[Photography] Kent & Leeann – Their Last Day Engaged

I feel almost as though I grew up with Leeann, in spite of the fact that I didn’t meet her until my second year of college. She is one of the few friends I’ve ever had with whom I got to make memories together – from one crazy late night tromping around DC in the freezing cold to stringing popcorn for our dorm Christmas tree and singing along with Christmas music together. We listened to each other’s heartbreaks and hopes, and she was practically the maid of honor at my wedding almost six years ago. Getting to shoot her wedding was a dream come true for me, because I’ve been seeing this girl’s heart beauty for years, her quiet wisdom and her incorrigible optimism.

I kept wondering what EXACTLY the male race (Can I say that? The male “race?”) was missing when they kept overlooking her, but after meeting Kent, I suspect that God must have been saving her for one perfect guy who would love her the way she’d love him. Their engagement session is one of my favoritest memories ever with Leeann, getting to see her in love and see the one who loves her, watching them play together and just be, in that comfortable way that speaks of time and hope and years to come. I love how their love carries it all, as sweet as first love, as strong as friendship, as deep as romantic love can go.

But you have to see – we had so much fun!

As you can see, they weren’t afraid to have a little fun together.

Or a little highly romantic drama…

I had shot Leeann’s ring before I actually remembered to look at it – they got engaged in January, and this was the first time I’d seen them, the day before their wedding, since Kent put that ring on her finger!

In this story, Cinderella lost her shoes before the dance, but I think dancing barefoot is ever so much more fun, don’t you?

The shot on the right, the shot on the right, the shot on the right. I love, LOVE the quiet, happy trust in her eyes…

We did their engagement shoot at Seaport Village in San Diego, after a delightful, intimate rehearsal dinner at Harbor House Restaurant. There were some wonderfully fun details for this shoot. Watch this:

Every once in a while, I ask my clients if they’re willing to pose a slightly-almost-scandalous shot, and this was just too funny to miss. They can always refuse, or even ask not to display the photos, but Kent and Leeann graciously gave me permission to show these off – will you get a look at the laugh on them!

This next favorite part of the shoot took us in from outside, and me without my flash! I did some fancy fiddling with my dials to pull these off in the natural light we had, but really, the moments belong completely to them. I think I dreamed once of falling in love on a merry-go-round; I think they got to live it!

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