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Natural Engagement Session | Melissa & Adam’s This is Us Session

February 10, 2017

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We are so very excited to be sharing some of our favorite images from Melissa & Adam’s This is Us engagement session today! One of our very favorite things about engagement session is when we can collaborate with the couple to incorporate something that has meaning to them and their relationship, to be able to capture a little glimpse of what life looked like for them before they were married. So when they look at their photos, they think “this is us.”

Melissa and Adam are so intentional about their relationship, and about remembering their story. Which I absolutely love! So when we were brainstorming for their engagement session, Melissa shared with me the story of “that Saturday.” Everyone has that day…you know, the day when you when you knew things were real, that this was was a relationship that was meant to be. For Melissa, that day was a Saturday that started with Adam showing up with a cup of coffee before they went for a walk around downtown Franklin, then driving various scenic backroads, before ending up with a farm that has a special significance to Adam’s family and now to Melissa & Adam’s relationship. We were able to tie that in to their session (including one of their favorite past times: playing backgammon!), and I just love that we were able to create these images for them in places that have so much meaning to their relationship! Not to mention, we managed to have the most gorgeous fall weather, and just had so much fun hanging out with these two and having time to create!

Best way to end a session!

Congratulations again, Melissa and Adam! We absolutely can’t wait to document all the joy of your wedding celebrations in April–it’s going to be here before we know it!

Thank you all for stopping by the blog!  Hope everyone is having a great week, and congratulations to all the recently engaged couples out there starting out on their wedding planning adventure! If you’re looking for natural photos of real moments for your wedding day, we’d love to chat with you!

  1. Mahlia says:

    What a lovely photoshoot! Downtown Franklin makes for such a beautiful setting.

  2. Mahlia says:

    What a lovely and authentic engagement session! Beautifully captured.

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Purpose and passion and the lessons of over 17 years of weddings...

I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN. 

It might seem silly to say that I believe part of my purpose here on this earth is creating photos at people’s weddings. But here’s the thing. Life is absolutely going to life. There are going to be days and seasons that are freaking hard and awful and the world feels like it’s burning down (literally, metaphorically, in all the ways). And there are going to be days full of so much love and joy and bliss and peace that you wish you could just bottle it up for all time.

And I feel so strongly that that’s WHY a wedding matters. And why your photos matter. And why making it so intentional and purposeful to you matters. To create the space to intentionally create beautiful new memories together. Because it’s a weekend to say that this love (yes, all love) and these people (yes, all people) MATTER. It exists. It is real. And it’s worth celebrating the f*** out of. In a radical defiance of everything telling us to be scared and wall up our hearts.



And it’s worth documenting. My purpose in this is to be present with what’s there on your wedding day—all the joy, love, and whatever else is showing up—and creating the record of it. A record of what is true to you. So that when the days hit hard, you can point back at this anchor of joy and love, and know that it exists. It is real. It is worth celebrating.

Sending all the love, wherever this journey of life is meeting you today. xoxo, Jen

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