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I loved college with everything in me. It was one of my favorite times of life, and I love finding others who have a similar deep-rooted passion for their school and have have chosen to thrive and grow in a season of life that brings about such great opportunities for such. Mississippi State is home to these two and that’s exactly where we found ourselves for their engagement session. It was a beautiful afternoon and I so enjoyed getting to know these two. Amber’s getting ready to graduate with a degree in broadcast meteorology – meaning, she’s gonna rock it out as weather woman at some lucky TV station. So, I knew I had to really work in some cool cloud/sky shots for the girl who studies those things all day long. Trey is a mild-tempered guy who’s insightful and approaches life at just the right pace. Refreshing for somebody like me who tends to breeze past things a little too quickly.

I look forward to next Christmas when we’ll be celebrating together your big wedding day. It’ll be fun… and we’ll know well in advance exactly what the weather will be like, I feel sure.

These two are nothin’ but class. Quite unfortunately, I’m not gonna be the lucky dog shooting their wedding ceremony in Jamaica, but I am getting to do some portraits for them – the engagements which I’m posting now and some wedding portraits we’ll take here locally after they’re wed. Needless to say, they’re a breeze to photograph so I’m looking forward to catching up with them again after they are Mr. & Mrs. to get some more. Enjoy the caribbean, you two!

Fortunately for these two, their engagement session fell on what I would say was the peak day of fall in Mississippi. We found some beautiful fall colors, and some fantastic warm light. Better than that, though, was that Megan and Anderson were all smiles and almost uncontrollably giggly from start to finish. Megan insisted that they’d be the most awkward subjects I’ve worked with, but, I contest that the two of them nailed it and we work as a perfect team. I’m particularly excited about shooting their wedding, not only because we’re great friends, but also because it’s happening at the beach next summer and I have a sense it’s going to be one of the most enjoyable/chill/fun get-togethers I’ve gotten to photograph. Thanks for letting me barge into your families for a weekend at the beach, Megan & Anderson! Oh, and thanks for being such wonderful (non-awkward) subjects for my camera.

It’s a little unfair when two people as talented as these two fall in love with one another and get married. Sarah (“Dottie”) and Jeremy both hold degrees in music (multiple degrees, actually) who met in our college’s esteemed (and incredibly impressive) choir. There’s something so comfortable about being with the two of them. They’re not one of those couples who can’t hang out with other people or aren’t fun to be around, they’re bubbly, expressive, and incredibly intentional people. Jeremy was a great friend through college and I still claim that he’s one of the most encouraging people I know: always sure to provide an encouraging word to me and to my family. Can’t help but love people like that. Here’s a few images from their session when we roamed around MC’s campus and Jackson for some cool shots…

My favorite thing about these two is their contentment that becomes obvious only when they’re in the company of one another. I’ve actually already shot Annah & Kenny’s wedding and am just getting around to blogging their engagement session, but, both at the engagement session and on the day of their wedding, they were so in tune with one another. Kenny meets her needs in the most perfect way and Annah is–literally–giddy when she’s around her man. I mean it when I say, they’re a couple I’ll never forget.