I want to share a few of Jeannine and Chris’s engagement photos! Jeannine and Chris recently moved into an adorable apartment in Shadyside, so we decided to take photos on their street and around the neighborhood.

Thanks, guys, for having great ideas and being so much fun to photograph!

Melissa and Jon met at a Steelers game. And they bought their first house together on Mt. Washington. And, their wedding will be held at St. Mary of the Mount Church on Grandview Dr., overlooking the city. So, we tried to incorporate all of this into their engagement session!

Melissa and Jon… you guys are awesome. I am really looking forward to your wedding day! Thanks again!

This session was held at Armstrong Farms. And while I absolutely loved the property and cool old barn, they definitely should have told us to watch out for that mean ole’ goose! :)

Thanks Lisa and Stephen for your creativity and fun on the shoot! Here are a few of our favorite photos from the session…

This goose did NOT want me getting too close… it kept trying to peck at my camera! But I was not afraid. (well maybe I was, but just a little!)

:) More to come soon from this awesome shoot!

Brad and I love the outdoors and we also love our two dogs. So, we were thrilled about the opportunity!

Here are some favorites from their session. They are getting married less than three weeks, too, so more photos to come soon!

Love it love it. Here are some favorites from their session!

I am really excited to show you something I have been thinking about and working on for a long time now: our new line of save-the-date cards!

We offer an engagement session with every level of wedding coverage, and one use for these engagement photos besides our beautiful guest sign-in album is our save-the-date cards.

Previously, clients who ordered save-the-date cards would work with me to design the card from scratch. I would create 2 or 3 design choices, they would choose the one they liked most, and then about 10 revisions later, we’d finally have the finished product! :)

Well, in order to simplify this process AND to give each client more design choices, I made a custom line of cards that can be completely customized in color, photo, and text.

Here are the details:

1. Each card is 5×7 inches and is printed on both the front and the back.

2. Each card may be customized to match the colors of your wedding

3. You may choose the engagement photo(s) to be used on your card

4. Cards are ordered in sets of 25 and come with either white or natural envelopes (specified below)

5. The basic design and font used on your card will remain the same (that is unless you send me brownies and tell me you’ll love me forever).

Here are the 8 designs that are available for save-the-date cards.

I am also designing a custom line of thank-you cards. Those will be folded cards with room for a note inside, and I will be posting these sometime over the next few weeks!

I want to show you a few photos of our guest sign-in albums for wedding receptions. These albums have become really popular since we started offering an engagement shoot with every level of wedding coverage, and it is one of my personal favorite wedding add-ons!

The sign-in album is 10×10 inches with thick, hinged pages like our 12×12 wedding albums (and, they would look awesome sitting together on your coffee table!). It includes your favorite engagement photos and also offers room for guest signatures on every page. The color options are modern and fun, and the album color can also coordinate with your wedding album color and/or wedding reception colors. And on a personal note, I always love to see guests enjoying your engagement photos at the wedding reception!

Here are a few photos from our studio sample of Adriel and Neal’s engagement session. We have many more of these books coming in the next few months from last year’s engagement shoots. So, I will post more photos as they come in.

There are lots of color choices for this album (which you can see here). And, we have samples of every cover material in our office. So, feel free to come feel and smell the amazing choices anytime! :)

Maggie and Tyler have been married since last summer but never had engagement photos done, so this was a perfect opportunity for us to practice!

Here are a few favorites from our session, taken by me and Uncle Ray (who is an amazing photographer!). Thanks again Maggie and Tyler! We so appreciate you both giving your time to us and your kisses to each other! We had a blast. :)

Here are a few photos from their session. Happy Anniversary guys. We love you dearly!