Marilynn + Josh: Seattle Engagement Portraits

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Marilynn is one of my closest friends. She is adventurous, spontaneous, outgoing, sarcastic, loyal, and a little bit scatterbrained. Josh is the love of her life. He is thoughtful, patient, quiet, witty, and a little bit systematic (he is, after all, a chemist). They recently got engaged and moved to Seattle, which stinks because I don’t get to hang out with Marilynn whenever I want to. Also, they recently got engaged and moved to Seattle, which is awesome, because I get to go visit whenever I want to!

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Seattle is so lush and green, and it’s like a green that you don’t see anywhere else. I fell in love with this city! It was such a treat to shoot Marilynn and Josh’s engagement portraits while I was out visiting. We went to the Seattle Japanese Garden, which is part of the University of Washington. It was gorgeous, and very green. 🙂 I have entirely too many favorites. Beautiful location + in love couple = photographic awesomesauce. Enjoy!

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By the way, the leaves were already beginning to turn, and it was LABOR DAY WEEKEND!! Can you believe that? It was still 80* here in SC this week!

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Mar’s eyes are ridiculous…

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…and her ring’s not too shabby either!

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Love this!

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They said they didn’t want a bunch of “kissy-face” pictures, but I came back from scouting a location, and here’s what I found…

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I love how much this image says without even seeing their faces…

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…and this one too.

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I’m telling you, this garden was a-ma-zing!

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Girl, you are both fierce and sweet.

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Hehe, I had to include this one. These two are ALWAYS picking at each other…keeps them on their toes I think!

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And a favorite from the day, with Josh looking a bit fierce himself!

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Marilynn and Josh, thank you for an amazing vacation in your fantastic new city. Thank you for the amazing photo-session, cufflink disaster and all. And mostly, thank you for being the kind of friends I can count on and call on any day, for hours at a time, for honesty and understanding and tons of laughter. I love y’all!

View Marilynn and Josh’s complete proof gallery if you CLICK HERE. Password is their cat’s name.

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Twins are Twice as Nice!

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Who says that less is more?? My good friends Fred and Jennifer recently welcomed twin boys into their lives. After being on bedrest (or “recliner-rest”) for most of the summer, Jennifer managed to go almost full-term with the boys. Elliott and McCrea are so sweet and cute! We had their first photo session on their 1-week birthday, and lemme tell you–these brothers are good at taking turns…one would cry while the other was nice and quiet, and then they would switch roles. 😉 Seriously, it was a fun day and I was so happy to get to photograph the babies while they were still so little and “new.” Newborns change from day-to-day, and I’ve never had a mom tell me they regretted doing portraits within the first week or two! Fred and Jennifer are so blessed with these healthy little boys, and I’ve been blessed by their friendship. They have been waiting anxiously for their family’s blog-debut! So here goes…

Elliott is deep in thought…

LOVE this one!

Jennifer sings Barry Manilow tunes to calm them down. Apparently the twins are little tiny “fan-ilows.”

If you read the blog, you know I’m a little obsessed with shoes. Well, I also love baby feet. These babies have teeny little tootsies, and I completely adore these next two shots.

More tiny toes…

Oh my goodness, I *heart* this photo!!

Big Brother (by 5 minutes) Elliott…

Little Brother McCrea…

Not a happy face, but sweet anyway!

“You lookin’ at ME?”

“Ohh, woe is me…”

A couple of details from around the house…

Fred has family in Minnesota, and it only makes sense that they are already grooming the boys to be Twins fans!

And finally, a whole family of feeties. (I swear, my foot/shoe thing really isn’t unhealthy. Really.) We decided that every time the boys have their portraits taken we will have to re-create this image to show how they’ve grown!

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Carter & Elizabeth

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I’ve been friends with Carter and Elizabeth’s parents for years, since they first began dating. This portrait session in April was the 4th time I’ve photographed their family, and Elizabeth had just turned 1! We headed out to a family member’s beautiful farmhouse near Gaffney for some fabulous outdoor shots.

Here’s Miss Elizabeth…I think she looks like a little garden fairy!

Look at those bright eyes!

Little girls’ clothes are just too cute. 🙂

I really love this casual family portrait in front of the barn.

Carter is all about tractors! He knows all the name brands and types of tractors and machinery. His Pop bought him this tractor, and he was right at home riding it in the yard! He said that he needed to go buy some parts for it. 🙂

Another casual but “real” portrait…

A different take on the traditional “family portrait.” I love how this image symbolizes that each family member plays a role in guiding Elizabeth as she grows.

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Carter & Elizabeth

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I’ve been friends with Carter and Elizabeth’s parents for years, since they first began dating. This portrait session in April was the 4th time I’ve photographed their family, and Elizabeth had just turned 1! We headed out to a family member’s beautiful farmhouse near Gaffney for some fabulous outdoor shots.

Here’s Miss Elizabeth…I think she looks like a little garden fairy!

Look at those bright eyes!
Little girls’ clothes are just too cute. 🙂


I really love this casual family portrait in front of the barn.

Carter is all about tractors! He knows all the name brands and types of tractors and machinery. His Pop bought him this tractor, and he was right at home riding it in the yard! He said that he needed to go buy some parts for it. 🙂

Another casual but “real” portrait…

A different take on the traditional “family portrait.” I love how this image symbolizes that each family member plays a role in guiding Elizabeth as she grows.

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Happy Easter!

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I hope everyone had a great Easter and that you’re enjoying some nice Spring weather! I’m working on lots of photos to post in the next few days, so I hope you’ll keep checking back. As always, feel free to leave a comment by clicking “Click here and show me some love” at the bottom of each post–I love to know who is reading and what you think! Happy Spring!

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