Who:

Amy + Bret

What:

Engagement Session

When:

April 2, 2008

Where:

Bellingrath Gardens | Mobile, AL

Amy + Bret are an awesome couple that live & work right here in Pensacola. I met Bret through my work with the Pensacola Symphony, and we had the chance to meet Amy during our kickball league last year. (Yes, you read that right!) Amy + Bret asked us to meet them at Bellingrath Gardens (the site of the big proposal) for their engagement session. What an incredible day!!! Check it out.

~ Charles

(While beautiful and still technically in bloom, this was the only patch of ‘fresh’ looking blooms we found in a cluster in the entire gardens - apparantly we were about a week or two late and everything had started to die… and SMELL! Ever smell rotting flowers? LOL)

Luckily, Amy + Bret had such awesome natural chemistry - we didn’t really miss the flowers after a few minutes!

Meg has a thing for cherry blossom trees dating back to her years living in Japan - so this was to indulge her. Amy + Bret had to climb through all kinds of craziness to get near this tree:

I have too many favorites from this shoot - a lot of them didn’t even make Meg’s blog pull (what’s up with that?!) - but this would probably fall among them:

Our ode to the proposal:

One of Meg’s faves:

Who:

Emily + Bryan

What:

Engagement Session

When:

March 23, 2008

Where:

Pensacola, FL

We first met Emily when Ballet Pensacola was looking for a new photographer for their upcoming season. Shortly thereafter, we met Harley Bogart. We had yet another chance to work with Emily when she was a bridesmaid with Mandy + James this past February! Now it’s Emily + Bryan’s turn, and we’re thrilled to be working with you both! Congratulations!

~ Charles

My fav. Meg’s fav. Love this shot.

Bryan wanted to catch a few shots a local marina. So we set sail for Pensacola Beach.

Emily was convinced she was going to fall off the dock. This probably didn’t help much!

I LOVE this shot!!!

Who:

Martha + Kent

What:

Engagement Session

When:

February 17, 2008

Where:

Watercolor, FL

Martha + Kent are both in the music business back home in Tennessee. But they wanted a laid back beach weekend for their wedding. The Watercolor Inn was the perfect spot for them! Their wedding is this Saturday, so check back soon for more shots of this awesome couple.

~ Charles

Who:

Jennifer + Tom

What:

Engagement Session

When:

February 7, 2008

Where:

Pensacola, FL

Jennifer + Tom were one of our few Pensacola locals that we have the chance to work with each season. We had an awesome time shooting some fun shots for their engagement session, and we just finished up their wedding last week! So check back soon to see the images from their big day.

~ Charles

We started out in downtown Pensacola.

From there, we hit Pensacola Beach. This almost never happens, but we actually got to shoot at the ACTUAL location that Tom proposed! WOW!

Tom calls this Jennifer’s Brittany Spears hat! Too funny!

Who:

Penelope + Patrick

What:

Engagement Session

When:

January 27, 2008

Where:

Watercolor, FL

Penelope + Patrick are actually old acquiantences of Meg’s from high school. She knew them both…who could have guessed they’d end up together! But we’re glad they did, and we had an awesome time working the Watercolor scene this past January. Their wedding is a little under 2 weeks away.

~ Charles

We started off in front of Patrick’s company. It’s a jewelry shop you Pensacola peeps might have heard of…Elebash’s?

My fav of the day.

Just a little something different.