A Vintage Dress, Fit For a Princess

Anastasia grew up watching Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson each get married and looking at all those old pics from famous weddings in the 1950s and 1960s- it definitely had an impact on her wedding style. In fact, her wedding dress was made as an exact replica of Grace Kelly’s wedding dress when she married the Prince of Monaco. Her dress was beautiful, and definitely one of the most unique I have shot.

The tulips were in full bloom for the shoot- definitely one of my favorite flowers.



A horse and carriage ride was definitely a requirement. :)



Just take a look at that veil and the back of the dress….



I think the vintage feel of this one really fits the dress.



You can see more photos here.



Cute and casual

Here’s just a few quick picks from a recent engagement shoot. Jamie and Peter are a fun, casual couple, and as it turns out Peter was actually my brother-in-law Mike’s roommate a couple of years ago. Living in Utah can be such a small world, as everyone seems to know everyone else one way or another. It was kind of funny though- near the beginning of the shoot Peter says to me in a low voice “Wow, I almost didn’t recognize Mike with that beard on.” I look at him confused for a second, and then make the connection. I laughed and pointed out that it was his brother.



I love all the gold colors in this next one.



Swings and rings

If you’ve been following the blog long enough, you may remember the not-quite-engagement-shoot I did for Mike and Lindsey last year. Weeeell, as it turns out they went to their favorite park a while ago after a nice dinner, and while Lindsey was on the swing Mike got down on one knee and said “Well why don’t we just get this ring on your finger and go home.” Romantic, no?

They’re getting married August 14th in Portland, Oregon. Watch for bridals, and later photos from the wedding.



You can’t quite tell from the photos, but there was a crazy windstorm going on for the whole engagement shoot.



This captures my brother-in-law and his fiancee pretty accurately.



Here’s a link to the full gallery.



Erin and Cole

Thomas and I went on a drive location scouting one day, hoping to find something really special. We decided to head on out to Saratoga Springs, and we found some really gorgeous rustic waterside nature spots. It was a few weeks before the weather cooperated and I found a couple that when scheduling engagements said they’d like to try it out. We ended up hitting a few other places we spotted on the way out there as well. We’re spontaneous like that. Oh yeah.



I am a huge sucker for the huge reeds you get around water like this….



Happiness is smooches on the cheek, didn’t you know?



So much light in this photo, both physical and emotional.





You should check out the rest of the photos here as they become available.