I’d say this engagement session was not supposed to happen! This seriously has got to be one of the craziest sessions I’ve had in quite some time, hands down. Yes, yes, of course I’ll ellaborate. You know me!;-)
So it starts out like this…we have planned on this session for a while now. It called for rain, but we still chanced it anyways since the opportunity for us to get together proved a difficult task since these guys live an hour outside of Richmond. Well, I arrive…we pile into an SUV (which I later learned was an absolute necessity where we were headed!) and we’re on our way. Soon we arrive at our first stop…an amazingly gorgeous location with a river, a plethora of rocks and a ton of trees surrounding. We head on down to the river and not even one picture into it, it starts to rain. So back we climb up the hill and decide to wait it out. As we’re waiting outside the house (but under cover) I feel a sting on my ankle. I did a quick kick of my ankle trying to remove whatever it was that had snuck up my pants and then proceeded to wait on the rain to subside. A few seconds later as I was talking to Lexi, I felt another sting…this time up by my hip. I reached in my pocket to see if I had something sharp in there, but alas I did not. So…at this point I realize that this is not a good situation I’ve got on my hands. I tell Lexi that something is stinging me and I need to try and rid myself of this annoyance that was so far up my pants now that I just wasn’t going to be able to shake it out. She tells me where the restroom is and quite frankly, I couldn’t get there quick enough. As soon as I get there, I drop my pants and out flies this enormous scary looking creature. Thankfully, I had on flip flops so I proceed to try and kill this thing before it gets even more angry about the situation and decides to attack me full force. Finally I manage to finish the job, compose myself and head back outside. I just HAD to get Lexi and show her what it was that was making itself at home in my wide legs. She proceeds to tell me it’s a huge bumble bee. Scary indeed.
Ok, so moving on…the rain stops and we head back down to the riverside. Then they decide to find their way out to the river a little further by rock hopping. We got some awesome shots, so they started to head back. Well, as luck would have it they hit a slippery rock and soon their legs were immersed in the river water…like, REALLY immersed. Thankfully though, back at the house there was a dryer…so they throw their jeans in there for a while to make them presentable for more portraits (since we had ONLY just begun the session). As they sat around in towels waiting for their jeans to dry, we commented on what a funny scene that was.;-) Jeans were dry and we were back at it again. We toured the incredible property finding awesome spots for pictures. This is where the SUV came in handy…we’re talking trails, hills, rocks, the whole shebang. It was awesome. So a few more pictures down and it starts to rain again. We grab an umbrella and figure at worst, I could use it to cover the camera while taking more pictures. Off to another location, it REALLY starts to rain…in fact, it would be way more accurate for me to use the word “POUR” here. But even that doesn’t describe the extent of the weather. Before long it started to hail! That’s right folks…HAIL! At this point I cannot believe these guys were such troopers and still ready to stick it out with me…but they were and they did. Finally all the crazy weather subsides and we’re back in business again. We hit up a few more locations, visited the church where their wedding will be held and soon were finished with our session as darkness was approaching.
All that to say that I wanted to share a sneak peek from this session! I think it’s important though that you have a little background info on it! Well, maybe not important but at least it’s good for a laugh, right? I mean a bee? Up my pants? Welcome to my world guys…the fun never ends.;-)
I spotted this scene below as we were driving around and immediately fell in love. Andy thought I was completely off of my rocker for loving this so much…what can I say? I still think it rocks and I love the way this turned out.;-)
That’s it for now! There are many, many more to come, but I can only share so many in a sneak peek! Thanks so much Lexi and Andy for being so awesome! I can’t wait for your wedding day!
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