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Justin + Sarah – Little Rock Engagement Photos

I’m so excited to show off these engagement photos that we took on Monday. I met up with Justin & Sarah downtown Little Rock near Sticky Fingers, FYI I’m a big fan of their chicken. We had a great time and I promised them I would make it easy on them. Nothing to difficult, just hanging out taking some photos right? Truth is, they made it easy on me. What a great looking couple, and Justin kept us both laughing with all his jokes, haha. Here are just a couple of my favorites! Enjoy!

P.S. Sorry about missing my Tuesdays with Eli blog post this week. I’m going camping this weekend with Leslie and family so I have so stuff to share next Tuesday.

Britt & Crystal's Fall Wedding Downtown Little Rock

I had a super great time at Britt and Crystal’s wedding, and I’m going to miss the times we had shooting their engagements, Crystal’s bridals, and of course running from the chainsaw guy at the end of the Haunted Hotel, haha. I hope that we can stay in touch long after this two have been married. There were some first for me with this wedding and reception. The ceremony took place at First Freewill Baptist Church in North Little Rock. The reception was in two parts, the first was cake and punch on the campus of the church immediately following the ceremony.  We decided to let the guest have cake first before we did the formal photos. That seamed to go over well. The real reception though, was the after party, after the sun had set everyone met up at The Little Rock Club. This was the 30th floor of the Regions building downtown. I’m glad I’m not afraid of heights, pretty incredible view to say the least. My first time at both of these locations.  The wedding was beautiful, the view at the reception was crazy, and the food was awesome. Crystal found The Calm Coming out of Conway to play some live music, this is my kind of party. Mark G. helped me out again as my second shooter. Here are some of the photos from the night. Congrats Britt & Crystal, enjoy the photos!

First Freewill Church

Bride getting ready

Groomsmen Fisheye

Bridesmaids

Bride & Groom

Bride down the aisle

Fall Arkansas Sky

Modern Wedding Portrait

Brand New Couple

Bride & Groom cutting cake

Regions Building Little Rock

First Dance Little Rock Wedding

Little Rock at night birds eye view

Couple in Limo

Adam & Erin Engagement Photos Downtown Little Rock

Erin and Adam were referred to me from another couple Kele and Jonathan, who I shot engagements for back in July. I guess Kele & Jonathan had such a great time me, they wanted to share wedding photographer with their friends. Adam and Erin are my first couple right now booked for May. I’m super excited about their wedding. We met up at Allsopp Park for engagement session and started in on the pictures when our photo shoot was slightly interrupted by a light rain shower. That didn’t stop us though, we jumped under one of the pavilions and hung out for a second while the rain did it’s thing. I grabbed these shots.

Kissing under a pavilion.

Little Rock Engagement Photos

Here are some of my other favorites when the rain cleared.

Couple kissing on rocks.

Engagement ring photo.

Then Adam suggested we try another park he knew of, which was a great idea. Check out that view of downtown!

Kissing on rock wall.

Kissing in Little Rock park.

A quick change of cloths, then we headed downtown. I love the this one!

Kissing in front of brick wall.

Couple Downtown Little Rock

Engagement Photos Downtown LR

Congrats you guys, can’t wait tell the wedding!

Brent & Rachel Engagement Portraits Downtown Little Rock

My good friends Brent and Rachel are getting married! I am honored that Rachel asked me to be their wedding photographer. I am a little sad that because I will be taking the photos on their big day, I won’t get to be in the wedding party. I guess that’s just the nature of the game. Really though, I am very happy for them both. I have known Brent for quite a while now, and Rachel is perfect for him. They make a great couple and make my job really easy. We met up at the Riverfront Park in Little Rock. The weather was perfect for this e-session. It was right before the cold front moved in, but it was still overcast. Downtown Little Rock is great place to take portraits. There’s so many interesting textures and areas it’s almost unlimited for ideas. Here are just a few of some of my personal favorite photos from the session. I used some of the Totally Rad Actions for photoshop on these. I downloaded the demo pack that came with just a few actions. I really like the look, I had to turn the opacity down on most of them though. I didn’t want it to be to much for the photos. Just enough to add to them. Let me know what you guys think. Give me some feedback. Brent and Rach, congrats you guys. I hope you like your photos. I can’t wait until the wedding.

Little Rock Engagement Portraits

Kissing on Hilltop

Engaged Couple Little Rock

Making out on Green Hillside

Kissing on Park Bench

Riverfront Park Engagements

Edgy Engagement Portrait

Modern Engagement Portrait

Downtown Little Rock Art Couple

Laughing Couple Portraits

Oh yeah, I love this one because I caught then laughing and being themselves, but I also noticed that the sign says reserved parking for “data file” storage. I thought that was weird.