An Engagement Session Walk

Boston, MA - As an engagement session idea, Erin and Brendon, wanted to take a walk around Commonwealth Avenue in Boston and eventually end up at the Esplanade. It was a perfect late Summer evening for a walk around the city. Plus, you can be anywhere in Boston and fine amazing spots for portraits, but the Comm Ave area was definitely special for Erin and Brendon. That’s what we like… when our couples feel some passion about their engagement portrait location. It allows them to get in the moment a bit quicker and warm up to the camera as well.

Mid-Winter Boston Common Engagement Session

Boston, MA – So our whole plan was to go skating at the frog pond to capture some candid moments and have Mark and Mandy all warmed up for some portraits. Well, what we didn’t anticipate was that it was one of the coldest days in January and a 45 minute wait just to get on the ice… YIKES! So, as you can imagine, without a proper warm up in single degree weather our super couple was a bit cold for the shoot, but they braved through it and we ended up getting some great stuff. Just looking at the images you wouldn’t think it was well below freezing out. Even though we didn’t get a whole engagement session in that day, we all had fun and certainly had something to laugh about in the future. And of course, Mark got to wear his Boston Bruins sweater for some pictures, which made his day!

Engagement sessions are such a good bonding experience between a couple and their photographers. We had  already had the opportunity to get to know Mark and Mandy a bit from photographing a wedding in October where they were both in the wedding party; but it was great to have the 2 on 2 time build that relationship up a bit. Because although we are in the business of photography, we’re also in the business of making people smile and that’s key to our photography. And for us, watching young people in love, laughing, braving the elements for the sake of pictures is really inspiring to us.