Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Good Sport

The day we got back from California, Ben and I had an engagement photo session with our wedding photographer. Truthfully, this is something neither of us had heard of, and we were going to swap it out of our package deal, but our photographer told us it was a good way for him to get to know us and vice versa so the wedding day would go more smoothly. Fair enough.  At the time, Ben was all for it, yet as the day grew closer he grew more weary.


As we walked down to meet Sean Morrison, a high school photography teacher in Vancouver, and an all-around nice guy, Ben kept asking me if I was sure I wanted to do this. I reassured him everything was going to be fine knowing he a) really doesn't like his picture taken, b) really really doesn't like his picture taken for two hours and c) really really really doesn't like his picture taken for two hours in public, making lovey dovey faces at me.


We started in China Town, made our way to downtown Portland, stopped by the Ace Hotel to use their photo booth, circled back to the park blocks and then finished in Pioneer Square. Overall, Ben did really good for hating every minute of it and the pictures turned out pretty good too. There are a few when you can tell he's over it and there might have been once or twice that I told him if he looked away from the camera entirely, it wouldn't make this go any faster. I'm proud of him and glad we did the photo session, because more than anything it made me feel more confident in our photographer and I'm excited for our future wedding pics. 


You can see the photo session  here:

http://flickr.com/photos/sanblaspdx/sets/72157607221495376/

2 comments:

Jordan said...

wow. You guys are BEAUTIFUL. seriously...I can't WAIT to see your wedding pictures--if this is how good you look in normal clothes, imagine you all dressed up! Love and miss you twin :)

Anonymous said...

the pictures are the best - can't wait for the big day, I love you!!!!!! Mom xoxoxo