Some "engagement" pictures of my daughter and her fiance.

[SeattleGirl]

They had a photo session today with their wedding photographer. This woman is a great photographer! Of course, I'm mighty partial to her subjects!









This one is my very favorite:


:loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[deadparrot]

1. Those are awesome!

SO much better than those awful rigid in-studio types. I especially like the first one and the last one.

They're a great looking couple. Hope they're very happy and that all goes off smoothly. :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

2. I agree. These were done at Seattle Center.

They are so well matched, it's just a delight to be around the two of them.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

3. Phenomenal!

Can't wait to see the wedding photos!

[SeattleGirl]

5. Me either! I'm gonna have to get a second job to pay for all

the copies of pictures I'm gonna want! :rofl:

[crim son]

4. What excellent pictures those are, SeattleGirl.

With the subjects in question, any photographer would have an easy time of it, but the one you've chosen has a great style. Congratulations on their engagement :loveya: :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

6. Thanks, crim son.

My daughter and her fiance actually found the photographer, and bless their hearts, his dad and step-mom decided to pay for it.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

7. Those are awesome pictures!

Way, way better than most photos of the sort.

They look like a lovely couple. I wish them many happy years together.

[SeattleGirl]

8. Definitely awesome!

Thanks, haruka3!

[Arugula Latte]

9. Amazing photos!

The colors are phenomenal, and the whole effect is so arty and hip and sophisticated, yet sweet. Wow! They picked the right photographer, and plus, they are a very photogenic couple.

[SeattleGirl]

10. The photographer's partner said my daughter looks like Liv Tyler

After I read that, I thought, she kind of does!

And they themselves are arty, hip, sophisticated, and sweet.

[Arugula Latte]

59. I think your daughter also has a bit of Claire Danes (or is it Dane?) going on.

Liv and Claire -- not too shabby to be compared to those two!

[SeattleGirl]

62. Now that you mention it, I can see a bit of Claire in her.

Thank goodness she got the best of me and her dad in that face!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear SeattleGirl!

Wow! These are fantastic! Your daughter looks like a lovely young woman who knows exactly what she wants!

And her fiance looks wonderful and loving as well....a strong personality!

They look splendid together........

And the settings for the pictures are very very good!

Congrats, Mother of the Bride! :loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

14. Peggy!

Thanks, darlin'.

Her fiance is a great young man. When we all get together, he and I usually plot to change the world for the better!

:loveya: :hug: :loveya:

[fizzgig]

12. those are beautiful pictures

of beautiful people

congrats to them

[SeattleGirl]

15. Thank you so much, kagehime!

:hi:

[PaddyBlueEyes]

13. WOW....

She's hot....just like her momma...

[SeattleGirl]

16. Paddy! Thank you!

We went to get our nails done the other day, and the women in the salon thought we were sisters.....

[Missy Vixen]

17. What gorgeous photographs!

Of course, the couple in the pictures is even more beautiful ;-).

Congratulations, Mother of the Bride! Of course, we will have to know every detail of the big day. (BTW, I don't know what kind of wedding you're all putting together, but there's a great book that will help -- "Bridal Bargains" by Denise and Alan Fields. It's $10 or so, and they guarantee that if you don't save at least $500 off the cost of the wedding, they'll refund the price of the book. http://www.amazon.com/Bridal-Bargains-Throwing-Fantastic-Realistic/dp/1889392227/sr=1-1/qid=1169449181/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2847619-7456630?ie=UTF8&s=books )

I'm so thrilled for you, and I hope that your daughter and new son-in-law will have all happiness, now and in the future.

:loveya:
Julie

[SeattleGirl]

18. Julie! How nice to see you!

They are beautiful, inside and out.

They are also very together on the wedding stuff. The most special thing for me (besides the marriage), is that I am doing her flowers, and MrSG is doing the cake. It's one of our gifts to them.

I think they will be very happy; they are so well matched.

:loveya:

[SeattleTurtle]

19. So...

I guess you liked the pictures. Silly Mom. :P

[SeattleGirl]

22. Baby girl! Of course I liked them! No, I loved them!

And yes, I'm silly. Where do you think YOU got it from! :rofl:

[SeattleTurtle]

25. hehe

Well, now I know who to blame!

[SeattleGirl]

26. That's what moms are for, you know!

We completely screw up your lives! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

20. Great pictures !

I like the first and last pictures.

[SeattleGirl]

23. Those are my favorites, too!

:hi:

[The Traveler]

21. Great pictures, SG

This is a happy time for you, eh? Us parental types get a special joy when our kids are that happy.

[SeattleGirl]

24. It's definitely one of those "mom moments", as I call them.

Thanks, Traveler.

BTW, is your user name a reference to the Star Trek: TNG character?

[The Traveler]

29. It is actually

a reference to something else. Ghost Busters if I recall correctly. "Choose the name of the Traveller and the form of your destruction" or something like that. The name was suggested by someone when DU went through "the big handle change" a couple of years ago. I was drunk at the time so I filled out the form. **sigh** The wages of sin, I suppose. (I love sin.)

BTW you have really sexy feet. (Saw that picture.) :evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

31. Oh, yeah. I forgot about the Ghost Busters reference.

But I have to say, I like the TNG reference the best.

And, um, I do? :blush:

[The Traveler]

33. Yeah, the TNG reference

would be a lot better. :)

And, yes, you do.

:evilgrin:

[SeattleGirl]

34. Well, thank you!

:evilgrin:

[Pushed To The Left]

27. They look like a very happy couple! n/t

[SeattleGirl]

28. Indeed,, they are!

And I feel happy being around them. They are like a breath of fresh air!

[Robeson]

30. I can certainly see where she got her good looks...

...apparently, that apple didn't fall far from the tree...:-)

[SeattleGirl]

32. Robeson!

Thank you! :loveya:

[MissHoneychurch]

35. Beautiful couple

beautiful pictures


Congrats SG to such a fine daughter and son in law

:loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

36. MissHoneychurch!!!

Thank you so much! Yeah, I think he is a wonderful young man, and of course, I think my daughter is da bomb!

[MissHoneychurch]

37. You can be proud

and we expect the pics of the wedding :D

[SeattleGirl]

38. I will definitely post wedding pics!

:loveya:

[Left Is Write]

39. Wow! Completely fantastic!

I want photographer! Of course, she had some beautiful subjects to work with.

[SeattleGirl]

46. She is a great photographer!

And, with much bias, I agree she has beautiful subjects to work with. :)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

40. Great pics, SG!

Your daughter is beautiful, too! :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

47. SA!

Thank you. I also think she's beautiful. :hi:

[Kajsa]

41. Those are beautiful pictures, SeattleGirl.

And they make a very handsome couple!

Congratulations.
:7

[SeattleGirl]

48. Thanks, Kajsa.

:hi:

[bullwinkle428]

42. Wow! Those are just beautifully done! The photographer is

truly an artist! It looks like your daughter and fiancee were having a great time being photographed as well...good luck to everything that goes with planning the wedding! :hug:

[SeattleGirl]

49. The photographer said they were such great subjectc, she was

"absolutely giddy" behind the camera!

[wildhorses]

43. those are great--

not too wild about the second one but, the rest are excellent:thumbsup:


i know, i know...i am such a fucking critic...*hanging head*

[SeattleGirl]

50. wildhorses....

....are you being a douchebag? :rofl:

:hide:

[MissMillie]

44. That eye looks familiar to me

Mind if I ask who the photographer is...?

[SeattleGirl]

51. Her name is April Greer

I don't think I've seen her work before these pictures, but I sure like what I see.

[ironflange]

45. Nice shots! That third one. . .

Lemme guess. Try to give any sort of crap to that girl and she'll mess you up real bad. Correct?

[SeattleGirl]

52. That's my baby!

:rofl:

[SeattleTurtle]

91. I'm sure that we can test that

lol

[SeattleGirl]

93. Watch it, girlie. You already HAVE.

:rofl:

[YDogg]

53. very nice pics (composition, color, etc.)

and the couple looks very happy. best to them both!

[SeattleGirl]

54. Thanks, YDogg

:hi:

[seemunkee]

55. Great photos

I really like that first one.
They look very happy.

[SeattleGirl]

56. Thanks, seemunkee

They are very happy!

[eyesroll]

57. But...but... where are the not-quite-matching, but-still-complementary sweaters?

Where is the artificial waterfall backdrop?
And why isn't she standing over him with her arms around his neck in an embrace where you just can't tell whether it's a tender loving gesture or she's about to strangle him? :D

Those are excellent. :thumbsup: Congratulations.

[SeattleGirl]

58. Well, they're a coupla odd ducks, and decided not to go that route

:rofl:

I can't imagine them in those kinds of pictures. :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

60. I especially love the first one

The composition is excellent.



I like it even better this way:

[SeattleGirl]

61. I love black and white photos!

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

63. That one's screaming to be B&W

because it's like a gritty street scene — beauty against a backdrop of squalor.

[SeattleGirl]

64. That's exactly the impression I had, the gritty street scene.

Looks like a pic that could have been taken in NYC.

[Oeditpus Rex]

65. That's exactly what I thought

Only difference is, if it were NYC there'd be about 10 times as much graffiti and maybe a dead guy on the sidewalk. :7



But, hey — tell the photographer she gets a :thumbsup: from another photographer.

[SeattleGirl]

66. ROFL!

Somehow, I think my daughter would veto those particular "touches" in her photos!

[Oeditpus Rex]

67. I think a little more graffiti would've really made it

One or two more.



But, yeah — the dead guy would probably affect the mood.

How 'bout a drunk trying to horn in on the action?

[SeattleGirl]

68. Oh gawd!

You are bad!!!! :spank:

[Oeditpus Rex]

70. Of course I'm bad

I am an artiste. :silly:

[SeattleGirl]

72. A real, gritty street scene kinda guy!

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

76. Actually, yeah

One of the photo essays I always wanted to do was of a truck stop at night, in black and white, shot with natural light and seriously over-developed so it'd be really grainy.

[Haole Girl]

69. OMG...those are so great!!!

That last one made me cry.

:cry:


note to self: must take more St. John's Wort.

[SeattleGirl]

73. The last pic makes me feel all warm and oogly.

I love these pictures.

[ceile]

71. Great pics!

I like that the photographer didin't go with usual "poses". I really like the second one. Congrats to the happy couple!

[SeattleGirl]

74. I like that tool. Those usual "poses" are usually awful.

Makes the couple seem fake or something.

[GalleryGod]

75. Well...looks like you got what you paid for. Nice "out of the box" poses.

I'm more of a traditionalist.

[SeattleGirl]

77. Everyone has their preferences. I think these pics are a

good reflection of the two of them.

[SeattleTurtle]

92. We're not though.

We really had fun with the shoot, and didn't feel pressured or nervous. To each their own, I suppose.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

78. Aww, those are beautiful...

:hug: :hi:

[SeattleGirl]

79. Thank you, lelapin!

:pals:

[Little Wing]

80. Does the fiance get his own photographer to balance it out?

[SeattleGirl]

81. Huh?

:shrug:

[LisaM]

82. I like the first and last one

much better than some I was sent from Texas recently. The people were good looking enough, but they posed them on ATVs.

Is this a new thing, posed engagement pictures? they're very nice, I like them, but till this year had not seen any.

[SeattleGirl]

85. No way would you see my daughter and her fiance on ATVs.

Yikes!

I think engagement pictures are getting more popular, and this was part of the wedding package they got with the photographer.

[LisaM]

88. Actually, I think it's a really nice idea

and is better than having every pose come from the wedding itself. It's just that I'd not seen this until this year.

The ATVs were bad enough, but the guy was also wearing a cowoby hat and boots. I was tempted to ask if he was bald and short, but I didn't!

[VOX]

83. Wow. These are sublime! That first one, with the blue door...

It's got superb color and composition; she's on tip-toe and he's got a lace-finger handlock around her waist; the little swirl of mysterious grafitti...It all adds up to LOVE!

Thanks for posting these, SeattleGirl -- your daughter is a knockout, BTW. :thumbsup:

[SeattleGirl]

86. Yeah, the composition of that pic is just great. Look up-thread

at Oeditpus Rex's response. He reposted it in black and white, and really makes it look great!

(And I think my daughter is a knockout, too!)

[lizziegrace]

84. First and last are my favorites

:hug:

They're wonderful. The photographer is amazing.

[SeattleGirl]

87. Hey lizzie!

Thank you. I totally love the last one myself.

[Shine]

89. Wow, those are amazingly artistic and beautifully done.

Your daughter is gorgeous, too, btw. Not a big surprise, of course, knowing how lovely YOU are. :hug:
Congrats and much love to your happy family! :loveya:

[SeattleGirl]

90. Thank you, Shine!

:loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

94. How beautiful!

The first and last ones are my favorite. They are so unique and artistic and just plain lovely. Thanks for sharing.

[SeattleGirl]

95. Thanks, BNL

:hi:

[WCGreen]

96. Really cool pics....

[SeattleGirl]

97. Hey Chris!

Thanks! How's it goin'? You getting geared up for tax season?

[WCGreen]

99. Did my first tax return today.....

[philosophie_en_rose]

98. Amazing!

I especially like the third and the last pictures, although all of them are beautiful.

Does the photographer have a website?

[SeattleGirl]

100. Yes, she does:

http://www.aprilgreerphotography.com/

[philosophie_en_rose]

101. Thanks!

My cousins are getting married soon. I'll pass the website to them.