Personal Paparazzi

This weekend, Tom and I went to Savannah to have our engagement pictures taken. It was so laid back and comfortable, I never thought I could feel so at ease posing for a photographer I had only met one other time. Christine Hall is amazing-I am so grateful that she is our photographer. I have to say that photography is one of the most important components of the wedding, for me personally, and I feel so good about leaving it in her hands.

We met up with her in Forsyth Park to take a few shots, then we walked through downtown Savannah, posing in front of pretty gates, walls, and doorways on streets and in allies. She took some shots of us just walking and talking or laughing. Tom said that the pictures are more focused on me because sometimes we would be walking, and she would say for him to look at me and me to look at the camera, haha. He has a good sense of humor about it though, and we trust her direction for photos-I mean, if you look at some of the pictures she has done that are in her office or online, you can see she is an artist. She actually went to SCAD, and she definitely knows what she is doing. I can't wait to get the pictures back so we can see how they turned out, and so we can pick one to FINALLY announce our engagement in the paper.

After downtown pictures, we went to Tybee Island. On the way there, we stopped in the marshes at Cafe Loco. There is a picture of my dad's parents, Mema and Papa, from when they were 20 and lived in California while he was in the Army. They were sitting on a plank sidewalk with her in his lap, and it just sticks out in my mind for some reason. So, I borrowed it from Mema, and I showed it to Christine, and she thought of Cafe Loco. Behind it, there is a dock that people can go down to pay for dolphin tours or charter boats to fish. We posed out there doing a similar one to Mema and Papa. I can't wait to see them and to get a scan of Mema's picture. I plan to put them in a side-by-side frame, just because I think it would be cool. I wish we could have done one for each of our sets of grandparents, but we didn't have photos of all of them when they were young like that, at least not with us. We had just run by Mema's and picked it up on Friday night when we got there. Hopefully it will turn out well.

After that, we went to Tybee, at the north end of the beach, and we had to hurry because it was starting to rain on us. It was a little strange downtown, at Cafe Loco, and at the beach to have a professional photographer snapping pictures of us while people looked on curiously, and I told Tom it was as if we had paparazzi...just not much of it. haha We did some poses by the dunes, some by the water, some on a swing, some on fallen trees, some in front of a WWII fort in the grass, and some with the lighthouse behind us (that last one was my request). Also, when we were walking back towards the parking lot, over the little bridge over the dunes, she had us run while holding hands and looking back at her. After about 5 steps running while looking at the camera, I definitely plowed into the rail. I'm just so graceful. haha

Overall, she seemed pleased with the shots she got, so I am sure we will have some nice pictures. The hardest part is now-waiting 2 weeks to get the proofs back! I can hardly wait.

We had a really nice time visiting with Mema, Nana, Jessica and Peyton while we were there, but it's always nice to return home, to your familiar bed and everything. We ate lunch with Jordan and Sarah (and mom and dad) today since Jordan's 25th bday was this week, then Tom and they all had to take off for Atl again. I went outside for a few minutes after to play with Lucy, and I ended up just laying in the grass looking at the clouds. (Lucy wasn't feeling playful.) It was something I hadn't done in a long time, and I felt almost like a kid again...and then something bit my leg, and I remembered why I so rarely do that. haha Oh well, that's life.

Love,
Meghan