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Yes, it’s been awhile, I have to admit.  I’ve been really busy.  Busy is a good thing.  I have a lot of shoots to post still so please keep coming back!!

I met Nicole and Justin through friends of mine (yes, baseball friends!).  From the minute I met Nicole, I knew I was going to like her! She’s down-to-earth, friendly, caring, and loves her guy!  Nicole and Justin are high school sweethearts and have been together forever!  They are getting married next year, and they have graciously asked me to photograph their special day.  Nicole wanted to have some fall engagement photographs, and try as we might, the weather wouldn’t fully cooperate, but dang it all, the two of them rocked it out.  The weather was overcast, it was muggy, it had rained the entire day leading up to our shoot, it was FREEZING…did I mention it was FREEZING?  Poor Justin, us girls kept offering our sweaters to him (haha!).   Having said that, looking at the two of them, you would swear they were on a beach, somewhere in the tropics on their honeymoon, like they just met yesterday!  You can tell they are meant to be together, and I’m so glad that they asked me to photograph them together. 

Here is a sneak peek.

Nicole:

Her man, Justin:

Nicole & Justin:

See, I told you they’re in LOVE!  I love it when a picture captures the way two people feel about each other…

Time for a clothing change:

I asked them to toss some leaves in the air, and dang it, I think Justin understood that there was going to be a winner or something, cause look at that competitive face!! Leaf tossing is a serious thing apparently!!

And last but not least…my fave…

If you learn one thing about me, it’s that I LOVE playing baseball (among other sports), but there is something about hanging out at the ball diamond, catching some pop flies, hitting some homeruns, making spectacular catches that I just can’t explain (probably because I rarely do any of those things!! HAHA)  But really, baseball for me is a time to relax, have fun with your friends, and most importantly kick some b—! 

I met Greg actually while playing baseball, he came to “coach” my women’s team one year.  I use the term “coach” very lightly cause again, it was more just to hang out and be around the ball diamond! And somehow he became a good friend.  If I could’ve predicted anything for Greg it would be that he would meet someone at the ball diamonds and fall in love.  He just spends so much time there.  Sure enough, that’s how he met Dina.  She came with a friend of hers to watch Greg’s men’s team play, and somehow in all that dirt, white-pant wearing, forward-diving lankiness that is Greg ;)  she was smitten.  But I think he was probably smitten first.  Once you see the pics of Dina, you’ll know why he would be smitten! Who wouldn’t?? The girl is gorgeous!! And yes, she has some rather ”strange” quirks about her (ie, peeling sausages…but that’s another story)but she’s got a great heart, and I have never seen Greg happier.   

When Greg and Dina asked me if I would take some engagement shots of them at the ball diamond, I jumped at the chance.  We had a blast, even though it was freezing cold, the wind was whipping our hair around and we had bright sun issues, I believe Greg & Dina rocked the session out!  (Well Dina rocked it out, and she just took Greg along for the ride.  She makes him look good just by mere association!) 

Told you she’s gorgeous!!

The Happy Couple:

Love…Love…Love this next one:

And this one…so peaceful:

I asked  Greg to lay one on Dina…and this is what I got, so sweet and soft:

Then I asked Dina to lay one on Greg, and this is what I got…Hmm….

I’m not even sure I requested this one:

After a few clothing changes, it was on with the ball gear for some fun and frolic:

And when it got too cold and too windy, they strolled off into the sunset…Congrats again guys on your engagement! 

All right, now that Tonia has made her Elaine Eve Photography blog “debut”, it’s time to introduce Mario!! He was a little upset that Tonia stole his thunder, but I think he’ll be over it once he sees his GQ posing.  Besides, the girl is supposed to steal the thunder! We make you men look good (sorry boys…)   But really, I was going to do a post entirely dedicated to Mario first  because he rocked the engagement photo session out too, but I know these two are anxious to see theses photos. (So Mario you’ll have to wait one more day)  I think I tortured them enough!  So here you are.  I don’t think either one steals the other’s thunder,  I think they both compliment each other, and if they ever had kids, WOWEEEEEEEE!! Can you say look out! hmm…just a thought…

(Note: All makeup again done by the incredible “Z”.  Need your makeup done for any event, drop me a line and I’ll get you her contact info!!)

Love the shot on the left of Tonia trying to kiss Mario and he’s looking at the camera as if to say “this is my lucky day!” LOVE IT!

STUNNING!

And because I love sun flare…

Coming up tomorrow…Mario…solo!

I thought I would give you a taste of what’s coming up next.  I had the honour of shooting an engagement shoot for Mario & Tonia the other day.  They’ve been engaged for awhile now. (I won’t say exactly how long!)  For as long as they’ve been together, whether engaged or not, you can tell how in love they are.  That makes my job so much easier.  That’s the point of photography for me, is capturing emotion, capturing the feelings.  Mind you in our photoshoot, we did try some “GQ” posing, cause why not?!?!  But the photos also capture the love.  Here’s just a sneak peak of Tonia…cause isn’t she gorgeous???  Plus she brought a  whole bunch of clothes to change into, and we wanted to get a few outfits in there, but the light was fading quickly…and quite frankly DANG IT WAS COLD!! But more on that later…for now, here’s Tonia.

Tonia’s makeup was done by an incredibly talented up and coming make up artist!  “Z” is her name, and makeup is her game.  Drop me a line if you like what you see and need your makeup done, I will connect you to her!

Told you she is gorgeous!   What a lucky guy you are Mario!!!

And my personal fave…I don’t know who the heck Sasha Fierce is (ask Beyonce) but this is defnitely “Tonia Fierce”…You go girl!!

Stay Tuned for the actual “couple” shots! Yes, sorry boys, I did mention earlier in my post, she’s taken! So there really are engagement photos! I promise…