College Station Engagement Session - {Elizabeth & Tyler}

All of our Brides and Grooms are fun, relaxed, and easy going...  Elizabeth and Tyler are no exception to this rule.  We started out early one morning and hit the Administration building on Texas A&M, just to beat the heat.  We then wound up in Downtown Bryan at one of our favorite alley ways for an urban setting.  Listening as a train blew its ear piercing horn, we all took off in the direction it was coming from, thereby capturing the motion of the train's cargo as our couple danced in the crosswalk.

After an exciting time in BCS, we then headed to our well known "honey hole" {Reference Ashlyn & Curt's engagement session on the blog.  If you've been there, then you know where it is.} to finish up the session among the blue bonnets and the buzz of families creating memories.  Now it's time we start packing some coolers with ice cold refreshments to get ready for the bridal session!  Summer, here we come!
























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College Station Engagement Session - {Ashlyn & Curt}

We started off our session where Curt proposed on campus at Texas A&M. When we approached the bench where he asked Ashlyn to marry him, the bright orange color of the construction fence that blocked a portion of the area had Curt thinking of alternate benches nearby.  Throwing caution to the wind, I started moving the obnoxious barrier that stood in our way and Curt followed my lead.  When we finished, we politely moved it back to its proper place and felt satisfied that we captured the location where their lives began to merge.  Before we left A&M, we stopped off by the Century tree near the Academic Building, meanwhile dodging a soon to be groom (hopefully) nervously waiting on his lady.

Bluebonnets, bluebonnets, bluebonnets!  The only one of two weeks here in the Brazos Valley that Bluebonnets lifted their heads from the soil to greet the world, happened to be on the weekend that we shot Ashlyn & Curt's Engagement Session.  Curt affectionately called the next location our "Honey-hole" and Ashlyn said they'd been looking for a place exactly as this one.  An old Ford truck made a great prop for our session amongst a backdrop of rolling hills, green and blue.

What better way to end the session than with a Texas country themed setting.  The ingredients:  A great looking couple, a cedar log fence, a cowboy hat, and boots.  Congrats you two!  We're looking forward, now, to the bridal session!




































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So, that's why I have a jacket, but where are my gloves...?

The light dusting of snow on the ground this morning got me to thinking...  How cool would it be to be shooting an engagement session or bridal session right now!?  Being a Texan, as most of you probably are, (its a big state) I'm kind of averse to cold weather.  However, I thought I'd post some food for thought for those of you wondering what a good time of year is for scheduling your outdoor photo session.  I'm not saying that you have to stick to this guideline, but you ladies that have to shoot your bridal session in weather like this, are understatedly brave.


I'm going with the historic average, but keep in mind the weather is unpredictable and there may be exceptions.  In any case, let's take a look at the current month of February.  With temperature averages ranging from 41 degrees on the low side to 69 degrees on the high, I rarely recommend scheduling an outdoor bridal session, unless you can stand the cold and/or it's snowing like today.  Engagement sessions on the other hand, are okay in any precipitation, as long as you both don't mind having to wear a heavy jacket in your photographs.  Sometimes it can bring out a sense of intimacy with a couple when the groom is holding his bride tight in the midst of Jack Frost.  Towards the end of February and going into March, the average temperature raises to a comfortable level for outdoor sessions.


The average for March ranges from 45 degrees on the low side to 79 degrees on the high.  March is typically a much better month for comfortable outdoor sessions.  Keep in mind that this is also the month that most schools have their spring break and when the bluebonnets start to climb out from the ground.  March tends to be the perfect 'spring' month for photographing outdoors.


Most of the fair weather continues through April (54º/82º) and May (61º/89º).  When May starts creeping upon us is when the days tend to be a little warmer, a little more humid, and a little less desirable.  In case you're wondering 'Why isn't it desirable?'  Simply put, sweat doesn't photograph very well and uncomfortable expressions can take over the session.  Also, because of the time and effort brides spend on their makeup and hair, in hot and muggy weather, makeup melts and sweats off, and hair falls with the humidity.  It only gets worse in June (69º/94º)...


In homage to this cold snap and our powdery white, flurried friends, I'll leave you with some of our pictures of Texas A&M campus covered with snow last year.

















*weather averages cited from www.wunderground.com for College Station, TX
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