Joshua and Jessica: couple portraits :D :D {arlington, tx couple photographer}

Well, here's the post I promised y'all!

The last day of our visit, Jessica Shae drove Allix B. and I to Arlington so we could finally meet Josh after hearing so much about him since last May!! 

We walked into his nice apartment bearing Sprite, chips, queso ("Cheese: me no likey!" Hahaha ;D), and pizza rolls. He welcomed us with a smile :D. After introductions and putting food in the oven, we sat down and played "Settlers of Catan" (my first time; I really liked it!)   talking, laughing, and quoting the whole time; it was great :D.

THEN, the time came to drive a little ways down the road to do some shooting ;D. Now, the only bummer was it was around 30 degrees outside and WINDY! But they did awesome :). We kept laughing because the situation was so humorous! Our hands were about to fall off, but we pressed on and had a grand time taking pictures of these two adorable people :D.

Don't they look like they're doing a little dance? Hehe :D.

SO cute :D.

Hahaha :D.

The way they make each other grin is so precious :D.

See?! :D.

They've got somethin' special and it makes my heart happy :D.

He's there for her :).

Jessica: "I'm falling!! I'm falling!!"

Josh: "I've got ya."

:D

They're such a good looking couple!

Their smiles... :D :D.

Josh: "Hey, let's show them how you fit perfectly under my chin!"

There you have it; it was meant to be. Hahaha :D.

Oh, love :).

Hahaha, awww; poor Jessica was freezing to death in her pretty little dress. But it made them laugh like this :D :D.

Aaaah! This is a favorite :D.

Josh, Jessica, Thank y'all AGAIN for asking Allix and I to take y'all's pictures!! We had a wonderful time :D. Love y'all!!

I hope y'all enjoyed these as much as I did :D.

And hey! Y'all MUST check out Allix's pictures of them!! She did a fabulous job!

With a smile,

{ Rachel Leigh }

Jessica Shae: portraits :D {mckinney, tx portrait photographer}

While Allix B. and I were with Jessica last weekend, we had about a 15 minute window of opportunity to take portraits of her! 

And here are mine :D.

She's such a sweetheart :).

And she luuuuvs her parents. Hehe ;D. (Her parents are pretty awesome! ).

Jessica, you're so pretty :).

We three laughed SO much together! It was fantastic :D. And the outcome was some genuine laughing pictures of this girl :D.

And she loves to laugh :D.

Watching her laugh is one of the cutest sights you'll ever see, actually :D.

Soooo beautiful :D.

Hehe :D.

She can be pretty hilarious herself ;D.

"She likes. big. RINGS. andshecannotlie!" Hahahaha, sorry :D.

Jessica, you are a sweet, fun lovin' soul and I'm so glad I know you :). 

So, if for SOME CRAZY REASON you've never seen her blog, GO NOW! The end :D.

With a smile, 

{ Rachel Leigh }

Favorite love songs :) {mt. pleasant, tx engagement and portrait photographer}

Hey, people :D.

It's Valentine's Day and I wanted to share some of my favorite love songs with y'all! :D. 

After going through my music and choosing favorites, I ended up with nineteen songs! But then I thought "Hey! That's how old I am!" So, I think it's kinda neat and I hope y'all do too :). 

  

Put 'em together and what have you got? Me! Yep, this is pretty much my personality in music form :D.


And HEY! The first three people that comment with their name and address get a free cd of these songs!! :D


With a smile,

{ Rachel Leigh }

A weekend with Jessica Shae :D {frisco, tx engagement and portrait photographer}

Allix B. and I have been wanting to go visit our sweet friend Jessica Shae for a while now and it finally came to fruition last weekend!! Hoorah :D.

The way Jessica has her room decorated is so lovely :D.

Here's Allix! :D

We spent lots of time in her room talking and listening to each other's music :D.

I got to lean up against her lovely pillows :).

I love her pretty books and this beautiful artwork of a German village! 

Her inspiration board is very artsy too :).

The feet of Allix and I. Hehe :D.

Jessica said she's gotten so many more books recently, she's having to pile them up under her bed. I can totally relate!

Then we went to have lunch at "Chipotle"! Here's Jessica's cute nails and iPhone :D.

My purty companions :).

Seriously pretty!! Love this one of y'all :D.

Now, the reason we went to "Chipotle" was to have lunch with our friends/past fellow interns: Carissa and Hannah Koehn! (of Once Upon a Time Photography) It was extra special because it was the anniversary of our internship with Jessica!! (And hey, if you've never seen the video recap of our internship, do it NOW! Because it's pretty awesome :D)

They're such cute, happy, fun girls :D. We had a very enjoyable 2 hours together :D.

My half eaten burrito :). Doesn't it look pretty? Hehe :D.

We had lots of happy rides in Jessica's car :).

Doesn't Jessica's eyebrow look nice? Hehe :).

Then we headed to some lovely places to take pictures of each other! 

I'm saving the portraits I took of Miss Jessica Shae for Thursday :D.

A new day :). 

The night before, we had dinner at Jessica's grandparents house! We ate poppy seed chicken, watched the Mavericks game, and had fun/hilarious conversations :D. Well, Jessica's grandmother LOVES orchids and she has them ALL over her house! Anyway, while we were in their living room, this particular flower's time had come and fell off the plant; I asked if I could have it and they said yes :D. 

For some reason, this photo reminds me of one of my very favorite photographers, Sarah Danaher of Ampersand Photography!! Her style is SO classicly lovely and so is SHE! Go check out her blog!!

And here is the Garner's (Jessica's family, in case you forgot her last name ;) ) adorable little dog Molly! She's such a cute, fluffy, scampering little thing :D.

And here is Emma!! (age 9) One of the sweetest little girls I know :D. 

Just look at that face!! Precious girl.

While we were in Jessica's room, Emma walked in carrying two necklaces. She silently handed this one out to me and a flower one out to Allix. They were our Valentine gifts from her!! I melted. Isn't it cute?! (By the way, I'm wearing a sweater that was my mom's when she was my age and it's in great condition! :D).

And this is Lawson! (Age 11). Also one of the sweetest kids I know.  He's so honest and open :). And he's very thoughtful; about what he says and what you say. It's so neat talking to him :).

And Sam!! Sam has a special place in my heart because he reminds me of my brother (Daniel) at his age (14); he's very witty and smart :). One cool guy :D.

And he didn't mind me taking these pictures of him washing the dishes :).

It was so fun having more interaction with their family this visit; they're favorites :D. And I want to give a shout out to the other awesome members of the Garner family that I didn't get to do head shots of; Bro. Don Garner, Mrs. Tracy Garner, Rachel Garner (18), and Luke Garner (16). Y'all rock!

And guess who we got to meet while we were there??

Jessica's boyfriend: Joshua Sherrill!! More on that meeting and pictures of them together (yaaay!) next Monday :D :D. 

This is him starting up Jessica's car so it'd be warm for us when we got out of his into hers :). 

What a great weekend :D.

With a smile,

{ Rachel Leigh }