We met Alyssa and Marc on a beautiful evening in Newport on First Beach. There was a slight chill in the air which meant we had the beach all to ourselves. This was our first beach session of the year and it felt so good to get our toes in the sand! The couple wore complimentary shades of aqua mimicking the sea behind them. All went perfectly normal until the wardrobe change and the props came out. Alyssa had seen photos of a couple who had used Gulal, which are dry powder colors traditionally used during Holi, the Festival of Colors that takes place throughout India. The idea was they would start off wearing white shirts and throw the powder colors at each other and that’s exactly what happened! So this very traditional engagement session turned into anything but. We seriously have the most fun clients!

When Meg and John suggested we take their engagement photos at Blithewold Mansion in Bristol we were so excited! And then when Meg told us she had some vintage suitcases and a sculpture her grandmother had made when she was at RISD we were even more stoked! We arrived at Blithewold and saw that the daffodils were in full bloom, Meg was so beautiful, John was gorgeous and everything fell into place. Boom! Engagement session magic! Each step we took into the gardens was more amazing than the last. At one point Meg took off leaping through the flowers and John said “Every guy thinks he’s marrying the most adorable woman alive, I KNOW I am”. See for yourself…these are two high school sweethearts who embody love through and through!

When we decided to do Sarah and Bryan’s engagement session in Charlestown, the oldest neighborhood in Boston, all we knew about it was what we had seen in The Town. While we never saw Ben Affleck or any bank robberies we were delighted to be among narrow, tree lined streets with pastel painted houses and overflowing window boxes. Sarah borrowed her father’s vintage bicycle and bought a huge, round, coral colored balloon (she actually bought six but would have had to rent a U-Haul to get them home!) We walked up to Bunker Hill where the light was absolutely magical. We were so excited that Sarah and Bryan decided to include props in this session, however we decided that balloons are even more difficult to work with than children and dogs. Sarah and Bryan were great sports and had such a fun sense of humor that we laughed through the entire shoot. We can’t wait for their wedding at The Red Lion Inn this fall!