So, Mark and I got our engagement photos taken on Monday by the amazing Steven, and today I got to see them. They are so wonderful and I couldn’t be more pleased with how they turned out. When Mark comes home tonight we have to pick two of our favorites, and Steven is going to retouch those for us as well. I have an idea of my two, but Mark should get some say, right?
Here are a few of my top choices!
I promised when I began this blog that it wouldn’t just be a personal blog, or just be a travel blog…but that I would also talk about my dream to make money from home.
Today I took the first step in achieving that goal…albeit, a small step.
I added Google Adsense to my blog.
I am not super happy with the way it looks. I would rather the ads post on a sidebar in widget form, or at least under the posts. I hate that the ads are placed smack dab in the middle of my blog entries.
I have no problem with Adsense, I just wish I could throw the ads in my sidebar. Maybe soon I can find a better plug in that allows me to do that.
Adsense wasn’t really my dream way to monetize my blog. I would much rather have some sponsorship, but I know my baby blog has no chance of achieving that goal so close to it’s inception.
So for now, I will play with Google Adsense. I kept the ads small, and so far they do seem to be keyword related…so that’s good at least.
It has been a long day of engagement photos, wedding planning, and TV watching (what? It’s my only day off). Just finished the season finale of “Game Of Thrones” (It was just okay), and now I am going to watch Paul and fold laundry. Joy.
Night!
Mark and I spent a lovely afternoon with my friend, Steven of Steven C. De La Cruz Photography today. After over two months of actually being engaged, we were finally able to coordinate and have our engagement photos shot.
And let me just tell you, though I know it is difficult to judge the quality of a photograph through a tiny camera view finder, I am 100% certain that these photos are incredible. We got to look through every image that was taken, and we were both so blown away. They are everything we both wanted…and so much more.
Though Steven may not be the nerd we both are, he had so many incredible ideas for our very unique approach to engagement photos. And he even did research, which I love! 
So, I guess it is time to let the cat out of the proverbial bag. I told you this was a theme shoot, right. Well…you get two guesses…
You’ll only need one.
That’s right. We shot Harry Potter inspired Engagement photos.
The location that Steven picked out for the shoot was wonderful…it just felt magical and so full of whimsy.
And even with our awesome Hogwarts inspired garb…
…he took a ton of photos that are just sweet, romantic engagement photos.
We also took quite a few silly and awesome engagement photos…there MAY have been some dueling.
I do want to give credit to the photos that inspire this shoot. For the most part, we took our pictures in a different direction, but had I never seen these engagement photos, I may never have had the guts to shoot our own version.
The Photographer is Brooke Aliceon of Brook Aliceon Photography. Check out the amazing photos that started me on this journey.
Mark and I actually took a picture really similar to this one (with a Time Turner) and I never even saw this photo until a few minutes ago when I went to save photos to blog. I guess I just looked at it briefly thinking they were just hugging or something, or never noticed it at all (The flying broomsticks photos did take up most of my attention). How funny. All Potter Fans think alike.
And rather than using the Harry Potter novels in our photos, we chose to take our shoot more in the direction of , “We could actually be living in the world of Harry Potter.” So it’s no books or anything else. We look like we could have been another couple that just wasn’t mentioned in the story).
So these were the photos that inspired today’s shoot. Aren’t they beautiful?
With the possibility of a very magical wedding reception, I am so glad I went with my gut and did the theme that I wanted. I cannot wait to see them all!
What inspired your engagement photos?
Ten hour days are stupid.
I mean, overtime is all well and good. I do enjoy money. But the rest of it is just yucky. My amazing, wonderful fiance cleaned the entire apartment for me, too. Because he knows how stressed I am.
I freaking love him.
I am so dead tired right now. After that crazy long day, I even went to the gym…so I am a little beyond beat.
Engagement photos tomorrow. I will post a sneak peak and wrap up WonderCon tomorrow.
Night!
Yup. It is happening. We are finally getting our engagement photos shot. We have been wanting to do this for a while, and we just never could get it to come together. The best part is that we having them done by my friend Steven of Steven C. De La Cruz Photography.
I am very excited. Mark and I have never had professional photos taken together before. We have a lot of great uses for them already, too. Save the dates, the website, our guest book, and we can bring them to Pennsylvania in two weeks when we head east to plan the wedding.
We are having them taken on Monday in a whimsical park by Steven’s house….and they are going to be themed photos. It is a little odd, but Mark and I are a little odd. The theme or rather, inspiration for the shoot is something that means a lot to both of us. They will be a perfect reflection of the two of us as a couple.
This is a peak at some of his other work.
So excited to see how they turn out!
