Karen & Mike | A Coffee & Frozen Yogurt Engagement Session

Written By Kathryn Hyslop

Karen & Mike | A Coffee & Frozen Yogurt Engagement Session

Karen & Mike are fun, down-to-earth people.  They're getting married this year, so we started planning out their engagement shoot as soon as they booked.  We tossed around some ideas, and decided that what felt the most authentic was to photograph their favorite dates.  Karen sent me two placed - Generosta Coffee and YuM Frozen Yogurt.  Luckily, both places graciously allowed us to capture pictures.

The photos turned out to be a great mix of documentary & posed.  I'm so excited to photograph their wedding in September!

Congrats!

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