I vividly remember the voicemail I got a little over a month ago asking if I did wedding portrait sessions. He said that they had gone to my website and loved my images, and would I be open to doing a bridal session? Over the past couple of years I have turned away many wedding requests, mostly because I think that I’ve found my sweet spot with newborn and children’s photography, and also because shooting a wedding scares me to death! There are so many factors that come into play and I’m not at a time in my life or business that is conducive to being a wedding photographer. I really enjoy having most of my weekends available to spend with my family and portrait sessions really go well with that. I’m rarely gone for more than a few hours at a time and it’s the perfect balance for me between work and family.
But it had never occurred to me to do a bridal session. So when Will asked, I knew it was something I would want to try. The fact that they were also driving up from the bay area to have little ol’ me photograph them was also hugely flattering. And when I saw Will and Orawin walk up as I was waiting at the Capitol steps I actually let out a little squeal! How beautiful are they? I love that although I had told them I don’t have a lot of experience photographing couples, they put their full trust in me and let me try out different settings and poses.
I think the end result speaks for itself. What a gorgeous couple, beautiful architecture, breathtaking scenery, and amazing light. I just couldn’t narrow down, so this is one huge sneak peek!
Orawin and Will–thank you both so much for having the confidence in me to push me to try something new. I hope that you two are the first of many bridal sessions to come. I truly loved photographing the love you have for one another and I hope you cherish these images for many years to come.
Let me just say, I am so glad that I didn’t have to pick the winner because it was just too hard to choose. And thank you to everyone who voted–my blog has been loving all the visitors and all of the wonderful comments. Speaking of which, it’s also time to announce the winner of the mini session. Out of 76 comments, 
I just love this next one–every woman wants their man to look at them that way and I love that I got it on film!
Aren’t they adorable?
Anjuli–I hope you love the pics! I have some more that I’m working on and I’ll let you know as soon as they are ready. In the meantime, enjoy!
Love, love, LOVE this next one of James. When Sandy dressed him in his black, velvet blazer I nearly fell over. It honestly doesn’t get any cuter than this.
And I just adore this one of Haylie.
Sandy, I’m glad we were able to get some of just you and the little ones, too. I love how they are both clinging on to your leg. So precious!
As you know I have lots more for you! I hope you love them!
{E} is a competitive swimmer and an all around good guy. I am so amazed how polite and just fun to be around all the seniors I photograph are. Parents these days are obviously doing something right and it definitely showed with {E}.
While it was great photographing them individually, the real fun was capturing {K} and {E} together. Their interactions and the way the looked at one another made for some great images.
We were walking from one location to the next and I glanced over at {K} and saw the way she was looking at {E}. I knew I had to get an image of it and while {E} wasn’t quite sure, I knew in my mind what I wanted to achieve. She looks great, right {E}?
It was a lot of fun using the capitol as a backdrop for our session. The gorgeous architecture, the manicured green lawns, the rose gardens–everything we could want was right within walking distance.
And just because I have to add just one more I needed to include this gorgeous one of {K}. I love, love, love the spots of color in the flowers behind her. And see what I mean…I told you she doesn’t take a bad picture.
{K}, {E}, and moms–thank you so much for choosing me to photograph your senior portraits. I had a great time getting to know you and am so thankful the rain decided to hold off and give us a beautiful evening. I’ll have many, many more images in your gallery but in the meantime I hope you enjoy your sneak peek!