I’ve been dying to blog these photos, but I knew I wanted to get these photos published on a wedding blog. I know most of you reading this are probably thinking, why do you have to wait.  Well most wedding blogs want to be the first one to publish a particular shoot/wedding.  They are in the business of showing the unique sessions and they want to be the first ones to put images up.  Ok I’m hoping I’m making sense here.  So Wedding Wire published this shoot on their blog, YAY!!!!!  (click here to view).  So with that said, I can discuss how this shoot came to be.  I photographed a wedding that Rachel of Rachel Events was the coordinator for (shout out to Laura, love ya sweetie).  I knew through Facebook that Rachel was recently engaged herself.  So what do girls do, OMG let me see the ring 🙂 and we chatted for just a few minutes while guest were enjoying dinner (no one wants pictures of them stuffing their face, right).  She talked about wanting to do a theme shoot for an engagement session and I was so down and told her that I would photograph it for her.  At first, the shoot was going to be in the oil derricks in Oklahoma.  Then when Rachel and I met for lunch to discuss the shoot, she let me know she wanted more of English Victorian feel with a mirrored walk way, a huge birdcage, lots of deep red arrangements.  Something very different.  I was so down for that.  So Bryna with Dr Delphinium, Heidi with Sugar Bee Sweets, and Nicole with Left-Handed Calligrapher got pulled in to help create this Victorian masterpiece.  OMG and did they floor me with their brilliance and creativity.  So the day before the shoot and the morning of the shoot, I saw it pouring rain. I was like really, we haven’t had rain for months and today of all days.  But somehow the rain stopped for the 2-3 hours of our shoot, we were so lucky.  And I have to say the gray, muddy, murky day kinda added to that English Victorian feel. It helped give that darker feel to the shoot that we wanted.  Rachel, OMG, Rachel was such a trooper, she stomped through the mud and did whatever was need to get “The Shot.”  The bottom of her gorgeous white dress was covered in mud by the end but she laughed it off in true Rachel style. Oh and Matt was awesome and he and Rachel are perfect for each other.  Whew Ok with all that said, here are the gorgeous pictures 🙂

And I will end with a picture of Rachel’s oh so gorgeous engagement ring 🙂

Again I want to give a huge THANKS to all the vendors involved that made this shoot possible.  You all did the hard work and feel so blessed to have photographed it.  Thanks to Rachel for bringing me in on this and entrusting me to capture these images for you.