Engagement Photos

One of the most important things for both Marc and I when it came to planning the wedding was photography. So it was one of the first things we wanted to pick. With the number of beautiful wedding blogs I read I have pretty high standards, Marc has an artistic eye and knew what he was looking for in images, I knew we needed somebody who we could be comfortable with because I don't particularly enjoy having my picture taken, but we also have a budget so I went about the huge searching the internet looking at photography blog after photography blog. Once I had the list narrowed down to our budget and blogs I liked, Marc narrowed down the list even more and we set up a few appointments. We only made two appointments to start with and although I had a gut feeling after reading oh so many of her adorable blogs that this Alyse French girl who had just moved here from NY was our girl, I tried to go into the appointments with an open mind.

Our first appointment was a disaster, Marc walked in said hi and proceeded to not say one more word through the rest of the appointment. Although these people could take pretty pictures there was no way we were ever getting comfortable with them.

Then we met Alyse and after introductions I knew I had to have her as a photographer and a friend. And Marc even managed to say a few words during the appointment which was a really good sign.

Needless to say we walked out of only our second meeting with a photographer and we were done. Marc and I are just that kind of people when it comes to knowing what we want and Alyse was just that amazing. She takes beautiful pictures and has a beautiful personality.

Along the way Alyse and her husband Dylan, who works with her sometimes, have become our friends and we are even more excited that they get to be part of our big day.

Last weekend we had scheduled our engagement session and we were all ready to go when we got a phone call from Alyse saying she and Dylan had been in an accident right by their apartment on the way to our house. We were thinking this should be rescheduled for another time while they had time to process what had just happened but after a few discussion between the two of them the troopers decided they wanted to put the accident behind them and just do the shoot. How awesome are they. So with a slight change of plans we picked them up at their place and headed to the Buffalo Bayou for a photoshoot with a country meets the city feel that we had tracked down. And although I was a little nervous to have my picture taken it turned out to be a blast. Alyse, Dylan, and Marc had me laughing the whole time. And we ended the night with some awesome friend time at our favorite pizza spot with them, Piola Pizza.

Yesterday Alyse posted some of her favorite shots of the engagement session on her blog. And I cannot explain to you how talented Alyse and Dylan are, the photos are gorgeous and we can't wait to see the rest that are already in the mail. But for now check out Alyse's blog and her beautiful website....

Alyse French Photography Blog

Alyse French