this precious life.: Sweet Love | Marie & Garry | Richmond Engagement Photography

I met Marie when my family first moved to Indy over 6 years ago. Crazy to think it's been that long ago but at the time, Marie and I were in youth group together! She graduated soon after, a few years later my family moved to a different church and both of our lives took different directions. Once in a while we'd run into each other at weddings, graduations & such but when she contacted me about shooting their engagement & wedding pictures, I was way out of touch! So much so that, though I had heard she was engaged, when I said yes to doing a session with her and her fiancé, I didn't even realize that she no longer lived in the Indy area! We quickly sorted all of that out, got reconnected and on an overcast & chilly Saturday afternoon, I drove over to Richmond to take pictures of Marie & Garry-- praying there would be no rain!
I met up with Marie first, while she was still getting ready, to discuss a few details about the upcoming wedding day. But the first thing I found out when I arrived was that there was a major change of plans! Garry is in the Marines and his orders were changed so at the last minute they've had to switch their wedding day from December to May! They thought they had 9 more months to plan the wedding and all of a sudden they have 6 weeks! Needless to say, they are in full wedding mode now & being such champs about it! Thankfully my schedule was open for the new date of their wedding so finding another photographer is one less thing they have to do!

Garry walked in when we were almost ready to go and soon after, we headed to Glenn Miller Park {not named after the big band musician!} where Marie & Garry have spent most of their dates together. It was a gorgeous, rolling park and despite being incredibly overcast, it never rained and all the trees were in bloom!
Neither of them have ever done a photoshoot before but you wouldn't have known! They were so natural and seemed to completely forget that the camera was there:) 'Course, that can't be too hard to do when you have the love of your life right next to you;) The love they have for each other is so evident & capturing them interacting was so sweet! When I mentioned how we might do some relaxed shots with no smiling, Marie replied with a laugh, "that's going to be really hard because every time I look at Garry I can't help but smile really big!" I loved how they chose to start off the session in their uniforms- showcasing their professions. Getting to know & capture them as a *couple* was such a pleasure and I know that if they were this relaxed during an engagement shoot, they'll be *awesome* on their wedding day!