Chicago!

In January, I got an email showing that our engagement portraits were up. Our engagement shoot happened near the Christmas holidays, in Chicago! There will be a whole post later about why I ended up hiring a photographer from a thousand miles away, but in the meantime, here are the photos.

Of the 90 shots given to us after our session, we marked half of them as our favorites. I'm not sure what we'll do with these shots. I plan to put at least one or two on our wedding webpage, and I'm going to order a print or two to display at our rehearsal dinner.

Three favorites from the photographer's blog:

 

We very much enjoyed the snow! It was unbelievably fluffy and fun to walk on. It was the most snow I'd ever seen in my LIFE! Little did I know that just two months later, we'd get a record snowfall right here in Dallas. Here's a shot of me gleefully kicking some snow towards FH. Take that!

 

Here are some more great shots, though they are still watermarked:

Oh wow, what a romantic snowman!

After I saw these, I said to Mr. Oyster, "Wow, I sure look as though I love you very much!" It's nice to see so many shots of me looking adoringly at my future husband. It felt weird to see pictures of us kissing!

I was a little anxious that I never found the "perfect" coat to wear, and, true to my Texas/California roots, had never been in weather this cold, let alone photographed in it (do I *really* need to put on this hat?). But our photographers are great, and in the moment, at least, I was able to totally relax and enjoy the experience!

So that's the story of our engagement photos! We'll be ordering one or two to scan, so I'll post them later. I can't wait to show you the shots of our "snow dance!"

*Images via the incomparable David & Nancy Wittig.