Justin & Kristen | Alberta Winter Engagement Session
When I meet with my clients I always explain that engagement photos are a great opportunity to have a completely different look than their wedding. If you are having a fall wedding, lets do spring photos. Summer wedding? Lets do a winter engagement session. Engagement photos give you an opportunity to get comfortable with me before your wedding, and with each other in front of the camera... especially when I get you to kiss and you get the nervous giggles.
Justin and Kristen got engaged last summer, after 5 years of dating and living in different Alberta towns. Kristen and I were always bugging our other halves about getting engaged. Well, Justin obviously listened and proposed to Kristen. THANK GOODNESS one of them listened to all the hints and jabs!! I couldn't be happier for the two of them!
They are getting married in July in Lethbridge, so with the summer wedding in the calendar, we planned the winter engagement session. We had one date booked and had to reschedule thanks to the snowpocalypse that hit southern Alberta and dropped close to two feet of snow in areas. A couple of weeks later we took a drive to Lundbreck Falls and froze our fingers and toes. But the freezing waterfall, sliding down what should have been stairs like a slide, rock climbing with two cameras at my sides, and wild turkeys were worth the cold adventure.
A thing to think of when taking photos in the winter time... do you have a nice winter jacket or warm layering clothes? I LOVE what Justin and Kristen chose to wear for their winter engagement session! With rich jewel tone colours and layers, they were able to get multiple looks out of their clothes. Justin had a thick tweed vest he was able to take on and off, and I kind of made Kristen suffer with taking her down jacket off a couple of times. But they have multiple looks because of this. :) I always suggest bringing different accessories like scarves, hats and mitts for a winter engagement session.
Justin has a history of forgetting things, and we got to Lundbreck when he realized he forgot the bag they had packed with their mittens, hats, and extra clothes. So there is a whole different look towards the end of the photos because we did a "re-take" session just like our high school studio pictures. We had a warmer, and MUCH windier day in Lethbridge. Thanks a lot Southern Alberta *insert eye roll*
Justin and Kristen, thank you for choosing me and trusting me to be your engagement and wedding photographer. And thank you for freezing in the snow, taking that slide down the what-would-be-stairs ;), and being great sports about it all! I cannot wait for your wedding in July!
xo,
K
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