{J} & {A}~Engaged!

My little brother is getting married!  And they asked me to take their engagement pictures!  Of course I said yes. 

 I really wanted to get these done on a beautiful fall afternoon, just in time for the sunset.  But they waited until the weekend when it was all rain and no sun.  No sun means no sunset, but it also means no shadows which I think is the best part.

 My brother did some work for a guy that has this piece of property with lots of junk but lots of neat things too.  We started out there and just had a few sprinkles get in our way.

 Surprisingly, my brother didn't roll his eyes at me when I told them to pose certain ways.  He was really up for anything I told them to do!

 Look at my handsome nephew Mutley...he was too excited to get out of the truck and run so taking his picture was a little difficult.  I got one or two good ones, but that was it!

 I got a new macro/zoom lens and I love the fishbowl effect that it creates!

 Since it was raining, everything was wet.  It made for more standing up pictures and less sitting/laying down ones.  This one was taken on the floor of a hay shed where it was dry.  On an island...that is kind of cool!

 This of course, is a Pinterest idea.  It turned out pretty good and thanks to editing software, we didn't have to actually write on the antler!  My brother was glad for that!

 The rain let up a little so we were able to walk around the island and get a few more shots in.  Love all the greenery and colors!

 My brother has been a hunter all of his life and he turned her onto it as well, so of course we had to do a few in camo!

 One on the bridge.  We almost forgot to close the gate to the private island-oops!  Then the rain got to be too much so we left.  We will do a few more in the spring as well.  It will be hard to pick out the favorites for sure!

Every time I do a photo shoot, I can tell that my photo taking skills improve.  I am learning on my own and loving it.  I have had quite a few people ask me to take family photos of them and I can't wait to do it.  I may have to start charging them!!