A Secret Garden Engagement

Good morning, world! So Tom and I decided to pack a picnic lunch and venture out into the wild unknown for some photos to send out with our wedding invitations last week. We rose early, showered, made sure to match, double checked that the camera was charged, and headed out. We spent a lot of time driving and the first location ended up being surprisingly inhabited by people, but our second location was much better and it was far easier to get comfortable because it was a deserted public garden. Heaven. I’d love, love, love, to take some people there for a photo shoot where I actually get complete control over the camera the whole time, you know? Portraits of one are hard enough with the remote, but it’s virtually impossible to get the shots I want of Tom and I with a tripod (a broken one at that) and remote. But I’d say we did fairly well under the circumstances. We had so much fun that we made a pact to start a new tradition: once a year (at least) we’d like to go out and take quality portraits like this.

   

Oh gosh, one more thing. Tom surprised me with these really huge cute faux sunflowers and I love them as props. I laughed out loud when he showed me. We used them at the first location though, and I just fell in love with the photos from the second location because we were much more relaxed. They sit together at my desk now, though, and I will be using them again.

I hope you all have a FABULOUS weekend!