Chad and Kasey

I felt like it was such a long time coming meeting Kasey. We've gone back and forth via email for several months now and last Saturday we finally met as we went out for her engagement portraits. Her and her fiance Chad are so cute together, not only a good looking couple, but so real, they are fun and laid back, I love them.  I'm thinking their wedding in October is going to a great time.

 Kasey lives just off Shore drive, and it was her idea to do their pictures on the bay. I've always wanted to do a shoot at or under the Lesner Bridge so this was perfect. Since it was my first time on a shoot near the old Duck Inn I had them trying out every nook and cranny :)









God was smiling down on our shoot --- He made that very clear.  Beautiful

a lot of people don't like lens flare....I on the other hand love it!!  Lets call it my thing, a rule I like to break, to me it makes it feel real.  I wonder what other photographers think about it.  Do you go out of your way to avoid letting the light hit the lens directly?  If I did that I don't think I would get the look I'm after.  To me it doesn't take away from the picture, especially since the subject is completely dark anyway, it's not like the flares are in the way of something important.  Maybe I'm just weird.  Comment if you have any thoughts on the lens flare, I want to hear your thoughts.

 

I love her being on her tippy-toes, they fit so cute together