{"id":474,"date":"2010-06-08T02:15:04","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T02:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/?p=474"},"modified":"2010-06-08T02:15:04","modified_gmt":"2010-06-08T02:15:04","slug":"a-rocky-engagement-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/a-rocky-engagement-session\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rocky Engagement Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not often that I wonder what is going through my clients&#8217; heads during a shoot, but as I was wading knee-deep in murky water and wedging myself between spider-infested boulder crevices during Jessica and Brad\u2019s engagement shoot to get shots, the thought definitely occurred to me that these people must think I\u2019m C.R.A.Z.Y! <\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what they thought of me, I was thinking that Jessica was pure sweetness and Brad\u2019s cute playful side got more and more apparent as the shoot progressed. We went to a park in Jim Thorpe, PA, for the shoot, and our first \u201cplayground\u201d turned out to be a giant lawn, so I suggested one of the few shots you can do with a lawn\u2026<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg1\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg17-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s funny how you can immediately tell how far a person is willing to go for a photo the minute you ask him or her to lay on the ground. Brad: \u201cWhat if it\u2019s wet?\u201d Jessica: \u201cNoooo, it\u2019s surprisingly dry!\u201d haha. I have to give Brad credit though, he laid on the ground, and did every other crazy little thing I suggested short of wading knee deep in the water with me, and by the end of the shoot, I\u2019d say he was actually diggin\u2019 it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg2\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg2-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I just put that photo there, because I know I can\u2019t go too many paragraphs without one or I\u2019ll lose my imaginary readers. After the swingset which &#8211; like its corresponding photo &#8211; came surprisingly out of nowhere, we found a little grungy beach. The beach was crowded and not terribly scenic, but we did have fun with the lifesavers they had laying around!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg3\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-473\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg3-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next stop was boulder field, a short 20-minute drive through the park away! The boulders were actually a lot bigger than they looked. My husband: \u201cGreat, a good place for you to break an ankle,\u201d Me: \u201c\u2026Or a Camera.\u201d Luckily, neither my camera or ankles were sacrificed for this shot.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg5\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg5-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Doesn\u2019t Jessica look like she could be a model? I know, I know, less talking, more illustrating. So here are some more of my adorable, matchy-patchy couple!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1.jpg\" alt=\"BlogTileJB1\" width=\"900\" height=\"676\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1-652x490.jpg 652w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1-221x166.jpg 221w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1-332x250.jpg 332w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1-712x535.jpg 712w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB1-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After boulder field, we still had time to kill, so we set out to see what else we could find in passing as we drove through the park. We stopped at a little clearing and I shot my focus through a little wispy bush, which happened to have dramatic natural lighting on the other side.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg13\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg131-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finally, we drove past a HUGE flower-tree grove. I have no idea what kind of plants were blooming in the early summer, but from these photos you\u2019d think it was still spring! Again, I give both Jessica and Brad props for trekking through that tick-infested high grass for these shots.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2.jpg\" alt=\"BlogTileJB2\" width=\"900\" height=\"676\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2-652x490.jpg 652w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2-221x166.jpg 221w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2-332x250.jpg 332w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2-712x535.jpg 712w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/BlogTileJB2-333x250.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For one more image, I asked them to hold one of the flowers in a certain place and kiss. This photo was a happy rendition of my original idea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg11\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg11-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Though we eventually did get to the image I was intending.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg12\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg12-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To the lovely couple: I\u2019m so thrilled you chose me for your wedding! It\u2019s always a privilege to be working with a couple that is able to appreciate not just my photos, but the over-the-top enthusiasm that goes into creating each one of them. That, and anyone who shows up rockin\u2019 my favorite shade of purple has to be pretty cool!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/laurenbrimhall.goodgallery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4.jpg\" alt=\"JessBradBg4\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4.jpg 900w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4-735x490.jpg 735w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4-375x250.jpg 375w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4-803x535.jpg 803w, https:\/\/laurenbrimhallphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/JessBradBg4-333x221.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s not often that I wonder what is going through my clients&#8217; heads during a shoot, but as I was wading knee-deep in murky water and wedging myself between spider-infested boulder crevices during Jessica and Brad\u2019s engagement shoot to get shots, the thought definitely occurred to me that these people must think I\u2019m C.R.A.Z.Y! 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