engagement photos :: ashley + tyler

so now i've shared ashley & tyler's engagement party pictures i thought i would also share their engagement photos. i am hardly totally an amateur photographer. i don't know that i can even claim amateur - because an amateur by definition is someone that does something for the love of it. i do love taking pictures, but i really don't do it that often. two falls ago, i got to take pictures of my friends, stephanie + andrew. this spring i got to do it again. if you didn't catch my previous post - we had some serious fun on a rope swing during the shots.

my disclaimer again....i am totally unqualified to do this.

they met in high school. so that seemed like a good place to start.

they are easy subjects as you can tell. we then moved down to seashore state park. 

the sunset was awesome. i am not sure i have figured out how to really work the sunset pics yet, but i like it nonetheless. 

the woods in seashore state park are majestic. 

Engagement Partay

This past weekend I got to help throw an engagement party for some of my husband and I's dear friends, Ashley and Tyler. They are Young life leaders with us in Virginia Beach and they are awesome. They have been dating for six years and Ashley is not even 21 yet...crazy. That means they have been together longer than me and Philip.

I made the invite on photoshop using my basic skills from my photography class in high school (at least I am using something from my education!)

The fonts were all downloaded on dafont.com - a great free site for fonts!

Ashley's mom made homemade BBQ...yum. I did the decor, which was very fun for me. Here are a few snap shots...

from 6 years of dating (high school dances, football games, etc...they have a lot of pictures!) so we decorated the house with pictures hanging on baker's twine or just regular twine. 

 

i loved the cups...i think i maybe saw this on pinterest, but i painted a strip of chalkboard paint on the cup so people could write their names on their cup. 

little station at the door. "i do" spelled out on scrabble tiles. could have spelled a lot of other cute things too. 

luminaries with ashley's new initial (sponge painted an "S" with acrylic paint)

mini tissue poms! 

and last picture...me and the bride to be!

Congrats Ashley + Tyler!

We love you guys and are excited for you all!

my life is sweet.

i just had a great weekend in the outer banks with our friends...here are a few snapshots of the weekend.

we stayed here...

 

played ridiculous games...

played more normal games...

enjoyed being together....

laughed a lot...

danced...

woke up very tired on sunday from staying up late all weekend...

but it was great.

stephanie + andrew engaged!

My friend Amie & I took pictures of our friends, Andrew & Stephanie, to celebrate their engagement a month or so ago. I am no engagement photographer or any kind of professional photographer for that matter, but I really enjoy taking pictures of people & things I love. This was pre-getting my new lens from Philip, but I am pleased with some of them...what do you think?