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: Sharla + Scott
What: Wedding
When: March 31, 2007
Where: Mobile, AL | Hermitage Rippy Estate

The Hermitage Rippy Estate was a new venue for me & Meg, and we are so thankful that we had the opportunity to experience the southern charm that oozes from this place! Tall oaks, white columns, furnishings from a by-gone era…an idyllic setting for a wedding day!

~ Charles

Don’t spoil your dinner!

A quiet moment during formals.

Sharla almost got away without Meg catching her cute red shoes!

I absolutely loved this moment of Sharla walking back up to the house with her dad. The subtle layer of emotion here is the soon-to-be-filled chairs of the ceremony site peeking in from the side of the image!

Scott looking all handsome!

Was someone starving these kids? And yes — that is the finger you think it is!

An afternoon wedding under the old oak tree.

A proud grandma.

Scott + Sharla are both doctors! The gloves were NOT edible after all…