2013 Year-in-Review | Engagement Session Favorites | Northeast Ohio & Destination Wedding Photographers

We’ve said it before & we’ll probably say it again, we LOVE engagement sessions! They’re fun, they’re laid back, they give us time to get creative, and they help couples remember how excited & in love they were during that brief (but deliriously happy) time in their lives. On wedding days, timelines can limit travel to various locations, but engagement sessions allow more freedom to explore. We had some amazing engagement photo sessions in 2013 so we couldn’t help but include them in our 2013 Year-in-Review blog posts. If you missed the first two installments, go HERE for Fun Wedding Moments & HERE for Tearjerker Wedding Moments.

Without further ado, please enjoy some of our favorite engagement photos from 2013!

Abby & Corey had some curious onlookers during their country engagement session.The sun graced us with its presence during Andrea & Jesse’s Lily Pond engagement session in Mill Creek Park. We love how much they laugh together.We’re pretty sure this could not be a more beautifully rustic location for an engagement session. Angella & Dan were so cute together throughout the entire shoot!A rainy day + a waterfall + a steamy kiss + a tight embrace = major chemistry for your engagement photo! Ashley & Nic brought the heat to an otherwise chilly day.We love when couples incorporate hobbies that they love together into their engagement photo session! Brielle & Josh went fishin’. 🙂Dan cracks Brooke up! That made for some really cute engagement photos. Plus, we love this location. It’s the only time we have ever shot there (so far).Roscoe helped Matt propose so, of course he should be included in the engagement session. We love when couples incorporate their pets into their e-session. Carissa & Josh are just the cutest together. We had fun with them in Pittsburgh for the engagement session. Plus, yellow & gray are their wedding colors. Their outfits coordinated perfectly with their Save the Dates!Chelsea & Ryan can both be described as young-at-heart and fun-loving so we wanted their engagement photos to fit their personalities. Adorable!Christina & Craig both love to hike in Mill Creek Park so we shot their engagement photos there. A sentimental location always makes for great photos. Plus, they’re really cute together!We love the contrast of these two images- bright, blue skies in a park-like setting juxtaposed against rainy shots in an urban setting. No matter the location or the weather, Ciara & Craig are as happy as can be together!An apple orchard in Autumn?! What could be more perfect for an engagement session? Devon & Dustin definitely had a blast during their engagement session & we loved laughing with them.What happens when you add a really slick car into an otherwise steamy engagement photo? It just gets that much cooler. 🙂 Emily & Bryan were fun to hang out with during their engagement session.We’re pretty sure the late-Autumn light could NOT have been more gorgeous for Emily & Matt’s Mill Creek Park engagement session. Plus, they’re totally romantic in their interactions with each other, which they communicated beautifully in the photographs.Sunflare is our friend. 🙂 Holly & John looked so great dressed up together downtown for their engagement session.Bright Fall leaves always make a gorgeous engagement session backdrop. It always helps when the couple is in love like Jamie & Joe.Snowflakes falling + bright sunshine = diamonds in the sky. Jenn & Nick are adorable together.We always love finding structures or buildings that create leading lines in photographs and frame our subjects interestingly. Jenna & Brian were phenomenal models during their engagement session.Genuine laughs always take a photo from good to great. We felt like we’d known Jessica & Rick for years, although we had only just met them.Jill & Ryan are just ridiculously cute together. And we love this pose.Chicago made a stunning backdrop for Jillian & Matt’s engagement session. Who knew there was a beach so close to home for engagement sessions? Kaelyn & Nicholas are caught in the moment here. . . We love getting creative with off-camera lighting during engagement sessions. These shots of Katie & Gregg remind us of Mr. & Mrs. Smith.Again, we love when couples incorporate their unique interests into the engagement session. Kelli & Paul are both in the Army & we love this fun & competitive photo!Kelly & Mitch’s session was during the peak of Fall- gorgeous colors + a smiley couple = fun & cute engagement photos.Moody skies & a pretty wheat field. . . we loved Lauren & Evan’s engagement shoot.Mandy & Elton’s engagement session was full of new locations for us, which we truly enjoyed. They’re just beyond happy together & the photos showcase that.Melissa & Quinn are further proof that not every engagement image has to be lovey dovey mushy gushy. I mean, you guys know we love LOVE, but cool & a bit edgy are also fun to explore during an engagement session.Myra & Blake are one of the happiest couples we’ve ever met. Their engagement images are proof.Paige & Todd are high school sweethearts. Their Mill Creek Park engagement session was fun & flirty.Sarah & AJ were cute & cuddly throughout their e-session. We like to get creative & find fun stuff to shoot through to create effects like this during engagement photo sessions.Engagement photos can be gorgeous in any season! Sarah & Frank’s engagement session was POURING snow & they turned out fabulous. Sometimes you have to be willing to freeze your buns off to get the shots you will cherish forever. 🙂The light during Sarah & Kevin’s engagement session was unreal. That orange glow is so romantic.Tara & Chris had a lot of fun with their engagement session & her hair looked gorgeous!Engagement sessions are, in a word, scrumtrillescent. (Thank you, Will Ferrell, for that word)! We can’t think of any other word appropriate to describe our love for engagement sessions. 🙂 And 2013 was a fantastic year for them! Thanks to all of our awesome clients for making them so much fun.