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PDA or not to PDA?!?

You will understand this question if you spend a few fun hours with Nicole and Gary. They said they were not really into PDA and we were totally cool with that, but they certainly have chemistry and when there was a little public display of affection it was soooo sweet!

When Nicole called us up and asked to come out for a consultation we were thrilled because we love getting the opportunity to work with brides who have already seen us in action at a wedding.  We met Nicole back in 2010 when she was a bridesmaid in the wedding we photographed for her brother and his beautiful bride. What we didn’t know is that we were also photographing her future husband at that wedding. We do have some sweet photos of Gary getting his dance moves on at Jenna & Daniel’s wedding… feel free to mosy on over to the blog and view the images for yourself :)

O.k. so fast forward a little more than a year and we now get to spend time with Gary & Nicole. We met up downtown and immediately we knew this was going to be good as we watched their interaction with one another through our lens. Nicole is cute and sassy while Gary is a little more relaxed and funny – together they made it easy to capture very candid and natural images of the two of them. They were willing to walk the path out at Percivals just to get to a spot we have been eager to photograph. They climbed up on parts of bridges, they took a mini hike down a sandy hill to get to a wicked cool tree and they humored when we put them on the spot for getting one another to laugh. Little did we know how funny Gary really is and that we had actually been invited to the Gary Straw show (it had to be said). The way they look at one another in these images just makes us smile.

We enjoyed our time spent with you two and we are looking forward to the sequel to the show in May!

Pockets were key for this session. We needed them for warming our hands in between shots because it was a chilly November morning up at the peaks! Brittany & TJ were troopers for this session. They might have been feeling like they were having a session in a walk in freezer room but they never let it show in the images. You could say that their love for one another warmed them up…(So cheesy, we know)

Brittany had mentioned that she really liked the idea of being in the woods for her session so that is where we headed. We walked the path through the woods and found some spectacular light peeking through. We had a few spectators walk by and one in particular brought us a little humor for the day. Throughout the morning we had no problem capturing emotion between TJ & Brittany. They laughed at one another, made some faces, and snuggled close for warmth. They walked hand in hand through the woods as if we truly weren’t even there and it was sweet to capture.

We ended the session at a little creek bed so that we could grab a few shots of them in their opposing team shirts. TJ is a Gators fan since he went to school at University of Florida. Brittany (although she attended LU) is a Hokie fan, along with the rest of her family.  They both love to watch football and although TJ had plans of catching a game that Saturday afternoon, he was being a great fiancé and going with Brittany to meet up with a DJ and then hang out with some of her friends.

We hope you guys enjoyed your session as much as we did. Here is your sneak peek from the morning and the rest will be up this weekend. We hope your Gators win this weekend TJ!

While TJ and Brittany made their last clothing change, we went down to the creek bed and scouted things out until they were ready. Kathie’s new favorite session accessories are her rain boots :-)