Featured Styled Shoot | RUFFLED | St. Paul, MN

It is a strange feeling when something you have visualized for a certain amount of time comes into reality. That dream I had was a styled shoot. Sometimes if your lucky and you share your ideas with others they can see it too. And all at once everyone plays a role to make it a success. Last week RUFFLED wedding blog featured our shoot! Being my first feature for my wedding photography, I am honored that someone loved it as much as I do!

The styled shoot was inspired by a love for plum and winter. From my imagination to your eyes : enjoy!

Click here to see the feature | http://ruffledblog.com/rich-jewel-toned-wedding-ideas/
 

A HUGE thank you and shout out to all the lovely people who made this vision a reality!
Wedding Planner : Jessica Wonders Events
Models: Behtsee & Steven
Dress: Bridal Accents Couture -
Cape: Angela Karla Bridal
Suit: Knights Chamber
Floral: Forget me Not Floral Events
Hair: Hair by Theresa


 

East Coast Pre-wedding Fun | Traveling Wedding Photographer

The past 3 months the desire to go on a vacation has slowly been filling from my toes and through my finger tips. I have been antsy to take a break from the norm and get out of town! I have been singing the opening lines of T.Swifts Wildest Dreams to my husband during all that time. "..Let's get out of this town, drive out of the city , away from the crowds..."

Then it happened, a friend of ours are celebrating their marriage and we were planning on celebrating right there with them!  I enticed Marcus to go with the promise of the NASCAR All Star Race in Charlotte and with that my hubby was also on board!
The days leading up to wedding fun were spent exploring Altalna's breathtaking aquarium.
 

Watching my NASCAR driver, Joey Logano, win 10 feet away from my seat with one of the best spinouts just have ever seen. (Which is completely understandable because he just won a million dollars)

And enjoying catching up with friends and family.

It has been such a blessing to be able to go on another adventure before some mountain wedding day!

What to Wear to Your Engagement Shoot

I have previously written 3 Ways to ROCK Your Engagement Shoot! here on the blog. Check it out for further tips to prepare you and your fiancé for your engagement shoot.
A common question to ask yourself before an engagement session is: "What should I wear?" To answer that I have written out a outline of things that your clothes should fit to make it a little easier to choose!
My MW couples can expect an average engagement session to last 1 to 1.5 hrs on average.  In that time plan on having two outfits. A clothing change eats into your overall shoot time, which in turn eats into valuable sunlight hours; changing into a different outfit takes up to 15- 20 minutes on average. Limiting the amount of changes gets you more time in your session, which gives you more photos!

Dress in something that makes you comfortable and confident!  You can visually see when someone is wearing something that it comfortable and likewise see when it's uncomfortable. The goal of your engagement session is to enjoy time with your love not be worrying about what you're wearing. Make sure that shirt you have kept a hold on to that hugs you in the wrong way stays at home.

When picking out your outfits keep your shoot location in mind. Dressing according to your location will help to choose clothes that carries on the photo story of  the day.  An example of this would be both of you wear cowboy attire in the middle of the city. Those two ideas clash and distracts.  You want to stand out from your background but not so much so that it takes away from your love story.  Keep the colors and patterns your style but subtle.  You want your love to pop in the photos not being drowned out by overly bright colors and patterns. Thinking of you location will also help which shoes to take. Nothing is more trying than walking through grass in your gorgeous stiletto heels! If you want to shoot in fields, grassy areas, or hike over rocks bring an extra pair of shoes to get to point A and B then change when you get there. This way you can still have picture perfect shoes in your photos.   

Hair and makeup tip: Try out your hair and makeup for your wedding at your engagement session.  This extra step will enable you to see the makeup and hair stylist skill at achieving your vision as well as seeing how well it photographs!