Sweaty...but in love!

I'm still technically taking some time off to love on our new baby boy, but when Sarah contacted me to take her engagement photos during the week her fiancee was in town from Afghanistan, I couldn't say no! It was soooo hot. Houston summers are always hot for photo sessions, but it was well over 100 degrees at 7pm. Major yuck. We got our shots as quickly as possible so we could escape back into some air conditioning. :) These two lovebirds were so cute together and very natural behind the camera! A fun first-shoot-back for me!

Irma and Juan

Friday night was my final scheduled "pre baby" photo session. Irma is my good friend's sister, so when she asked me to do her engagement session a few weeks back, I couldn't resist! Thankfully Matt came along to help me carry my gear and pose some of the photos, which I greatly appreciated!

It was crazy hot, but Irma and Juan were good sports and never complained! We had beautiful light!!

Irma looks a lot like her sister, and when my two year old daughter passed by and saw me editing these photos, she pointed at Juan and said, "Who's that with Mayra (my friend), and where's Trent (my friend's sister)?" So funny! I explained that this is Mayra's sister and my daughter replied, "Well, she has a nice face!" I agree....they look great together and make a beautiful couple!

These two shots below are my favorites. I think my subjects were a little nervous at first, but by the end of the session they were far more natural. The kiss below wasn't staged at all...luckily I had my camera ready and could snap a quick shot of it! And the picture to the right was the very end of the evening. They were waiting for me to get set up in a new spot and just relaxing together. I hope this will be something they'll know often in their marriage...leaning on each other and chilling together. :)

We grabbed this shot as we headed back to the cars. The bouganvilla in the window box was just too gorgeous to resist. I am proud to say that my 9-month pregnant self laid on my back in the street to get enough of an angle to fit both the lovebirds and the flowers in the frame. Won't say that it looked pretty when I had to get up, but I made it!

First came love...now comes marriage!

A fun engagement shoot with the most patient subjects EVER! We kept having to hold poses while we waited for the sun to hide back behind the clouds. However, they kept each other laughing the whole time and never seemed to mind! Congrats, you two lovebirds!

And of course one with THE CAR. :)

Love

Trent and Mayra sitting in a tree.....

Trent.....our friendship started way back...freshman year of college.
For me, it was formed cracking jokes together in class and editing one another's term paper at an Eagles baseball game so we could score the free hotdogs and tshirts. For Matt it occurred while dressed like knights for Spring Sing and while watching too many movies WAY too late into the night with class the next morning.
I can't hardly think of the early years of Matt and my lives as a married couple without also including Trent. We were a hard and fast team of three those first few years the guys were in grad school....We've been through roadtrips, breakups, weddings, 2 graduations, big tests, lots of s'mores in the chiminea, housesitting gigs, and even several cats....Trent and us Lahmeyers.
We heartily agree that Mayra is the one for him, and I was so honored to get to shoot their engagement portraits. I had a hard time narrowing down which to post, since I can't help smiling over these images of our sweet friends in love!