Me: “When you think of your engagement shoot setting and style what comes to mind?” (via my “Get to Know You” couple’s quiz)

Jenny: “Natural settings, woods, picnic, vintage, and historic locations.”

Aaron: “Explosions.”

Ok, so Aaron may not have given me much to work with (of course a guy in the Marines is going to say that he wants explosions involved) but Jenny and I did have a fun time pulling together the details for their sweet couples shoot last Saturday!  Jenny and Aaron are actually newlyweds who just celebrated their one year anniversary (The day after the shoot! Congrats guys!) but Jenny has followed my work ever since my days at JMU (where she went as well!).  As a part of their anniversary gift to themselves they drove all the way from Georgia and treated themselves to a couples shoot with me here in Tampa!

It must have been meant to be because I swear there were apocalyptic rain storms that day EVERYWHERE except over the University of Tampa where we did their engagement style couple’s session!

Despite Jenny’s many warnings that they are awkward in front of the camera (just not true!) these guys were amazing.  They were cute and silly together.  They trusted me and had so much fun making each other laugh and we all really enjoyed the shoot.  I could not have asked for more out of them.  Here are a few of my favorite pics from their shoot!

Are they sweet or what?

We had to incorporate some Starbucks love:)

Love the outfit color choices…I am always a fan of navy and yellow for shoots and I love the splash of red in her heals and gray added by his hat and shoes.

Did I mention that I love that she brought along a hat too?!  So cute and makes for a great prop!

Lovely!

Had to make use of this fun light bouncing up from a hot spot on the gray cement…

Possibly my favorite shot from the session.  I love the lighting and colors and Jenny looks fierce!

Hello lovely backlighting!

Don’t mind if I do!

Can I please just hang these up in my own house.  They are so sweet!

Clearly there was no shortage of laughter on the shoot!

As we were heading to the parking lot this beautiful pocket of light caught my eye as the sun was setting.  I just had to make use of its spotlighting effects and snag a few more.

I heart love.

Two things that I love in a photo shoot… 1) a cute cowgirl hat and 2) when you come out of your shell for me on camera!  Nothing is more beautiful than self confidence and Sarah totally brought it on her mini session a few weeks ago! This sweet friend of mine was gracious enough to wait patiently while I put these images on the back burner while I got out from under the mountain of wedding work that I have been buried beneath.  Well, without further ado here are a few of my favorite images from her shoot!

Summer is officially here which means pop sickles and pool toys, sun tans and sand between your toes!  It also means thats moms everywhere are back to being full time activity-directors (“Mom, I’m booooored.”) now that the kids are out of school.  So, this one is for the moms out there!  Book your family portrait session during the month of July and you will finally have incredible images of each of the kids, the family and even you and your husband (when was the last time those taken!?) The weather isn’t getting any cooler around here so schedule your shoot soon! For a sample of what a mini-session looks like, check out the Fennig Family mini-session here!

Happy July!!