Big D part 2 | Dallas engagement photographer

As you know, I use this blog to record my adventures in photography and to provide my clients with sneak peeks of their sessions. I have been so busy lately that I just haven’t looked up from Photoshop long enough to even think about this blog. For all my clients waiting, I am so sorry!

A little birdie told me today that one of my clients in particular has been checking this blog for a sneak peek of her session every day, several times a day. Oh B, I am so sorry I haven’t even given you a hint. I am finally finished with the initial processing of your session, and all that is left is converting the images to proofs and uploading them to the web. Meanwhile, I will give you a much deserved sneak peek. Please forgive me, ok? 😉

So when I was in Dallas I had two shoots. The second was so exciting for me as it was an engagement shoot. Grown ups!!! Yippie! Now, don’t get me wrong, I LOVE working with children, but sometimes, doing a shoot for adults is such a refreshing change. They actually do what you want them to do!! Though, sometimes that is a bad thing because grown ups have a tendency to get stiff and nervous and stale in front of the camera.

The great thing about a couple’s shoot though is that if I can get them interacting with one another, they often are much more relaxed and at ease and I am free to snap away. And with this shoot – snap away I did! Remember that problem I was having long ago of overshooting? Yup, it reared it’s frightening head again! I had soooooo many images to weed through and narrow down that editing has taken me forever. But, I am finally through it, and I think I have assembled a great batch of images for the lovely couple.

Mr. J and Miss B have a wonderful story of how they met and started dating. It involves a wave runner, a crash and an emergency room visit! But somehow through the chaos they managed to find love and are engaged to be married next spring. I had such a great time with them on the shoot. We had lots to talk about and got along so well. They were great subjects; they never questioned (openly, hee hee!) what I was asking them to do and they looked great in front of my lens.

They had absolutely no problems holding hands and kissing on cue. The location we chose, with the help of some good friends, was at a great company campus in downtown Ft. Worth. It backs up to a sweet little park and river, and offered us so many great scenes to tell our story. We had to do some walking though, but the happy couple weren’t phased by the constant back and forth I asked them to do.

This little path was so nice; lined with fall leaves and curved just right. I wish I had something similar nearby for my home town clients. It was truly beautiful.

And this was another walkway in the park. I love all the bridges and trees and such that fill out the area.

Below is an image from this awesome little abandoned building that is on the park property. There is no roof, but some great archways and windows….and sometimes a couple of transients, but thankfully we found the house unoccupied that day! 😉

And of course, no shoot would be complete without some great individual close ups. Miss B has the most amazing eyes. You all know my thing for eyes – they fascinate me! Hers are a beautiful emerald green with a burst of gold in the center near the pupil. Gorgeous!

And Mr. J has some of the bluest blue eyes I have ever seen on an adult. They look like newborn eyes; that deep, deep, even blue that has no end.

And here we are back at the main building for some last architectural shots. This building was amazing! And, uh, so was that kiss! 😉

I hope they like the images. I should have their web page available in a couple of days.

Thanks for looking!

D 🙂