I’ve talked to Kristine on the phone a few times, we’d never met before but we were going to do her E-session. I was excited to meet them both. I love to meet couples in love, there’s something special about people who are so fixated on each other.

The world could just crumble, but as long as they have each other and their love nothing else mattered!

That’s what I saw in Kristine and Dan! It’s refreshing!

I shot this E-session last weekend at a favorite location! We had a blast and even though Dan had spent a day filled with kids, picnics and fun, he was so tired, so I promised him the best and quickest E session so he could get on to his next function.

They did great, and we had a lot of fun….and as you can see….so did they!

This past weekend I had the opportunity to photograph Tony and Annie’s E-Session.

We had a beautiful day and they picked an amazing location: New Town! I told them I’d have a hard time NOT talking about their shoot location so I’ll just say now, this place is amazing! It’s almost a gated community with just about everything they would need within it’s framework! It’s a beautiful place to walk around and enjoy, and we did!

We’ll be shooting Tony and Annie’s wedding in June, we can’t wait to capture the emotion of their day!

I think we covered almost every area of New Town, and walking and talking with Tony and Annie I could tell they have a very solid relationship. Both are very committed individuals who have come together to become an amazing couple!

No matter what was asked of them, they did it, easily. Tony even scouted and found us an amazing wall that they were photographed by.

There’s a special bond between couples and this is so evident with Tony and Annie, they were so complete together it was such an honor to experience and to capture.

I had the opportunity to head down to St. Peters Park in Missouri Saturday to shoot a super fun couple, Jennifer and Jonathan!

St. Peters City Park is generally a very quiet and tranquil park, but Saturday it was hoping with a small festival and tons of people and children. Still, The park was big enough to accommodate all of them and us!

I saw Jen and John coming from a distance they thought it was their cute matching shirts, I knew it was because they had no children with them!

We had a fun time, we walked over to the children’s playground and thought about tossing a few kids off the swings to get some shots but, opted to let them play and we did a few other shots instead! We then did a fun walk around the park and got to do all the shots we wanted.

Both Jen and John were up for anything and had a couple cute ideas themselves for what they wanted to shoot. I’m up for just about anything and I love when my couples get to do what they want in their images.

A loving and fun couple. It was an honor to meet and help share in their loving memories!

I get asked all the time what music I play to get prepared for my sessions and since I had an awesome E-shoot today, yes the images will be up soon, I thought I’d share with you some of the music I listen to in order to get prepared for the Engagement Sessions!

Unlike a wedding where I need to be really pumped up, to me an E-shoot is much more about two people, one on one with me and my camera, it’s romantic, it’s sexy and it’s fun!

I download some special music to get in the “mood” to shoot! I am generally always in the mood to shoot (ask my family), but there are days you have to shake off some debris to get ready to Bring It!

Today on my to St. Peters Park, I listened to these songs…I suggest you look them up, Leonia Lewis is AMAZING!

So here you go:

Leona Lewis:
Forgive me
Better In Time
Whatever It Takes
Here I Am

One Republic:
Say

Natasha Bedingfield:
Pirate Bones (I know, but I love the beat of this song)
Put Your Arms Around Me
Pocket Of Sunshine

Colbie Callat:
Oxygen

Matthew West:
You Are Everything

Israel Kamakawiwo’ole:
Somewhere Over The Rainbow… I LOVE this song and the story behind Israel’s life!

Each of these songs have special meaning to me, even as mellow as they sound, they really work for me. Plus I’m pretty hyped up shooting couples!

Now weddings, that’s a totally different ball game, and I’ll share those songs with you in a few weeks, right now I have my hands full on a few projects.

So, for now, enjoy the music and I’ll put up a sneaky peaky of today’s shoot in a bit.

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