So now you’ve seen some of the more traditional of our engagement pictures, I wanted to share some of the really fun ones. After taking our fancy photos all dressed up, we snuck in to a little boat house of sorts our photographer’s mother in law owned next to the lake to change. We brought some more casual clothes, along with a special surprise for the end of the shoot!
I have to say – if you’re on the fence about doing engagement photos, I encourage you to go for it! Even if it’s only a half hour in your photographer’s studio, it’s great for a lot of reasons. First, you get to spend some time with your photographer and see how they are when they’re actually on the job. Do you mesh as well as you hoped? Now’s the time to find out! It also helps you learn to get used to taking professional photos and can make you more relaxed on your wedding day. And of course, you get pretty pictures to hang up and share!
Once again, all photos from the lovely Tammy Martines Photography.
We went around to the other side of the lake to check out the view!
Smooching by the lake, of course!
I really love that sweater, and that lake!
More smooching, plus fun photoshop filters!
At some train tracks in Carbondale. True story, there was a guy that looked like a hobo walking down the tracks towards us during this shoot. Rather than wait (he was far away) we used strategic angles to cover him up with NEPA Groom’s head! We let him pass once he got closer.
This photo above is one of my absolute favorites!
We always stroll on railroad tracks, don’t you know?
Ahem. Yes, we love the Philadelphia Eagles. A lot.
We brought our own football, but I bet if we dug around in this alley long enough we could have found one.
We are super bad ass.
You can see part one of our engagement photo shoot over here, if you came in late. 
Monday, 4. January 2010
We are definitely on the fence about engagement shoots. Yours are so cute! I love the railroad and football pics the best.
Thursday, 7. January 2010
Very cute photos! I stumbled across your blog while Googling “banquet hall NEPA.” So glad you put this together; it’s been so helpful (LOVE the zombie cake!). My fiance and I were engaged in May, and I’m just now starting wedding planning. I’m having such a tough time finding a place that’s elegant, yet affordable. And so the hunt continues!
Thursday, 7. January 2010
Buhdoop – Thanks so much! We’re so happy with them. I’m probably partial, but I think they’re great to do even if you just get a quick session. Or even borrow a friend who’s handy with a camera and have them take a few.
Aly – awww thank you so much! You don’t know how much it means to have local brides actually commenting and getting value out of this. I got engaged in May as well, and it’s been quite a process figuring things out. Where are you looking to get married in NEPA? I saw a bunch of places – we’re having our reception at the Golden Palace. It’s very pretty and a little more affordable. If I think of any other good ones I visited I will share!
Sunday, 10. January 2010
We looked at a few places: Gramercy Ballroom in Pittston, Genetti’s in W-B, and Knights of Columbus in Luzerne. I’n not completely taken by any of them, but I think the KOC banquet hall has potential, especially if we decorate it ourselves. We have an appointment at the Golden Palace next Saturday. I am PRAYING it works out! We were actually considering the courthouse — rent that big, white tent and all. But I wonder if that would be a headache to plan… plus, it might be a bad idea considering all the bad karma there in the past year. haha
Sunday, 10. January 2010
Oh those are all some pretty good choices. Good luck with the Golden Palace – they were great putting up with all of my questions and had a lot of options. I also liked them because they had a package that came with cake and centerpieces. Let me know how it goes for you!
A couple other places that might be worth looking at, off the top of my head are:
http://www.kazimis.com/
and
http://www.stmariagoretti-laflin.org/banquet.html – note, they don’t cater, I think. But it looked very pretty and I’m sure they could advise and help coordinate.