After receiving their engagement session from me, they sent me this incredibly sweet thank you e-mail that I wanted to share.  I’ve been meaning to post it for quite some time, but as always, I got a little side tracked.  Thank you to Molly and Josh for being so wonderful and I know we will have a blast on your special day!

If you would like to see more shots from Josh and Molly’s engagement click here!

“Hi Maija,

As Josh and I have finally been finishing our save-the-date cards, I wanted to take a minute and let you know how thrilled we’ve been with our engagement pictures– I thought of you and decided to check on your blog a week or so ago, and was surprised to see our silly mugs! That reminded me of how I’ve been meaning to pass on our gratitude to you.  Knowing that we’d be using one of the photos for our save-the-dates, we’ve been somewhat secretive about sharing all the photos until we’d chosen the one to send out.  I can’t tell you how crazy it’s driven our families and friends!  We’ve received such praise on the photos they have seen, and everyone has been begging to see the rest ever since!  Everyone had a favorite, as you captured both our silly sides (which are showing all too often!) and the softer moments. On top of it all, we had a FABULOUS time shooting with you, and learning what a fun, vibrant, easy-going yet professional work ethic you have.

The photos were such a hit with our family, that we framed several for Christmas gifts for elated family members.  (I have to say, it feels somewhat narcissistic to be gifting so many photos of ourselves, but they loved them so much, we couldn’t resist!)

Our photos were one of our ’splurge’ decisions when it comes to our wedding; One of the few things that we refused to compromise on, because it means so much to us that we have great photos to preserve the day.  After receiving our beautiful engagement photos, we are so very anxious for our wedding, and the gorgeous photo-memories we know you’ll create.  Amongst all the chaos of planning a wedding, it’s fabulous to feel confident and excited about booking with a vendor– We are so glad to have you!
I’m sure you’re swamped with bookings and editing, but if you get a chance to send along any further photos, you can bet there’s a restless audience that would be elated so see ‘em!

Hope all is well– And THANK YOU!
Molly and Josh.”

Ryan and Alyssia are such a sweet couple.  I loved my time with them….we had tons of laughs.  Alyssia was very nervous about being in front of the camera.  Apparently she has only a couple photos of her from the past several years.  I changed that.  Now they have more than a couple framers.   Though it took a little while for her to loosen up, she did great as the time went by and I’m really looking forward to their wedding day.  I know there will be a 1,000 beautiful memories to capture.  Their love is so innocent and beautiful to watch.

Here are a few shots from their engagement session we did a couple weeks ago.  I hope to add more soon…but wanted to give everyone a sneak peek.

We started out at a park and took some shots with Ryan's son Noah. So cute!!

After the park we went to Alyssa's parents house on a farm. I explored the area a bit and found these very cool old trucks hidden away. I think they turned out to be a fun backdrop! I'm all about finding some creative, fun textures to add to photos....finding things that maybe not everyone would think to make a great photo.

Aren't they darling?! I love pulling out the silly side of couples...aka. finding their inner child!

I love, love, love barns!

As the sun was going down, we ran over to a field and caught these last few shots. I thought they turned out quite well considering me we really hustled to catch the sun before it sunk behind the horizon.

I love the light in this shot. Not to mention the oh so sweet couple.

Expressing their love!

I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do!

See what I mean....such a blast to hang out with them! Lots of laughter.

Beautiful Molly!

I love photography, for so many reasons, but one of them being you can get great pictures anywhere and with very little. We found this cool old blue bench outside of the police station. So we had an audience of police officers. I thought it turned out pretty cute.