Mary Rosenbaum Photography

I promise that we do actually shoot things besides engagement sessions! I think this is 5 engagement posts in a row? It’s just that time of year … wedding pre-season … where we get to spend some more casual time with our couples.

I have to admit ~ I l-o-v-e engagement sessions. First, they are just fun for me because I get to spend some time with each couple before their big day. Plus, I feel like they are a fun “practice” for the bride and groom to get used to me and to having their picture taken.

Jamie and Shane’s engagement session was great! We love having an excuse to hang out down at the beach. Their wedding is just a couple of weeks away, so I was so glad we could squeeze in some time with them. They were naturals in front of the camera and with each other … I’m even more excited now about their wedding!!

It was the summer before my sixth grade year and I was transferring to a new school … yipes. My mom had volunteered to be our class “room mom” so we were planning a lunch date with the other room-mom-to-be and her daughter, Jennifer. I’m pretty sure I was shy … and awkward. But the happy ending to the story is that Jennifer turned out to be great, and many sleepovers, days at the lake, and dance parties later, we turned out to be great friends!! Be thankful that all of my old film pictures are safely packed away at my parents’ house … I could definitely pull out some scary stuff from the middle school awkward phase!!

Fast forward just a few undisclosed number of years later after junior high (can we just call it 10?), it has been so fun to re-connect with Jennifer as we have both landed out on the west coast in CA. Although she lives North of us, she found herself a SoCal boy and married him last weekend!

As I’ve been working on their wedding images over the past few days, I realized that I never shared their engagement images from the end of last year ~ so what better time than now!

Here are a couple of favorites from our afternoon in Laguna Beach:

What’s that? Oh, you want to see wedding images? Ok, ok … I’ll give you one sneak peak but you’ll have to check back for the full blog in a few more days!! Enjoy!

Ashley and Scott’s engagement session was another beautiful spring day. We got to shoot on the campus of Vanderbilt University where they first met ~ perfect! I love using locations that have personal meaning to the couple. It was such a great afternoon! A few favorites:

I was so excited for Sarah and Kyle’s enagagement session. We booked their wedding over email, cancelled an earlier engagement session due to nasty weather, so it was long overdue for us to get together and finally get some hang out time! Luckily we had a beautiful day and had the best evening running around! We can’t wait for their wedding in June!

I love these next two ~ spring is finally here!!

This was the last shot that I grabbed right at the end of our session … and it’s one of my very favorites!!