Normally, we like to do our love sessions, aka engagement sessions, with our couples as far out from their wedding as possible. There are a couple of reasons for that, but mainly, we don’t want the session to be one more rushed thing our couples feel like they have to do in the busy weeks leading up to the wedding. But, sometimes we have to make exceptions for couples who live out of state and just don’t come to the Cape very often.
A couple of weeks ago, we made a very special exception for Hawaiian hotties, Lauren & Justin. Justin is in the US Navy and unfortunately, he wasn’t able to get any time off before his wedding. But, because we adore Lauren & her mom, Betsy, who we met a couple of years ago, with Lauren’s super sweet sister, Lindsay, and because we very much appreciate the sacrifices brave men like Justin make in serving our country, we decided that since we couldn’t do a pre-wedding love session with these two sweethearts, we would take what we could get and do a post-wedding love session with them.
The session took place the a couple of days after the wedding, before Lauren & Justin had to fly back to Hawaii. We met at Lauren’s parents’ very cozy Marstons Mills backyard. It was a perfectly personal setting for Lauren & Justin and it was also a really lovely change of scenery for us. Here are a few of our favorite moments from our time together….
We absolutely love the way these two are together…there’s a comfort, familiarity and a very deep sense of love that makes catching moments like this next one a breeze!
Great lighting certainly adds a wonderful quality to an image, but for me, it’s always about the emotion. When love & joy are present you just can’t go wrong….see what I mean?!
I love these next two….Lauren & Justin are often smiling together, but Justin has this way of leaning into Lauren that just melts my heart. He’s a big strong guy, but I get the feeling he finds a lot of his strength from the love he & Lauren share and that is a beautiful thing!
love love love this one…..
And this next one for me is my favorite of the day. It just screams summer love to me. All they need is a couple of ice cream cones…aaaahhh!
Joy….
Adoration….
Friendship…
Love…it’s all there with these two!
A quiet pond, sunset and lovers on tiptoes….what more do you need?
I love Lauren’s smile….it makes me smile just seeing it!
Come on…tell me you’re not smiling too?!
Deeee-lightful!
Lauren & Justin, thank you for giving us one of your last evenings here on the Cape before heading back to Hawaii. You two are wonderful together and we love being around you and photographing you together. We’re sorry we couldn’t have done your love session before your wedding, but we hope you still enjoyed the post session as much as we did and hope these photos serve as more happy reminders of this exciting time in your lives for many, many years to come! Big hugs & lots of love, Christine & Andy xoxo