Category: Engagement
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Vacation Photo Session | Oahu Couples Photographer

01.13.2023 Engagement

Something that might get overlooked when traveling is a vacation photo session! Not the ones you take on your phone, but an actual professional photo session with a photographer from the area. Local photographers will know the spots to go, the dos and don’ts of the area (which is particularly important in Hawaii or on […]

You’re Engaged! Now What?

01.06.2023 Engagement

Okay so you’re engaged. Now what? Don’t worry! I’m here to help! Here are some things to consider once you and your partner have decided to get married!! Enjoy it! This might seem obvious, but there’s no need to get caught up in the planning right away after getting engaged. This is a really special […]

Oahu Surprise Proposal | North Shore Couples Photographer

10.07.2022 Engagement

This Oahu Surprise Proposal was an absolute freaking blast to get to plan and photograph for Timi and Sarah. I not only LOVED being there on the day, but I was grinning the whole time editing their pictures. What a special day!! Their picnic was set up by the best company, Destination Picnic CO, and […]

Sunrise Session | Kualoa Engagement Photographer

09.17.2022 Engagement

I met with Steve and Jasmine for a their engagement photos at Kualoa Ranch. We opted for a sunrise session to get that beautiful glowy light that Hawaii has to offer. (As a photographer, it never gets old…) So, we took advantage of that early morning light and had a great time on both the […]

Lee + Stephanie // Ho’omaluhia Botanical Garden Engagement

06.06.2018 Engagement

 Yes, yes, yes to Spring botanical garden engagements my darlings! They are just the best – and only made better by the fact that in front of my lens was my gorgeous sister-in-law and her hubs to be! I mean too much getting to mess with these two : ) We explored the fresh blooms […]

spring engagement | dan + sarah

05.11.2018 Engagement

 Welp, these two are remarkably sweet together and Sarah has one of those crazy contagious smiles. You know like when she lights up with it, nobody around her can help but smile right back, including Dan who would just beam right back at her adoringly whenever it would happen. Which is as you know – […]

hawaii wedding photographer | sean + meg

01.23.2018 Engagement

 Anytime I can run over the Garfield Park Conservatory for a morning of shooting, I am there. Especially in December or January when my skin is shriveled up and dying for hydration missing Hawaii like humidity. Luckily Sean + Meg were all for hanging out in the tropical Conservatory for their engagement session as we […]

jack + molly | hawaii wedding photographer

12.28.2017 Engagement

 Things I love to photograph :: happy in love people, contagious smiles, elements of your love story, Chicago…. this engagement of Molly + Jacks had all of those things. I love that we started where it all began, Barn + Co where these two happened upon each other one night, and the rest as they […]

olive park engagement | bj + colleen

12.21.2017 Engagement

 Ohhhhhhh yes. It is time for Colleen + BJ and their insanely gorgeous smiles to light up the blog on this chilly winter day! So these two were all “Ya know we just kind need some good shots of us both looking at the camera” and I was all, yaaaaay yay yay. I got those […]

chicago riverwalk engagement | cole + annie

12.05.2017 Engagement

 November in Chicago was, well, cold for the most part. Except for a brief few days where the sun came out and warmed us up and allowed Annie + Cole to rock an entire engagement shoot without any winter gear : ) And my goodness did these two take advantage of that good weather!! These […]

chicago engagement | clay + jessica

11.28.2017 Engagement

 Alright let me start out by saying that these two right here are absolute champs. It was wiiiiiindy + cold the morning Clay, Jess + I met out on North Avenue Beach, and when you walk out on that point, it really picks it up to a whole new level! Whatever the wind + temps […]

New Site Yo!

10.25.2017 Engagement

YOU GUYS – AIN’T SHE PRETTY?!!! Laurie here. Boss lady behind the camera, and computer, and emails, and marketing, and scheduling, and social media, and client satisfaction, and photo editor. Woah — It has been a crazy busy climb these last 7+ years since I accidentally started elle rose photo and my career life changed, […]