Sean and I love to learn about our couples so that we can incorporate who they are into their engagement sessions.  When I started planning things out with Ashlee, she sent me a description of them that said “Ashlee loves pink, coach purses, shoes, etc…Ben is a farmer, hunter, and fisherman! Ashlee has to learn to love farming, tractors, etc. and Ben has to learn to shop, buy pink things, and understand why I need more than one coach bag!”  LOL!  They really could not be more different and yet it’s completely adorable just how much these two love each other and want to make the other happy! :o)  It’s so nice to see two people with big, polar-opposite personalities and no desire to change who the other person is.   

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Ben’s family farm was the perfect backdrop!

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Since my two favorites for this post are far away, here’s a third so you can see their bright, shining faces. :o)

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This is probably my favorite from the entire shoot!  Sean quite frequently sees these killer compositions and executes them in just such a way that it makes me totally envious – seriously, why didn’t I see this?? ;o)  

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Thanks for inviting us into your home and sharing your farm with us!  It was great to see you guys again! :o)

We put it off and put it off attempting to avoid the cold but wouldn’t you know we were just destined for it??  On the very last day of cold weather, we all came to grips with our fate and braved the temperatures! :o)  Lauren and Billy were awesome and we’re so excited to be photographing their wedding this year!  Here are a few images from their session that are up for consideration for their Save the Date cards.  Want to help Lauren decide which one to use? :o)

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Thanks for being so great you guys!  We had a blast hanging out and can’t wait to see you again soon!

We had a great session with Samantha, Aaron, and little Elijah yesterday!  Samantha was the cutest pregnant bridesmaid you’ve ever seen for Brianne and Dan’s wedding a couple of years ago. :o)  We were so excited to have her come back to us with her family!  Sessions with babies can be difficult but Elijah was sooo easy!  He’s such a happy baby and so animated!

I had one objective for the shoot:  to photograph a chubby baby with a cupcake :o)

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Sean got this one which I totally love!  I can imagine this hanging on the living room wall – it’s so much more interesting than your typical “grip and grin” and says so much more about them too.

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Hope you guys enjoy them!  We really enjoyed you! :o)  

– Mel and Sean