Sometimes couples don’t realize the Engagement Session is an important part of the experience for the couple as well as the Photographer. It allows a stress-free, dry-run to get comfortable with each other before your wedding day. When you really think about it, I usually arrive at your wedding while you are still in the process of dressing, so it is very helpful to be comfortable with the Photographer before the wedding day festivities begin. Fortunately for me, it’s easy for women to relate and get comfortable with each other quickly, and I soon feel like “one of the girls!” I suppose it also helps that I love weddings, and it’s easy for me to get wrapped up in the excitement of the day that just bubbles over the morning of the wedding!

In addition to the “practice” element of the Engagement Session, this is likely one of the only times you will have a Professional Photographer at your disposal to capture your lifestyles and who you really are. This is a snapshot of you, right now, as you are. The session always provides amazing photos that are likely to be cherished by you both, your friends, and especially by family. Enough of my reasons to have Engagement Photography done, on to the photos!

Since we’ve moved from Monterey to Fresno last Saturday, it seems like much has happened, and very little has happened at the same time. I’ve spent a lot of time working on my business, editing photos, responding to e-mails, and making phone calls. Unpacked boxes, and starting making plans about what to do next. First on the list: Join a gym… more on that later…

Richard is out of town this week. He is an IT Security Consultant by day (my fabulous second shooter by weekend) and often gets flown out to fix problems that I don’t understand. So, since he’s gone, I have the whole house to myself, and all the unpacking to do on my own.

It’s times like these that the girls and I need to get together for Girl Time! Girl time is usually started off with some kind of alcoholic beverage, followed by trying to act cool, and ending with the conversation inevitably turning to boys. Even as I’ve gotten older, the conversation always goes the same way as when I was a teenager. Either way, girls, you need to call me so we can do this soon! I’ll bring the Mead!

This series below was a Girl Time experience a while back during which we found a cool old magnifying glass and though it would be fun to take silly pictures of each other… Fun times… From left to right: Lisa, Me, and Jennifer.