river we knew immediately why they love this place. it’s secluded and natural and beautiful, perfect for a couple in love, and perfect for a shoot! ashley and david laughed and kissed and hugged the entire session, it was so cute just to watch them enjoying one another. i love my job. here are a few of our favorite shots:

thanks you guys for a wonderful shoot, you picked a great location and it couldn’t have been more fun! we’re really looking forward to the wedding!

hollee & john are engaged!

hollee and john were just finishing up their meal in the virginia highlands when we showed up to photograph their engagement shoot. it was perfect timing since we wanted to start the shoot at the restaurant where they’d just paid their bill! everybody’s pizza is a favorite spot of theirs; one of their first date’s happened there and they’ve been hooked ever since! we could tell immediately that they were a very athletic couple and they proved it with some serious climbing and balancing skills! Check out a few of our favorite shots below:

this mirror was just leaning against the outside of a shop, it’s as if they knew we’d be coming along looking for interesting shots!

this is where the athleticism came into play, the ledge they are standing on oh so casually is really shallow and about shoulder height off the ground!

a closed restaurant let us sneak in for some shots, i loved the windows…

look at these beautiful people!

so sweet, these two are so playful!

thanks hollee and john for a great shoot, you should know that after the shoot we went and ate at everybody’s in your honor! :)

side note: how do you like the blog and website face lifts!? we’re pretty excited about them, i think they show more personality…whether that is good or bad?! ;) the new photos of us here on the blog are thanks to our awesome friend kate. check her out!

laura & matt are engaged!

laura and matt were the first couple to hire us when altmix photography became official! we owe them so much; their strong faith in us and our new little business was so encouraging at a time when we really needed it! since then it’s been wonderful to get to know laura and her incredible love for others, especially matt. speaking of matt, i must say, his involvement in the wedding planning process is incredible! not only did he suggest the (oh.my.gosh.incredible!) location for our shoot on sunday, he also came up with some fun pictures for us to take while we were there! these two beautiful people make one dynamite couple, enjoy!

matt, you’re the man for holding this pose!

the always lovely laura!

thank you guys for a stellar afternoon and shoot! you’re truly beautiful inside and out!