Susie and Dan at Tryon Creek State Park and Lewis & Clark College
Still playing catch up with my blogging – this one is from last April – another engagement shoot in preparation for a May wedding. We met first at Tryon Creek State Park – just down the road from my alma mater, and a place I knew to be cool and shady on a warm day such as we had been enjoying that weekend.
Susie and Dan are so fun to work with for many reasons – for one, they are very comfortable in front of a camera, and comfortable with each other and expressing their affection, humor and obvious joy and love for each other.
We started out with some simple posed photos, these things always have a rhythm or a warm up phase, before anyone knows what direction things may go or what may emerge out of the shoot. 
We began down one of the many shady trails that meander through the park. We’d seen a bridge on the map and wanted to get some shots of that.
However, sometimes the best shots aren’t planned – we came across a log, and they decided to clown around a bit…
In fact, their fun-loving personalities really made the time spent shooting enjoyable – they’d been taking dancing lessons, and were eager to show off their mad skills when we moved our shoot to Lewis & Clark College campus.
But despite the horsing around, it was easy to see how deeply in love these two were – they have an energy together that’s great to be around and I had such a good time trying to capture the little moments between them that spoke of their sweet connection.
After reviewing these photos, I looked forward to being there at their wedding to capture more of their obvious happiness in life and each other.
The rest of their photos from this shoot and subsequent wedding can be found at: http://ginabixby.smugmug.com/
