Engagement Photoshoot
We decided on having an engagement photo session so that we could use the photos for Save The Date cards and Invitations and also just to have some nice pictures of the both of us.
I know a lot of photographers because I am a photo stylist, but being in front of the camera just feels wrong to me. Finally I contacted a photographer I know and that I think I could feel comfortable in front of. Her name is Jessie Kenney and she mostly photographs children and families but I just love her style and know that she will do a great job.
I tried to collect some inspiration for the shoot, decide on some poses and maybe a theme and discovered that it is kinda difficult to plan a shoot that I actually have to be IN. I want it to be cute, but not too lovey doovey and I am still scared of being in front of a camera and looking all awkward. Jessie and I decided on December 8th for the date of the shoot and after some more conversation (and her liking a couple of pictures on my pinterest) we landed on doing a Holi Powder photoshoot. I am very excited about it. i think it will be fun and not be 1.5 hours of awkward posing.
Let's get dirty!!
The Engagement, or something like that
According
to Manny, we are engaged and I am the only person who doesn't see that.
Well, I guess I am old fashioned and am only excepting the title of
fiance once I actually have a ring on my finger. He has asked me though.
Several times. My personal favorite was one day (May 25th to be exact), at night when he took my hair tie, rolled it up and put it on my finger. Cute!
At that time, I had just graduated from college and was still waiting on my work permit which was supposed to come in the mail any day. I had worked a Fashion Show all day and Manny had texted me that I had gotten a letter from the USCIS (my work permit?!?!?!?!). So I got really excited, ready to start my work life. When I got home later that night, I opened the letter and it said that they needed more papers and once they received those, it would be at least another month before I would get my permit. At that time, Manny was at a friends house and I had a tiny little breakdown. Worrying about not being approved for my permit and having to leave the country really scarred me (it still does whenever I give myself the time to think about it). I hate not having control over things, especially if one of those things is my future!! So I called him and he came home as quick as possible and tried to calm me down. He even offered to drive to Vegas right then and get married. lol .
After I had calmed down a little and tried to attack the problem logically, he "proposed", if you wanna call it that.
Who are these kids?
My name is Steffi. I was born and raised in Germany and moved half way across the world after High School to live in San Diego California.
My boyfriend ... fiance ... husband to be ... that dude next to me in the picture, is Manuel. A nursing student who grew up in a small town 2 hours east of San Diego.
We met in September 2010 while we are both attending the same college. Since November 1, 2010, we are officially a couple.
We like food, music, arts and crafts, and long walks at the beach ... haha.
In July of 2011, we adopted a little kitten (2 weeks at the time) and named her Mozart.
On November 1, 2011 we moved in together (yes, totally cheesy, on our 1 year anniversary), with Manny's brother.
In June of this year, we got another kitten, Captain, and in August we moved into our very own apartment.
I was thinking about keeping a diary or starting a blog about the whole wedding process, just to keep all my inspirations together and maybe share some ideas with others. Since a hard copy diary would include a lot of printing, cutting and pasting (to include visuals, since my drawing skills are rather ... well ... non existent) I now am finally starting this blog. You're probably reading this because you're either one of the special people in my life that I want to share this with, or you somehow stumpled upon this site. Either way - welcome ;)
Steffi
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