Casey-N-Corey - Austin Engagement Photography

Meet Casey-N-Corey, they were married in February 2010. But never got to take any pictures.

Corey is in the military and being deployed next month so Casey set up this shoot for the 2 of them.

Corey wasn't convinced it wasn't going to suck. Until it didn't suck.

I told you.

Be careful and safe over there, we'll see you in 18 months or so for your big wedding!

Can't wait.

5.26.10 Engagement Albums in Action

Steve and I got married 4 years ago and we had all of the traditional things, cake cutting pictures, bouquet toss and a sign-in book. After 4 years of marriage when I meet someone new and we chat about wedding pictures our wedding album always comes out and I could sit and chat about our wedding and wedding photography for hours. You know what piece of wedding memorabilia that may see the light of day but once a year, at best? Our sign-in book. Our guests all dutifully signed our sign-in book and for some reason we only pull it out on our anniversary. We love all of our guests comments and when we do pull it out to reread all of their hand written notes they are all joyful memories. It's just not something we think of everyday. We wanted to make it more desirable piece of nostalgia for our couples so, we added a new product to our line up last year. The engagement/Custom designed sign-in book. We started making them last year so we just recently started seeing them in action at our weddings.

We've taken a few shots and wanted to share with you the joy that is our newest addition.

Enjoy.

Thanks for looking.

See you soon.

---mel

She-N-He

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

3.9.10 Linsey + Marcos

Linsey is a leasing agent in an apartment complex in North Austin. She first met Marcus 3 years ago when she leased him his apartment. How romantic. On their first date, she indulged in beers while he delicately partook of margaritas and it's been love ever since. They plan to marry in September and I couldn't be happier for them. They are wonderful together, they make you happy just spending time in their presence. Good luck with the rest of your planning and your big move you have coming. See you soon.

As always you can view more by becoming our fan on facebook.

---mel

She-N-He

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

 

3.8.10 Marie + Sean Engaged!

Marie is our intern/3rd photographer we have been working with this year, and we LOVE her. She is a ball of energy and so positive, it's magnetic. She met her fiance Sean on a plane flying from some small town in MI to another, a 45 minute flight. At the end of the flight they walked a little, had some lunch and hoped that their next flights were delayed, but they weren't. Sean took Marie's email address and dutifully emailed the minute he exited his second flight. She was so thrilled, and for 3 years the couple met back in forth in their requisite home-towns, until it was time for Sean to deploy. She moved to South Carolina to continue her education in Library Science where his "home base" would be. Then discovered Library Science just wasn't her bag so with a fully planned wedding scheduled for November of 2010 in SC, she moved to Austin to try her hand at wedding photography. Sean, on his half way point leave, came to visit with her here and now both are in love with the each other AND Austin. His time was limited, the weather was wishy-washy and our schedules barely matched up. We were finally able to make it work and here are our results.

Thank you both so much for you time and trust. I had a great time working with you.

Congratulations to you both and Sean be safe, we'll see you in about 8 months.

As always you can see more on facebook.

---mel

She-N-He

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

1.29.10 Michelle + Bert Engaged!

Michelle and Bert have been together on and off for almost 15. I'd say their almost ready to be wed ;)

We shot under the bridge again and I am in love. We found a new extra special spot and I am really happy with it. The wind was a nightmare but luckily Michelle was down. They drove in from Houston there was no way this wasn't getting done Saturday! Sans all of the homeless folk who want to s=chat while you're down there, this is the best place in town to shoot!
THanks for going down there again with me guys!
See you in 2 weeks.
---mel





She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

1.25.10 Brenna + Kyle

I met Brenna and Kyle about 3 months ago and since then I have shot their engagement session and their wedding, it all happened very fast. I am nearly through editing their wedding and the engagement session is to follow. They are both so lovely. Absolutely amazing people to spend time with. Their are so madly in love and so stinking funny and fun to be around. They have awesome friends and family and I just feel lucky to know them. Thank you guys for trusting us with your most valued day. Brenna's sister is next in a few months, have a wonderful wedding we wish you all the love in the world.
Thanks for looking.
All the Best.
---mel

She-N-He
Austin Wedding Photography and Design

12.4.09 Alanna + Nate Engaged!

Alanna + Nate won an engagement session from us at the Weddings Unveiled event in October. We actually met them a couples times before they won the package, so we were so excited to get to work with them. Alanna went to school for Photography and her taste is very specific, she wasn't finding the right photographer out there. I think we've won her over. 

She saw her engagement pictures and she said 

"Melanie we LOVE THEM!! Thank you so much, these are everything we hoped they would be :)" and "Those pics are AWESOME. You made us look great, we are a little in love with ourselves now. :) We keep looking at them, it's cute Nathan probably looks at them more than I do."

So we are very happy and proud to have taken part in their new life together. 

Hope to see you in October, guys.

Be Well

---mel

She-N-He

Austin  Wedding Photography and Design

11-22-09 Tricia + Jonathan Engaged!

This is from the weekend before Thanksgiving. I so hoped to have them uploaded before the holiday. Sadly I don't have much time to chat but here are some shots from their session.

Have a great day. Thanks guys for choosing us. I'm looking forward to the wedding.

As always you can view the rest on facebook.

---mel

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

Alanna + Nate Engaged!

I absolutely should be in bed right now, but I couldn't resist showing off this sneak peek of an engagement shoot from Sunday.

Both sessions were wonderful and I am super excited about them but this image knocks me out!!

enjoy

---mel

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

10-17-09 Sheri + Richard Engaged!

Sheri + Richard live in the cutest little neighborhood in NE Austin. They are planning their wedding for their backyard in the spring. The two have landscaped quite exceptional grounds for their small plot of land. good gardeners. I had to really control myself when chatting with Richard, I think he may know quite a lot about the subject and I didn't want him to have to plan my next year's plantings. But I did let him carry my bag. haha. Not a figure of speech, he toted my extraordinarily heavy bag for our 15 minute walk through the park, quite the gentleman. Thank You. We had a blast together as always. If I haven't said it enough... "I LOVE my job!"

Thanks for looking, you can find the rest of the images on facebook < here>

---mel

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

10.17.09 Sheri + Richard Sneak Peek.

Sheri + Richard. 

Engaged!

She-N-He

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

10.10.09 Engaged Carly + Chad

Carly + Chad are so stinking cute ;)

Besides getting ready to embark on a fresh new marriage, they are both getting ready to embark in fresh new careers. I always get so pumped to work with people who are so much about the world that they choose careers that can change it. A social worker and a teacher, not sexy right, but so rewarding. I thought everyone got out of school like me, wanting to be famous... am I shallow?! I'm glad they're not. You guys impress me... I'm honored to be working with you.

As always you can find more images on facebook. Thanks for looking.

Be Well,

---mel

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

10.12.09 Brandi + Lee again

I Love this.

And, I'm just honored.

click < here> to see it.

Thanks for looking.

---mel

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

10-2-09 Brandi + Lee II

I had a location in mind that I have been aching to shoot and I couldn't get any of my couples on board, they were just not seeing what I saw. Luckily, Brandi + Lee agreed to go even if they weren't 100% sold on this location. So they get their cake decorating set-up and I get my bridge set-up. Though there is so much more there to explore and I want to get under there again and play some more. Who's next? I didn't post these yesterday because I thought they were so different from the others it would only muddle both of their looks so here it is today. 

Incidentally, The Knot has decided to start a section on their website about creative engagement sessions and Brandi + Lee are going to be the lead story to start that out next week... I am beside myself with excitement. It's our first acceptance into The Knot and hopefully just the start of many more to come!!! I'll post a link when it available.

Thanks for looking, as always, you can find more of these images on Facebook.

Have a wonderful day.

---mel

She-N-He

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

10-1-09 Brandi + Lee Engagement

I wish I could say I came up with the concept myself. But I didn't. Brandi + Lee are both chefs, they met in culinary school together. Brandi is a pastry chef, and deathly afraid of cameras and Lee is a sushi chef. They started dating 8 years ago and after only 2 weeks under there belt, they moved in together and here they are today. Their couplehood is a perfect balance. It's amazing to watch the 2 of them mellow the other of kick the other into gear. That's what you need, one of each. 

We had an amazing afternoon together (even Brandi thinks so.)  She might even be free of her fear... or not.

Brandi + Lee even pacified me by going to a location of my choice, a place I have been aching to shoot since I moved to Austin. It was just as beautiful as their kitchen, but totally different so I'll post those images tomorrow.

Thanks for looking. 

As always, find us on facebook to view the rest of the images.

---mel

She-N-He

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

9.30.09 Brandi + Lee Engagement sneak peek

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

9.29.09 Kate + Ryan Engagement

I love these guys, Ryan is a rocket scientist (did I spell that right ;) he recently wrapped up an internship at NASA. Kate is a 3rd grade teacher at Matthews Elementary, right here in Austin. She has got a arm load of 3rd grade jokes that are actually funny with her precious and childlike delivery. We had such a fun time. Their dog would do almost anything for a snack... Plus, they let me pick the location. So I did little location scouting in my neighborhood and picked an ideal warehousy type of location. It was great, it had several offerings for ideal set-ups. I have my next location already in mind. Thanks for trusting in me guys. And thanks for such a wonderful time.

I'm excited for your wedding... next year.

As always join us on facebook to view the rest.

---mel

She-N-He

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

7-29-09 Engagement Session

Engagement Session. 
An environmental Portrait at the location of your choice
online proofs for viewing and ordering for 1 year
total number of images = 100
DVD of all final, high resolution, digitally enhanced, print ready images
Custom designed 7x7 guest sign-in book

Here is an example of the guestbook that comes along with the engagement session.

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

7-27-09 The Reviews are in!

I’m not usually one to write reviews online, but for She-n-He Photography, I *have* to.  Of all the wedding planning details, finding the right photographer concerned me the most. Thinking about wedding photographs brought out my insecurities from junior high - being too pale, too tall, too this, too that.  However, my fiancé and I didn’t want to look like we’re on the cover of a romance novel, we wanted to look like us.  My husband and I are not super-traditional people, and we didn’t want super-traditional photos.  She-n-He’s photos were modern, yet classic.  They didn’t look staged, which is what I liked the most.  The colors in their photos were so vibrant, perfect for our outdoor wedding.  And, we were thrilled when we saw our engagement photos.  We LOVED them! Knowing that our photographs would be so good gave us some much needed piece of mind during the busy wedding planning process. 
 
Melanie suggested we look at bridal/wedding magazines to show her ideas on how we wanted our photos to look.  I’m so glad she suggested this. Many of the shots were exactly how we had requested (based on the magazine pictures we showed her).  She also asked us to list out the wedding party and family members for the group shots post-ceremony and at the reception. We were overwhelmed at all the people who were there to celebrate with us.  And photography was the *last* thing on our minds.  Melanie made sure to take the pictures we had requested. Unfortunately, a few people had left early (or didn’t come) so we couldn’t get some we wanted.  But, the fact that she tried to get them was impressive.  
 
I did not expect to be so anxious on my wedding day.  An hour before the ceremony, I was asking everyone around me “are the chairs set out for the musicians?  Are the musicians here?  Did someone pay them?  Does so-and-so have the programs?”  It was nuts.  In hindsight, I was not worrying about the photography at all.  And that was worth every penny.  When we put things in perspective, if the music or food is mediocre, no one will remember.  But the photos are forever and I cannot say enough good things about She-n-He Photography. Thank you so much Melanie and Steve, we will enjoy our wedding photos for a long time!

Thanks so much.  Please contact me if you have any questions.

Margaret Vaaler

After their engagement shoot I got an email from Margaret that said "I cant stop looking at them." That was THE best compliment we have ever gotten.

Thanks for looking.

---mel

She-N-He 

Austin Wedding Photography and Design

7-19-09 Stacy + Rocky Engagement

Rocky works at the Bob Bullock Museum so I finally got to see and shoot the inside. Thanks guys for keeping us out of the heat. There were a lot of fun set-ups to be had there at the museum. Thanks for looking and as always you can find the whole lot on facebook.

Take good care.

---mel

She-N-He Photography and Design

Austin Wedding Photography and Design