Must love Texas. Must love Colorado. Must love dogs. That’s all I require from my clients when I photograph their wedding day and engagement session. Teasing, of course – but there is some sort of happy trifecta that those three ingredients bring to my client relationships these days. I’m referring mostly to the Texas and Colorado parts (dogs are icing on the cake, naturally – because if you love dogs, then you are automatically awesome in my book); it seems that there is often a strong connection between Texas and Colorado for many of the wedding clients I cross paths with lately. As soon as Texans learn I’m from Colorado, eyes light up and conversation turns to skiing, snow, mountains (because Texans love Colorado) – and when Colorado folks learn that the Austin area is my second home, they almost applaud with the same admiration – and hand me a list of places to eat and hike and cycle (because, see – Coloradoans love Texas, too). Couples hunting for a wedding photographer to accommodate both places have even come across my name (needing engagement photos in Austin and wedding photos in Colorado – perfecto!). I couldn’t be more thrilled or grateful to bounce between both states with my cameras.
Speaking of awesome couples who love Texas and Colorado and dogs – meet Laney and Aaron: Austinites who ski in Colorado and have two of the sweetest pups ever. Austin has so many fun places for engagement photography that we had a hard time narrowing down our plan for the evening, but Laney and Aaron chose to hit the streets near South Congress and then head home to walk the pooches, which gave a lovely balance to our photo set. Casual, colorful funk and down-home family time is how I might describe it. Laney and Aaron were a blast to work with, always goofy and cracking up together – and I wanted to high-five them for how sweet and well-mannered their doggies were.
Thank you Laney, Aaron, Jessy, and Romex – here are a few of my favorites:
That’s Jessy on the left, and Romex on the right. Google ‘romex’. Perfect name for an electrician’s dog, don’tcha think?
Happy little family.
South Congress engagement photography by photojennette