I shot an engagement sesh with Josiah and Danielle back in April, and I just never got around to blogging it. You know, awards nights and graduation, senior trip, family vacation. It's been pretty busy since April! Their wedding is coming up in about 2 weeks, so I wanted to get them a little blog post up before the wedding. Josiah's family has been friends with my family for a long time because of church connections. I can even remember his family visiting with our church when I was really young, I always thought he was the coolest guy because he'd play with me after worship. :) Flash forward 14 or 15 years, and Josiah sent me an email about photographing his proposal to his girlfriend. I wasn't able to shoot the proposal, but we discussed shooting engagements, and then he and Danielle decided to book me for their wedding too! I was over the moon! Typically the bride to be is the one who books the photographer, so for Danielle to trust Josiah's judgment about me shooting one of the most important days of their lives meant so much to me. Josiah, Danielle, and I met in downtown Franklin to shoot their engagements. We started shooting at the Starbucks because of their adorable love story. Complete strangers, Josiah came up to Danielle in this Starbucks as she was reading a book. He asked what she was reading, and the rest is history! *Insert the song "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" by Landon Pigg ;) * We made our way down the streets and found so many neat places to tucked away to shoot in. I had an absolute blast and couldn't stop shooting. We only stopped once the sun was gone, or we probably could have shot for hours more! I cannot wait for their wedding. I know it's going to be SO incredible! Have I mentioned how much I love my job lately? Well, I do. Photographing love is such a unique and extraordinary experience that not everyone is blessed with. I am so in love with what I do. "I've been waiting to smile, been holding it in for a while. Take it with me if I can, been dreaming of this since a child. I'm on top of the world." -Imagine Dragons
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You booked your session with me, and you were super excited until the daunting task of picking outfits ran across your mind! It's not as hard as it may seem. And you don't even have to go out and buy a new wardrobe for every family member! Step 1: Consider your location. Outfits fit for a lush field at sunset aren't going to look right in an urban setting and vice versa. Typically urban outfits are going to be bolder colors, more blacks and reds, trendier selections pushing the box in the fashion world. When I think of nature locations, I still picture bright colors but with more earth tones or colors that go well with the greens, browns, yellows of fields and trees. Step 2: Picking the main outift. This is typically a dress or top worn by mom or a daughter. This dress/top is your color inspiration for the all the outfits. You probably want this to be a patterned piece with lots of colors. Florals pieces are always great and stylish. Make sure this is something you love wearing so you look confident as the focus of the outfit selections! Step 3: The coordinating outfits. You've just chosen a patterned, colorful outfit. Now, every other person should wear something in a color from the main outfit. You'll be tempted to choose solids for everyone else but fight the temptation! If you're wearing a navy dress with gold, coral, and red floral/designs DON'T just put one person in gold, one person in coral and one person in red. Use patterns that coordinate. Stripes and floral look great together! Have one person in a navy and white striped shirt. Have another in gold dress. Have the hubs in a lighter shade of blue, denim, or even plaid. Step 4: Tie it all together with your accessories! Have sister wear a navy sweater over her yellow dress (obviously weather permitting) and have brother rock some red shoes. Make sure you've got enough of each color in your outfit. Wear a yellow bracelet if you need more yellow for sister's dress to blend. Step 5: Try it all on days before the shoot. Make sure everyone is comfortable and happy! Step 6: Take a breather because you just planned rocking outfits for your session! Congrats! Example: I started here with mom's dress. It had lots of great color and pop. I knew I wanted brother's shirt to be navy and white striped and have him wear khaki shorts. I was looking for either an orange or coral dress for sister, but I found a coral one I loved first. Dad was the hardest to dress, but I felt like the gray shirt balanced so there wasn't too much navy/blue going on. I wanted mom to have cute shoes so I went with coral flats and everyone else got Tom's that basically went with someone else's colors. I gave sister a denim headband to bring a little blue to her outfit, and done! Mom would need to wear some jewelry of course, but nothing too over the top. Her dress is the statement piece!
See? Super easy to get gorgeous coordinating (BUT NOT "Let's all wear white shirts and khaki pants!") outfits that can really reflect each person's style! I hope this was helpful to someone trying to plan their session. Feel free to pin this tutorial on Pinterest or share it on Facebook! For more inspirational outfits follow my Photoshoot Clothing board on pinte Happy Styling! XOXO Briana Oh, Kendall and Zac... How do I even write how much I adored shooting you two. Your love is so beautiful and inspiring. We had another session planned for that day anyways, and Kendall texted me and told me that she and Zac had gotten married! I freaked out in excitement and began thinking of how we were going to turn the beginning of our session into bride and groom shots! Kendall's cute white dress was perfect for the simple, summery, boho look we were going for. Both barefoot, they looked perfect. Pretty proud of $5 bouquet I managed to find. It really added the perfect pop of color and "bride-ness" to the pictures. I had an absolute blast shooting you two. You're simply gorgeous people that photograph so well. I'm so excited I got to capture this important moment in your lives together. I can't wait for more photographing adventures ahead. Much love to you both! Thank you for having me shoot pictures on your first day as man and wife!
XOXO Briana I'm pretty sure I don't have enough good things to say about McKenzie... Well for one she's my cousin, (and that makes her pretty awesome, right? :) ) and she wanted me to shoot her senior pictures when we were at the lake for our family reunion. I was thrilled! The lake is tucked full with beautiful places to shoot. We scouted locations on Tuesday morning, but we decided to go out to the closest town- still a good 30 minutes away- to search for old buildings and neat places. We went to Ft. Donaldson, and found the gorgeous field and other backdrops. On our way back, we took a wrong turn, got pretty lost, but found the most gorgeous scene- wildflowers and trees and wild nature area. We were finally ready to head back as the sun was sinking, and right before we were home we stopped at a spot we had picked out earlier that day, wooden steps built into a hillside covered with purple wildflowers. It was perfect. And that was just day 1. So we were thrilled with our shooting and our location finds, but McKenzie had more outfits to go through, and I had more places I wanted to shoot! So the best part about vacation is staying 30 feet from one another and shooting again the next night! McKenzie was amazing at every pose I gave her! She could totally be a model. I had SO much fun shooting these and editing them too! Thank you so much for letting me shoot your senior pictures, McKenzie! Have a great senior year. :)
BOP I think the second shoot was even more amazing then the first. (http://brianaowenphotography.weebly.com/1/post/2012/11/ambers-senior-summer-shoot.html If you don't know about Amber's 1st shoot!)
The light was gorgeous, the weather was perfect, and Amber's outfits were just so fall! Loved it all. I love shooting at places my clients pick. I love how much more personal and special it makes the whole shoot. Amber, you picked the perfect spot! I was beyond excited when Amber asked me to do her senior pictures and even more excited when she said she wanted to get in on the 4 seasons special!
I love the idea of getting to come back together and shoot 4 times during the course of your senior year. I created this for a couple of reasons. For one, it's hard to decide when you want to have your senior pictures made! Each season has something special to it. Another thing is having too many outfits to choose from! I love that with the seasons you get to have 8-10 different outfits with different looks for each season. Love the versatility. And another reason is how much we all change within the course of a year. Maybe we've lost braces and weight or changed our hair cut, but you get to see that progression over the course of your senior year. So fun. Back to Amber! Ok, Amber is seriously one of the sweetest, kindest people I know. We've become good friends from shooting together often! She's super stylish and gorgeous, so gorgeous shots came so easily! Here's her summer debut. I opened my car door, stepped out into the muggy air, and was immediately surrounded with five kids. Before I could get out a word, I was asked, "What's your name?" The kids geeked out when they realized their sister and I had the same name. Immediately they loved me! I got to know everyone's name (though I still messed up several times!), and Heather and Chloe took my hands and refused to let go. We skipped (carefully. $$$ camera gear holding up by a mere strap around my body.) We were silly. We were just kids. And that's all it took for these sweet kiddos to love me and want to take awesome pictures. As we moved from one location to the next, they begged to ride in my car. I was officially "cool." Taking kids' pictures can't be about being perfect. It's about being real. It's about letting the kid's personality shine through. It's about letting them be who they really are and getting to capture that beauty. Thanks so much, Isbell's, for letting me capture you all! I had a blast.
Jorja. There are no words but completely precious and perfect. My bestest sister friend's (yes, that's a real term.) cousin had this perfect little baby! She never cries and is totally content. I love her! I had a lot of fun taking pictures with her! This was the youngest kiddo I've taken pictures of, so that was a new experience! It was fun! Hopefully this will be the first of many baby pictures I get to take! Thanks for letting me take her pictures! :) This was one of, if not *the*, funniest sessions I've ever had! We, ok there were 6 females including me, all squalled in delight every time we used a different headband. We cheered when she looked and smiled. We danced around like hooligans to get her to look my way. (Ok, some of us beat the floor. ;) We could not have been any more ridiculous. Haha! We had a great time though and I hope you all LOVE your pictures of sweet Jorja! :)
Kelsey called me after school a couple of days before prom. Frantically she asked, "I was wondering if you could take our prom pictures?!" So of course I did. :) I love Kelsey! She's a great friend of mine! Amber is another friend of mien and so sweet. Both ladies looked FABULOUS! Both of their dresses totally reflected their personalities! I had such a great time hanging out with the gang. Thank you, thank you, thank you, guys for letting me photograph your special day! P.S. Since all of their prom pictures are on my facebook, http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150781926234445.425793.104280164444& I'm just going to post a few faaaaavorites!Which are pretty much all of them. ;) Oh, and thanks to my bestest sister friend for life, Morgan, for helping and being my "pack mule." :) You're the best! :) ^^^Hahaha! Doesn't that one just crack you up?! Thanks again, you all!
And..........here I am with Morgan. Working really hard... I'm the one in the awesome glasses, for those who may not know me personally. :) I never got around to sharing this family's whole session... better late than never though! Amanda is a distant cousin of mine. I was so excited when she asked me to photograph her family! Her kiddos are so cute. Amanda put together great outfits for them! Tricia was a little wary of having her picture taken. Amanda told me that Tricia told her, "I am not smiling for a hairy man!" (Previous photo experience...) Thankfully, I am not a hairy man. ;) I'm a 15 year old girl who isn't too bad with kids if I do say so myself. :) I pulled out all the stops to get the shots. Even, "look for the butterfly that hides in my lens!" Haha. I had fun with this cute family. They are really sweet, and I hope family pictures can become a fun, annual occasion! :) Ending with some preciousness right there. ^^ :) Thanks again, guys! :)
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