Dec 08 2011

Katie & Sharmilan: Engagement Portraits!

Katie & Sharmilan found me when searching for photos of their wedding venue, the lovely Buttermilk Falls Inn… after booking me for their wedding next summer we discussed doing an engagement session that would capture them in their own neighborhood with their beloved French Bulldog, Wilbur. Normally I am hesitant to include a dog in an engagement session unless a 3rd person is brought along as a handler, but Wilbur was a delight! He’s just the right size, and so fun to shoot– I even made some Wilbur-only portraits, I just couldn’t resist his charm. After walking Wilbur and shooting a good set of images we dropped him off at the apartment and continued our shoot with just the couple, heading towards our final destination on the High Line and capturing the amazing smiles that these two give each other. I see a lot of smiles in my line of work, but there’s something really obviously special going on between these two– If I didn’t know better I would have guessed that Sharmilan had proposed to her like an hour before I showed up or something… Katie can’t help but beam at Sharmilan and Sharmilan beams right back at her! There was just this pure energy of happiness to be together radiating from this couple– and I simply can’t wait to shoot their wedding!