Katrina & Paul’s Engagement Session
We just love Katrina and Paul’s Engagement Session at Maymont Park. Maymont is located in the heart of the city of Richmond, Virginia. We have done many sessions at this particular park and we knew it was the perfect location for this couple.
When we first met Katrina and her mom, Karen, we just knew that we would be a perfect fit for photographing Katrina and Paul’s wedding and we’re so excited to be considered for their event. Karen works for Glave Homes, here in Richmond, and we have done a bit of commercial photography for the architecture firm so we had a common interest.
As we learned about the couple’s wedding we knew it would be a fun event to photograph. They were planning two events. The first being a traditional Indian Wedding for Paul’s wedding. Then a wedding that mimicked Katrina’s family’s traditions at the John Marshall Hotel.
Katrina chose Maymont Park as the location for their engagement session. The architecture, flowers, and water features were a perfect fit for the three outfits she and Paul had in mind for the shoot. We started at the Japanese gardens, at the lower level of the park, with the first and most formal of outfits. Their clothing colors were a great compliment to the blooming hot pink azaleas. We utilized the arched bridge and surrounding areas, including a few poses of their reflections in the still water, before we moved up the hill for a more casual, but wonderfully coordinated dressy casual look and feel.
Dancing around and walking through the long pergola covering the Italian garden’s walkway, Katrina and Paul became very comfortable and relaxed. Our favorite shots was when Katrina slipped her arms around Paul and leans in really close with a big smile on her face. Moving up to the mansion and changing into jeans and casual shirts, we moved around the house and made our way to the front gates for the last location of the shoot. Photographing in the row of trees that line one side of the parking lot, one of our favorite spots and probably the most unused, we ended the session with a few fun shots of Paul picking up Katrina and kissing her.
