Highlights of 2010: Engagements

Two souls, one heart. ~ French saying

We love engagement photograph sessions just as much as we love weddings! Some of our favorite engagement images have come from this year.  Each engagement session and each couple were unique and full of personality. We loved getting to know them and laughing with them.  The greatest thing about engagment pictures is that there are no rules and no limits.  Anything is possible.  That makes it exciting!  It has been a tremendous year. 

Next week in our Highlight series we will look at the funny moments of 2010.  So, for all our friends, get ready to see those silly pictures...

Kristina + Matt: Old Market

Jill + Scott: Mahoney ParkKatie + Matt: Downtown Omaha

Chelsea + Evan: Downtown Fremont

Trisha + Jordan: Pioneer's Park, Lincoln

Brianne + Beau: Downtown Omaha

Ashlee + Steve: Platte River

Sarah + Mike: Elmwood Park

Becky + Matt: Dundee

Lisa + Joel: Fremont and Countryside

Lisa and Joel's Engagement

Autumn's November winds blew across the open harvested fields. Fall was making way for the next season on the day that I met Lisa and Joel for their engagement pictures. We gathered in downtown Fremont for some photographs near the old buildings and cobbled alleyways.  Then we drove out into the country for some fun shoots in an alfalfa field.  My favorite moments were in the field. Lisa and Joel sat in the new growth of alfalfa as the sun was setting behind them. I love the way the light danced around them and how they gazed off into the green field.  It reminded me of a famous quote, "Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction."  ~Antoine de Saint-Exupery

 Lisa and Joel were wonderful to work with.  We can't wait for their wedding next year.  It will be spectacular.

Sarah and Mike's Engagement Pictures

This autumn has been amazing, beautiful days, cool nights and tons of gorgeous leaves that cover the ground.  We have been blessed in so many ways this fall.  One of these blessings was meeting Sarah and Mike for their engagement photos.  We met them at Elmwood Park on one of the last beautiful afternoons. Warm sunlight lit the tall tress in the park creating brilliant gold tones. 

Sarah and Mike are an amazing couple.  Their love for each is evident.  I could see it in the way Mike adoringly looked at Sarah and how Sarah made Mike smile.  Their love was built with the bonds of friendship that has been cultivated and grown over time and distance.  Their love is real, honest and beautiful.  Throughout the photo-shoot they exchanged playful smiles, smirks, and even a bit of competitiveness.  After leaving Elmwood Park, we adventured into a local coffee shop in Dundee.  The coffee shop was warm and eclectic.  Mismatched tables and chairs were scattered around it.  We talked and enjoyed hot chocolate and lattes.  It was a great way to end the day.  We look forward to sharing the joy of their wedding day!

Becky and Matt's Engagement

On a beautiful fall afternoon we met up with our good friends, Matt and Becky, for thier engagement photographs.  Yellow leaves scattered along the worn brick streets of Omaha's Dundee neighborhood.  We started the afternoon on Underwood Street at the Cork and Bottle, then moved to Memorial and Elmwood parks.  Warm sunlight illuminated the piles of late fall leaves that collected underneath the tall trees.  The end of the day brought us back to the Cork and Bottle.  It was the perfect afternoon.

Matt and Becky are so much fun to be around. They are full of laughter and love.  Matt makes Becky laugh, and Becky makes Matt a better person ;).  They bring out the best in each other.  We loved capturing images for their engagement and we are honored to be a part of thier lives and thier wedding day!  We look forward to their wedding in Washington State!

Brianne and Beau's Engagement

Along the Missouri river cottonwood trees shimmered with autumns green and yellow leaves.  We met Brianne and Beau near the Omaha and Iowa's pedestrian bridge.  This was the perfect place to start their engagement pictures.  It was here at the bridge that Beau proposed to Brianne.  It was a delight to hear about the story of their love, which was reflected in their smiles.  Omaha's old urban streets, also added fun textures and much laughter.  Brianne and Beau are an amazing couple, they are adventures, silly, full of life and have a genuine love for each other.  We look forward to their wedding in the spring!

Ashlee and Steve's Engagement

Warm autumn air swirled across the Platte River.  Ashlee and Steve's engagement pictures were truly one of a kind.  Their playful and adventuresome spirits took us up the river it in an airboat.  Together we discovered  hidden coves, tall grassy landings and sandbars.  Within minutes we could tell that Ashlee and Steve's love abounded in deep devotion, as they waded through the river's cool water holding hands. 

We had an awesome time photographing Ashlee and Steve.  It was a honor to be a part of their enduring commitment.