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Diane and David, Engaged! | Boston engagement photographer

Hello world! I’ve landed in Sydney, Australia and am hanging out at my aunts. I’m a little jetlagged, but my flight was pretty smooth. I even managed to watch Confessions of a Shopaholic (I love Hugh Dancy), HP5, and Star Trek. I’m technically on vacation, but I really wanted to post these engagement photos of Diane and David, some great friends I’ve made post-college here in Boston, and I’m waiting for my aunts to make lunch so I have down time. Diane and David (or as they like to say, “dsquared”) are getting married real soon, and we had the GREATEST luck with weather during their session – sunny and a high of 60 degrees! Unthinkable! For fun, I asked them to bring in some props – including some red helium balloons. The reason why I love engagement shoots and why I highly recommend them to everyone is that not only do you get to have some fun, casual photos with each other, you also get to understand how you two photograph. And if I am your wedding photographer, it helps work out some of the wedding jitters and is a great time for me to receive feedback from you as well in terms of what photographs you respond to – so that your wedding photos would rock even more! Okay, I’m getting sleepy, so let’s get to the photos!

We began by the esplanade

San Francisco wedding photographer 720986170 pu5vA XL Diane and David, Engaged! | Boston engagement photographerThis one is totally unplanned, Diane happened to be skipping as I snapped this. This picture makes me smile every time

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We caught the tail end of the autumn colors. I looove my 85mm lens (I’m thinking of trying out the 100mm next)

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San Francisco wedding photographer 720986992 XPBaJ XL Diane and David, Engaged! | Boston engagement photographerThis canopy of golden leaves was delicious

San Francisco wedding photographer 720987249 8BX4S X2 Diane and David, Engaged! | Boston engagement photographerYummy leaves! To get this photo I lay down on the ground while the leaves fell on me

San Francisco wedding photographer 720987475 FQ6qt XL Diane and David, Engaged! | Boston engagement photographerThis was their idea. So cute!

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Congrats you two! Thanks for such a fun afternoon and I’ll see you soon!

 

November 22, 2009 - 8:13 pm

Emily - OOh I love how you made the leaf pic work! And the balloons are so great! I love how they look like they are floating!

November 22, 2009 - 8:29 pm

Kimberly - Oh my gosh, these are so gorgeous! I LOVE the balloons!

November 22, 2009 - 9:12 pm

anna - What a great job you did capturing the exciting moments. Very creative!!! It seems like Diane and David were a fun couple to work with. Congrats to them. SIMPLY FABULOUS WORK!!!

November 22, 2009 - 10:07 pm

Sarina - Shang – these pictures are ridiculously amazing!!!! Such extraordinary talent!

November 22, 2009 - 10:11 pm

Nithya - love love love it! its wonderful how you’ve captured their personalities so well – and the prop worked really well, which is sometimes iffy (esp with a prop like balloons)- looks like a really great couple to work with!! Enjoy your vacation!!

November 22, 2009 - 10:18 pm

Christina - These pictures are sooo cute!!!

November 23, 2009 - 1:04 am

becca - beautiful! :) the red balloons really make the pictures pop!

November 23, 2009 - 9:25 am

mary - i love the “flying away” picture! =)

November 23, 2009 - 12:47 pm

Sarah - I’m diggin’ the balloons! Fantastic idea! Yep – really love the “flying away” photo, too.

November 23, 2009 - 1:01 pm

Christina - i can’t get over this shoot! i love the flying pictures! and the leaf pictures! the colors are so vibrant!

November 23, 2009 - 4:14 pm

Elena - Those pictures just made me smile. Simply awesome!

November 24, 2009 - 2:58 am

Maria - The locations are so fantastic! The sky’s blue is stunning, as are the leaves (although I’m surprised it’s fall in Australia? Thought they’d be in.. summer?), and the building is so neat (reminds me of the Christian Science Museum). Awesome that you got to do some exploring and hope you’re having a good time.

November 24, 2009 - 3:00 am

Shang - Hahaha Maria, to clarify, this was a session in Boston, which I posted while I’m in Australia :D

November 25, 2009 - 3:04 pm

Andrew - These are some of the sweetest photos yet! Nice catch of Diane skipping =)

November 26, 2009 - 2:13 am

Maria - You know what, that makes complete sense.
Hahaha.

November 30, 2009 - 5:54 pm

Tammy - hahahah I think the flying-Dave shot is one epic win.

December 4, 2009 - 8:02 am

Karman Lee - Love how the photos came out!!! The balloons are great additions!! It was a great shoot with you! :)

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