Rockport Engagement Session – Janelle & Eric

I had the pleasure of photographing Janelle & Eric’s Rockport engagement session last month, in a few locations in the beautiful seaside town of Rockport, MA.  Janelle’s father is the drummer in my Dad’s band, who played at my wedding.  I was thrilled when they contacted me about shooting their engagement and wedding.  As soon as we met, we started brainstorming lots of ideas for their session.  They had some things in mind and we bounced ideas off of each other to figure out what shots were most important to them, and the best way to set up their photo shoot when it came to the logistics on my end.

Eric proposed at Halibut Point Reservation in Rockport, so that’s where we started.  I had never been there before, and it was absolutely gorgeous, and full of incredible natural backdrops that made for amazing photos.  They told me the story of their engagement, as we walked the trails looking for the spot where he proposed.  We made stops along the way as we both had ideas for photos.  I always encourage input from the couple, so I was happy to oblige when they had a request!  One of my favorite parts about this session was that they wanted a lot of different poses.  They weren’t afraid to try different things and they took direction from me very well, as you can see from the samples below.

After a long hike through the reservation, we made our way to Back Beach since Eric requested some beach photos.  From there we headed to downtown Rockport since I wanted to visit Motif #1 and try to get a few shots of them amongst the little shops.   They are an adorable couple, and were very comfortable and natural in front of the lens.  The proof is in the photos!  This was definitely one of my most fun sessions yet, and they even told me how much fun they had, which made me very happy.  I can’t wait for their Cambridge wedding next year!