{angelica+anthony} engaged

I am so blessed to have such patient, beautiful clients. Not to mention having great friends who help a girl out on bed rest to get an engagement shoot done! HUGE thanks to Lupita Ramirez of Solaris Photography and Dago Esquer of Esquer Photography for helping me out on this session.


Without further ado... {angelica+anthony}

Lupita Ramirez, Solaris Photography

Dago Esquer, Esquer Photography

Lupita Ramirez, Solaris Photography

Dago Esquer, Esquer Photography

While I'm shooting this...

Lupita grabbed this.

While I was shooting the image on the left, Lupita grabbed the one on the right. 

Dago Esquer, Esquer Photography

Lupita Ramirez, Solaris Photography

Dago Esquer, Esquer Photography

Montana Wedding Photographer ~ The King & Queen of Cheese get engaged!

How do I begin to explain my friends Rachael & Scott?

Rachael & Scott are the couple that go to Disneyland ... and pose with every character they meet. Rachael & Scott are the couple that have been together forever ... but still act like they just met. Rachael & Scott are the couple that just "go" together. They are snow & hot cocoa ... peanut butter & jelly ... fire & marshmallows ... sugar & cookies ...

Rachael & Scott have been dating for six years. Yes, six. When they first met, Scott informed Rachael he was on the "seven year plan" - Rach basically blew him off. "Whatever," she thought. Well, Scott got the final laugh on that one.

When Rachael called to announce their engagement last January, it went a little bit like this:

R: "Scott proposed this morning!"

D: "What?! It took you a whole five minutes to tell me this! I'm so excited for you, that's awesome! Hey, at least you beat the seven-year plan. HAH!"

R: "Oooooh no. By next June, it will be seven years ..."

And {nearly} seven years later, they're still cracking up at each other. I can't wait to shoot the wedding next June!

{as always, you can click on a picture to make it bigger!}

Four days before the shoot, it was -23 in Missoula. Day of, it was 19. It was this cold (yes, that's a frozen river):

They were brave souls, working the "grin & bear it" face:

The Rachael & Scott we know & love:

{♥ this one}

My {favorite} shot of the day ... Aren't they adorable?

Cheers!

~di

Montana Photographer ~ Sneaky Peeky Numero TRES!

I told you it was going to be a busy week ...

My week in Missoula was productive to say the least!  The week started off with a bang with a balmy -12 degrees, and that was before the wind chill factor.  Thankfully the weather gods decided to cut Rachael & Scott a break by Friday so we could shoot their engagement session.  Here is a sneaky peeky of the King & Queen of Cheese:

First {official} dolli photo blog post!

So, I guess the best way to start out a new blog is with good news ...

I'm engaged!

So to satiate all of your curious oohs and aaahs, here are some ring pictures. I do love me some ring pictures. Yum!