Meg and Joe . . . engaged!

Meg is a law student at BYU and Joe is an accountant for the state of Oregon. They met, became friends, and now--at long last--they're engaged! For the pictures Meg and Joe wanted, we decided on two different locations, one up in the mountains with fall colors and one in a more modern setting. Challenges for the shoot: 1) Rainy weather. This was followed by snowy weather. Thankfully, the day of the shoot the light outside was perfect. 2) Incorporating "red" into the images. Meg's wedding colors are black, red, and white and it was important for her to have those colors in at least some of their photos. That's the background-- check out the results.

Jordan and Brittany

Jordan and Brittany wanted pictures with simple backgrounds and an overall monochromatic color scheme. Lucky for them, they got engaged in the winter. Also in their favor was our close proximity to the Sundance ski resort and the snowy loveliness of Provo Canyon.

Alison and Ethan

Alison and I met one night when I was photographing people milling around the first floor of the Harris Fine Arts Center. Alison was on duty as a security guard and somehow we hit it off as friends almost immediately. This photo-shoot was my first time meeting Ethan. The three of us thoroughly enjoyed the warm day, colorful surroundings, and lively interaction.

I couldn't decide which I liked best of these three, so I posted them all.

Stapp-Tengelsen Engagements

Dan felt more comfortable shoe-less.

Here's a fun sampling from my time together with Dan and Katie. The challenge? They wanted a picture with some space on it for text, so they could make it into their announcement. I gave them what they were looking for, as you will note. But engagement photos aren't just about the picture you send out to all your friends and family. Often, the extras are the ones you'll make into prints to put up in your home or into your photo album. With that in mind, I put in a few different compositions just for variety's sake. This was in September 2007.

By the end of the shoot, we were all hot and tired. Dan and Katie decided to finish it off with a dip in the fountain.

The little boy on the right probably wishes his mom would let him do that.