LOVED meeting such a delightful couple this afternoon.
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(This shot was inspired by a shoot done by Clayton Austin, an international wedding photographer whose work I can’t get enough of.)
Meet Phoebe and Nathan.
I’m doing a super-quick post of Phoebe and Nathan’s engagement session because they’re getting married FRIDAY! Wahoo!
Nathan and Phoebe suggested we meet for the session at a small park in Fort Worth that they frequented while dating.
Everything about this photo is lovely. Phoebe is lovely. The way Nathan is looking at Phoebe is lovely (in the manliest way possible). And to top it all off, the light is lovely too.
Love. those. grins.
I enjoy the feeling of an underlying narrative in the photo above left.
Okay. That’s sweet.
I do not have ANYTHING against Nathan’s face, but I’m pretty sure this is my favorite from the shoot.
And I hope that’s okay.
She’s got that engaged glow.
It might seem random to have a merry-go-round shot mixed in among these forest scenes. I suppose it is.
But, if you’ve ever met Phoebe, you know it fits. She’s excited and candid and colorful and as merry as they come. I mean, she IS a kindergarten teacher.
And Nathan? Well, he’s slightly less outwardly excited and candid than Phoebe, but they’re a package deal.
Phoebe and Nathan, I will see you two on Friday!
You already know Jacklyn and Matt from their epic pillow fight in the last post. The following day we set out for Sundance Square. Jacklyn and Matt had suggested this location for their engagement pictures not only because it’s where they’ve gone on many dates together, but’s also the place where Matt proposed last Christmas season.
This spot is THE spot where it went down.
I loooooooooove when an engagement shoot location has a special meaning to the couple. Good work, guys.
I can say WITH CONVICTION that I am probably this wall’s biggest fan.
The way you can tell if a jumping photo is really meant to be is if it’s successful on the first shot.
Bingo. This one was meant to exist.
In the picture on the left she has just melted. into his arms. I just figure that’s how it always ought to be.
Can you say “awesome outfit change?” Check. out. those. shoes.
This picture makes me happy.
I really can’t get over those shoes, Jacklyn. Matt’s argyle socks are a nice touch too.
I love the shift in Jacklyn’s face from this photo above to her face of expectation below . . .
. . . Â either she saw this coming or her face begged Matt to make a move . . .
Before heading out we decided to snag some Fort Worth skyline shots.
I’m in love with this next picture on the right.
I cannot stress enough how natural Jacklyn and Matt were in front of the camera — such a pleasant surprise. Let me clarify — I never expect clients to be professional models and to need some encouragement and direction but Jacklyn and Matt just fell into each pose like they do this everyday.
“Oh, what was that, Jillian? You’d like us to kiss a little longer? Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.”
No big deal, I’m just hanging off the side of a building.
And we’ll end with a holly, jolly (but not necessarily flattering) picture of me and my uhhh-mazing clients who rocked it our for the second day in a row.
You should cut me some slack though — I DID just finish hanging off the side of a building.
Matt and Jacklyn, I’m super-pumped for your Fort Worth wedding this August!
Meet Jacklyn and Matt.
The minutes before I met them for the shoot they were buying pillows.
I know I left you hanging in mystery with the sneak peek last week, but now I’ll clue you in — Matt had finally convinced Jacklyn to include a pillow fight in their engagement shoot. And now that I’ve hooked you, the fight will be at the end of the post, so I guess you’ll just have to keep reading.
Somebody just TRY and tell me this girl ISN’T Mary-Kate Olsen. COME ON!
(Side note: I may or may not have, at one time in my life, owned every single Olsen movie ever made. I love me some Passport to Paris and Holiday in the Sun. Holla.)
Sigh. The almost kiss. Gets me every time.
Do you remember Hollye? Hollye and Jacklyn have been best friends since high school so Hollye lent us her fabulous vintage suitcase and some worn books to work into the shoot as well.
Definitely one of my favorites engagement shots that I’ve done. Possibly of all time. Look at those giddy-to-be-married faces.
A quick outfit change obviously produced some sass inside the two of them, but I certainly wasn’t about to object.
As cool as it would have been to find a random old window hanging on a nearby tree, the window is also Hollye’s. Seriously, Hollye is the wealth of all things nostalgic.
Jacklyn also expressed to me that she definitely wanted some wide-open field shots, so that was our next task.
Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooorgeous, Jacklyn. Just gorgeous.
They seriously just started having fun in front of my camera. I ate it up.
And now, right at dusk, segue into pillow fight.
Matt’s vision was to try something new and do something that set their engagement pictures apart — in the form of an all-out, no mercy pillow fight.
Words can.not express how ridiculously excited I get when a client tells me they have an idea like this. It’s like a little kid in a candy shop. And I looooove candy, so that’s saying something.
Bam.
There were feathers. everywhere. More than I could have ever imagined could possibly fit into two pillowcases.
It was incredible.
I love the mix of slightly blur-motion shots, like the one above, and the slightly sharper images like the one below. I like the different feelings associated with both of them.
Haha. Matt’s little boy face. Love it.
Who knew how super-romantic a pillow fight could turn out?
I get the feeling that Jacklyn and Matt even each other out. It’s not that one or the other is overwhelming on their own, but I guess it’s perhaps even in life Matt is the random pillow-fight to  Jacklyn’s field. Sure, it’s unexpected — but what they have and who they are in the end result is even better than any original expectation.
(The best news — this was only ONE of TWO engagement shoots that Matt and Jacklyn did. I’ll post their Sundance Square shoot soon!)
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