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ali & kevin engagement session – jackson hole portrait photographer

katy — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:00:53 +0000

Have I ever mentioned that I love engagement sessions? It’s such a great opportunity to connect with my clients – we get a chance to get to know each other a little bit, you guys get a little more comfortable in front of the camera, you have a better idea of what to expect on your wedding day, it’s the perfect opportunity for a hair/makeup trial run, and best of all they are super relaxed & laid back.

About a week before Ali & Kevin’s (totally amazing!!) wedding we headed out to do a session up north of town. We hit the sunset light just right and got some beautiful golden light across the grass and mountains. It was a great chance for them to have a little alone time (well, alone with me at least, ha) and to get to know how I work in a portrait session (I have done photos of their amazing baked goods at Persephone, but I don’t really do much directing when it comes to cupcakes ). They were so happy and smiley I didn’t do much directing here, either – you could just feel how excited they were to be getting married.

A few of my favorites -

Antelope! We had antelope. I am the antelope whisperer.

My favorite from the day.

Thanks for looking and stay tuned for images from their amazing wedding at the Four Seasons Jackson Hole!

engaged :: leah & eric

katy — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:54:11 +0000

Leah & I have been best friends since high school. We actually met in 8th grade on a ski trip, but didn’t really start to hang out a lot until freshman year when we were both sax players in the band (yes, I was a band geek. It was awesome.). Having come from a really small middle school (8th grade class = 11 people), it was a bit of a struggle to break into some of the cliques that had formed in the other schools but Leah seemed to know everyone. There was never the question of who to go out with, just the question of what we would do once we got out.

If I say much more I may begin to incriminate us, so I’ll move on to the photos.

Leah and Eric got engaged this fall and I’m sooooo happy for the both of them! It’s so wonderful to see Leah with such a great guy – he’s nice, sweet, cute, funny…plus he’ll do pretty much anything Leah asks him to. Eric, I hope you know what you’re getting into. She’s not kidding about that pony.
While I was home over the holidays we did a quick engagement shoot in the park across the street from Leah’s house. Eric didn’t get off work until 5 so it was pretty much full dark when we got over there but we had a great time playing with some off camera flash and street lights. Some of my favorites -

And then the bling -

Big congratulations to Leah & Eric – I can’t wait to be in the wedding next winter! As always please feel free to leave comments below!

jenny & ryan :: engaged

katy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:54:39 +0000

This afternoon I met up with Jenny and Ryan at Grand Targhee Resort over in Alta, WY to do some engagement pictures. I know it seems a little bizarre to be doing an e-session two days before the wedding, but they just got out here from LA this week and this was really our first opportunity to get any done.

Baby Ryden, getting all dolled up for the camera. He’s pretty much got the coolest hair ever.

My favorite of the three of them.

I love Jenny’s purple cowboy boots.

See you guys on Saturday!