Rob & Emily {Engagement}

Rob and Emily were so much fun to photograph!  Emily is my cousin that I only see once a year, which is crazy because she is awesome!  And now she has herself an awesome fiancee!
She and Rob met on a cruise ship in the Caribbean (I know, don't we all wish we met THE ONE on a Caribbean cruise?!) and 2 years later Rob proposed with a B.E.A.U.tiful ring!  Love was in air as we moved from location to location and Emily did great with the fact that it was windy.  And I don't mean windy, I mean WINDY!  "Swept Away" is a great theme for our photo shoot.  I'm very excited for their wedding next November!

First we did some off-roading/hiking down a very steep embankment to a little hidden gem that I know about.  I love the wood beams in the background...

Look at the way he looks at her... melts your heart!

 Then we headed up to Prospect Park in Hudson.  The lighting up here was fantastic!  So beautiful.

 They are just so easygoing with each other.  I can tell that they are going to love each other a very long time.

One of my very favorite poses for lovebirds :) 

Then we headed down to Main Street to look around for some fun locations.  I think we found some very good ones!  

 And I think this may be my very favorite.  Yes, yes I believe it is.

Congratulations Rob & Emily!  I wish the very best and am so happy to add Rob to the family!

Josh & Holly {Engagement}

Oh, thinking back on Josh and Holly's engagement session, I have to laugh a little thinking of how nervous they were!  It was very cute and I think really added to the easy going nature that the two of them share.  They were open for any ideas that I had and for any directions that I gave and were so lovey and cuddley with each other.  I think these two will have a very long happy life together!  I'm so excited for their wedding in August 2012!

Josh and Lynsie {Engagement}

Josh and Lynsie are also very close friends of mine.  How lucky am I to have so many friends getting married in the same year!  This was the same situation, I was in their wedding so unable to shoot their wedding but they asked me to shoot their engagement photos.  I happily obliged. 

I do believe I met Josh and Lynsie around 730 pm and so we had to run around like crazy to get enough shots before the sun set.  This is where I learned that some of the best light for shooting is when the sun is falling.  Good thing my friends are used to me bossing them around because I really had to get them moving!  We shot in Hudson, WI up at Birkmose Park and down by the river.  It was so much fun having to move so quickly!  I think we got some fantastic shots of these two and I am so blessed to have them as friends.



Phil and Jessie {Engagement}

Jessie is one of my closest friends.  She and Phil have been together a very long time and finally got engaged Halloween of 2010.  Their wedding date was set for September 16, 2011 and while I was in the wedding and was unable to shoot the wedding for them, she let me take their engagement photos.  While Phil was not the most excited about the photos (what guy gets excited about having their photo taken right?) he was a good sport about the whole thing.

We went to Eau Galle to the beach for some different background and we also stopped at the Town Hall.  Nothing fancy but you sometimes get the best images from quick stopping on the side of the road!  I think that even after 7 years together, you can still see the love between these two.  They are just so comfortable together and goofy and very free with their kisses :)