Gina & Brennan are two of the most fun people we’ve ever gotten to photograph and since we’ve photographed a bajillion couples by now, that’s saying something! They are super easy to get along with, they love to joke around, and they’re absolutely in love with each other and it’s the cutest. Gina was a bridesmaid in a wedding we photographed a couple of years back & we are really looking forward to seeing her as a bride!
These two love going to Indians games together & they have their own customized jerseys with the date they got engaged on them. So sweet! 
The Canfield Mill Creek Metroparks Experimental Farm was aglow with gorgeous light that Fall evening & it was a perfect backdrop for the adorable way these two look at each other.
We love how much they laugh and how goofy and real they are when they’re together. 
So I would love to share with you the best first date story probably ever. Gina and Brennan were out on their first date, and Gina’s friend called Gina asking for help because she locked herself out of her apartment. Brennan told us that he at first thought Gina was trying to escape the date early or something because she wasn’t thrilled with how it was going. But Gina asked Brennan to drive her to her friend’s place so she could help her and pay the locksmith. Then Gina said, “Oh, but I don’t have any cash. Can you pay the $60 and I’ll write you a check for it?” He said at the time he was thinking, “Is this some kind of really weird scam or something? And who writes paper checks anymore?” LOL! But he went along with it. When they were both telling us this story during our initial meeting with them, we were all cracking up. It’s such an awesomely awkward and funny first date story. And here they are engaged. (P.S. I may be slightly fuzzy on a couple of these details as they told us this story almost a year ago lol).
What a beautiful bride-to-be! Those eyes and lashes! They’re her REAL lashes, by the way! Wow! Oh, and shout out to Gina’s friend from way back in elementary school, Bianca Heasly, who did Gina’s hair & makeup for the engagement photos. Bianca owns Roots Salon & Wellness Center in Youngstown & she is such a fun and talented person! 
Cuties! Brennan travels a lot for work so we were really glad their engagement session date that we planned far in advance turned out to be perfect weather.
Um, this dress, though! Fire!
We can’t wait to laugh with them & their favorite people in September 2020! 
Thank you so much for such a fun night, Gina & Brennan! Getting to hang with you for your engagement photos made us even more excited for your wedding day! We have the best job ever getting to hang out with fun people and take pretty photos!
If you’re new to your blog, we’d like to welcome you & introduce ourselves! We’re Josh & Danielle of Menning Photographic, a husband and wife wedding photography team based in Columbiana, Ohio. Most of our weddings that we photograph are in the Youngstown, Ohio area, but we also travel to anywhere couples want us to go for adventure & fun & rad photos. We’re all about the outdoors, speak fluent movie quote, and love a good bonfire in our backyard.
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