Our love sessions are a wonderful way to get to know our couples better, build trust, and establish more of a rapport with each other before the all important wedding day! It is especially helpful when our first meeting involves only one member of the pair. Such was the case with Kate & Ryan.

We first met Kate last year, as she was in the early stages of planning her wedding, and just a couple of months after she & Ryan had their little love-munchkin, Nicholas.  So, when it came time for our love session together, we thought it was important that the session not only involve Ryan, but also Nicholas, since the three of them will be celebrating Kate & Ryan’s love and their commitment to one another in just a couple of months.

Like so many of our couples at the start of our session, Kate & Ryan were a little nervous about being photographed, but Nicolas…he was all about it!! And, I think, he helped his mom & dad get comfortable with the idea too. Here are just a few of our favorites from our afternoon together…Enjoy!

Nicholas is excited to have some new playmates….Seriously, can we talk about his two little snaggle-teeth coming in? Love it!!!

This little munchkin was all smiles during our brief time together! It definitely helped that his Grandpa Ken was in the background making very silly faces! Thanks Ken!!!

We call this one a Nicholas sandwich. I just love how smooshed his face is getting and how he just doesn’t seem to know what the heck is going on!

Time for Nicholas to take off with Grandpa Ken, so mommy & daddy can have some alone time. I don’t think he wanted to go!

I just love the way these two are together….being in the unfamiliar territory of a photo shoot, they looked to each other for comfort and support…exactly how it should be in a relationship!!!

It’s obvious where Nicholas got his good looks from….

When Kate smiles, her whole face lights up….Love that!!!

We decided to start our session together at Armstrong-Kelley Park in Osterville and the park has this great little water pond that we used for some photos. The water lilies were in full bloom!

Love a little sun flare!

Snuggle time…

There’s something about that moment right before a kiss that says so much to me!

Come on now…does it get much cuter?

With their comfort level adjusted to the “Yeah, bring it on” level, we headed to the beach and these two rocked it out! I feel like this looks like an ad for Raybans or Top Gun the sequel.

I love these next few. The light was starting to come down and Kate & Ryan were having fun working the camera now…this definitely felt more like them. And getting to that point is always the goal of our love sessions!

You know how we love the blurry people in the background….This one is classic! Love it!

And real happy faces….well, that’s always our favorite kind of photo!

Happiness is…..a summer evening at the beach, watching the sun set in the arms of your honey!

Does Kate look like Alicia Silverstone or what? She’s gorgeous and ridiculously so when she’s beaming, like in this next one!!!

Thank you Kate & Ryan for being so much fun! We know that being photographed can feel really awkward, especially at first, and most especially when you’ve got two relative strangers pointing cameras with huge lenses in your face. But, you guys were awesome and hopefully you had as much fun as we did!!! Thank you too for bringing Nicholas! It was great to meet him, and your dad, Ryan! We look forward to seeing all of you and meeting the rest of your families and friends in September!!! Big hugs, Christine & Andy xo