If you haven’t seen the first part of Gabriella and Andrew’s engagement session, then you need to stop what you are doing and prepare your heart, because day 2 amplified the awesomeness. Here’s the teaser: bar engagement photos, a Porsche, and a photoshoot at a tennis court.

And as an added reminder, we cannot stress enough how beautiful this couple is – they’re a walking Abrocrombie billboard!

Engagement Photos in a Bar

Introducing Milo Butterfingers – a bar near Southern Methodist University (SMU) and the namesake of their dog.

This sports bar really made for a very cutesy, very mindful, very demure location.

Too much? I don’t care, because this first location engagement session was straight fire!

When Gabrielle showed up in her Naeem Khan cocktail dress, it was as if fireworks were shooting off everywhere. Friend, what you wear matters in an engagement session because it can really set the tone – and the right wardrobe will make your confidence soar!

After a few drinks, entertaining conversation, and intentionality, we played a few rounds of pool together.

Zoey and I find it important that when planning engagement photos, it should be based around activities and creating moments. It’s in the moments that memories are made and an experience is made.

Speaking of experience, it’s always fun to ride in style. After we finished up at Milo Butterfingers, we took off in Andrew’s dad’s Porsche and drove off to the park.

The Tennis Court Photoshoot

Anytime tennis comes up in conversation, I get a little excited and feel my competitive spirit kick in. I play tennis and its a big love of mine.

Tennis is actually how we connected with Brailey and Juan (another couple whose wedding we photographed at the Springs in Waxahachie) and one of the many things that connected us to Gabrielle and Andrew.

The two of them played competitively in high school and they enjoy playing together today! That talk about centering engagement sessions around activities applies here again. Do things together – we’re out celebrating your engagement, so let’s actually do things together!

Let’s not be stiff. Instead, lets create images that show life!

The Photos

(A special honor goes to Gabriella’s cousin who painted this SICK oil painting of their engagement photos!)

We’re Still Not Done

As exciting as this session was, we still weren’t done with Gabriella and Andrew. There was still the final day coming up – the day we actually went sailing!

The session is so epic that we have to put it in its own blog post. You do not want to miss it!

We also don’t want to miss you.

As I mentioned, Zoey and I want to create experiences. We can scream about this until the cows come home, but it’s one of those things that really has to be experienced.

Sometimes a conversation is all that is needed to help someone understand if we’re the right choice or not. We’re okay with not being right for everyone – that’s why talking is the first step in booking Zoey and I as your wedding and engagement photographers here in Dallas.

We’ll walk you through some of our favorite wedding venues in Dallas and other places in the world, give you the permission to dream as big as you want, and give you an ear to talk about anything! We’re interested in the wedding talk, but we’re really interested in you.

If you think we might be an awesome fit for each other, let’s sit down and talk! Just contact us, and begin the conversation.