A ring makes a ring! What are you talking about? Your engagement ring of course. You just got a gorgemous ( yes that’s a word I made up) ring for Christmas and now that ring will start to make telephones all over Atlanta ring. The florist, the church, the caterer and yes, the wedding photographers in Atlanta. You now have the start of a wonderful new year. You are planning a wedding. As you begin looking at wedding vendors, budgets, time lines, and dates, remember to have fun with the process. Yes, that’s right, fun. This is an experience you want to remember AND enjoy. So get a checklist, make a budget, prioritize and let the treasure hunt begin.

Do not forget to get an engagement portrait made. Now is the time so that you can begin letting friends and family know about the big day you and your fiancé are planning. You can mail out “save the date” cards, post a picture to your Facebook page and give a portrait to both sets of parents so they can begin bragging and showing off a picture of their new son or daughter in law to be!

Madeline acting fun and silly here. I love this one! I think she was having a good time.

Here is a great session from Saturday, November 5, 2011. It was a beautiful fall day in Stone Mountain. Alison and Alex are a couple I got the privilege of photographing Saturday and next August at their wedding. The weather could not have been more perfect. Awesome shoot. I think this may be my favorite engagement session to date! Enjoy!

Well Blake finally did it! Take a look at the proposal. Below is a great diary of how Blake surprised his bride to be, Kristen Cox. She was totally surprised. She thought that the were just going to have a nice picnic on a beautiful fall day. Well she was in for an incredible surprise.

I met Blake at 10:30 as he began to make preparations for the noon lunch on the lawn at the Carl House in Auburn, Georgia. He was so excited and nervous all at the same time. He said, “I will be happy as long as she is surprised.” After Blake set everything up, 3 special gifts , lunch, the Coca Cola glasses, and the most important package, the RING!, then he went to get Kristen.

I waited for a little over an hour. I went into the woods and got some extra greenery from a back parking lot and added it to the front of the bushes I was hiding in. I started to worry that Kristen may see me if I was not hidden well enough. Then I realized that my pink shirt probably need to be hidden so I got a burgundy shirt out of the car and a floor mat to lay on the wet ground under the bushes. I just prayed that I would not encounter a snake. About 10 minutes before 12 noon, Blake sent me a text message and asked me to go inside and get the roses he forgot to put out on the blanket from Monica inside the Carl House. Well Monica came out a moment later and put the roses out. At 12 noon on the dot, Blake and Kristen make their entrance. See the images below.

You can see the excitement on her face.I was real worried she would see me so I also pulled out some pine straw and put it over the top of me. Blake is playing everything cool and calm! They eat first an then he began to give her some special gifts. One for each year they have dated.

Congratulations guys! Have a great time.

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