Alecia & Hayden are the perfect example of what an engaged couple in Austin is like.  Fun, quirky, not too serious, and in love with their city.  We went all over town for this session.  There were so many great locations here are just a few of them.

We started out at the Spider House Cafe were they spend some time playing one of their favorite boardgames.

It wouldn’t be Austin without murals.

Hey look, it’s another killer Austin location. :)

Thank you guys for a great afternoon and for living in such a great city.

I get the best couples.  End of story.  Here is a little preview.  Many more coming by the end of the week.

it would be impossible for me to love ashley and blake more.  these two have such a realness about them.  i loved their story and can’t wait to share more of it with you.  it was a little chilly when we shot, but their love managed to keep them both warm. ;)

engagement session on the land you grew up on with your grandmother’s quilt near the hay your boyfriend proposed to you at?  check.

i love how much blake makes ashley smile and laugh.

part of their story involves how they met at atm and then blake moved to california to become a fancy schmancy animator. (you’ve seen boardwalk empire right?  he basically makes each episode all on his own.)  anyway, every so often he comes all the way in from california to hug ashley.  it looks like this.
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thanks for sharing your awesomeness with me.

OK peoples it’s that time again.  Time to look back on the best images from last year and pick your favorites.  Voting will continue throughout the week with new categories every day.  Each category will only be open for voting for 24 hours so come back each day and vote on your favorite new image.  The winners will receive a swanky 16×20 print.  Let’s kick off the first day with some engagement images.  Ready…. Go!

Sometimes I feel bad charging people money for what I do.  I mean take this session for instance.  I got to hang out with cool people, run around Kyle Field, play Skip-Bo, and eat at Freebirds.  I mean really.  I should have paid them.  How awesome are these two?

Did we bust out onto Kyle Field and shoot a ton of images?  Why yes.  Yes we did.

We then headed over to where they had their first date.

Josh proposed over a game of Skip-Bo.  50 cool points for him.

Oh, and if Denise looks familiar it’s because I shot her brother’s wedding earlier this year.

You should go see all of those images here: One of my favorite Aggie weddings.