Katie & Scott's Engagement Portraits in Lyman, SC

What do you do for fun engagement portraits with a football coach and a former cheerleader? Go to a football field of course! We love it when couples incorporate their hobbies or personalities into the session. It makes it much more fun for them and makes the images more personal. Check out some of our favorites.


Scott's coaching skills have really upped Katie's throwing game. And check out the guns on this girl!


And she's still got a few moves from her cheer-leading days.








What a great looking couple. Katie's eyes are especially striking.




After they tossed around the pigskin and we worked the football field, we headed to Lyman for another kind of field.















Nothing like ending a great shoot with a colorful sunset and some premo smoochin'!



Curtis & Emily
Kismet Photography

A place to call home

So we were in Atlanta this weekend for Christina and Minjae's awesome wedding (which we will be blogging about soon) held at the Sugarloaf Golf & Country Club and we just happened to stumble upon our next house!


Ain't she a beaut?! And this is just the backside that faces the lake! This was just one of the many colossal mansions in the "we've got more money than we know what to do with" area called Sugarloaf. Who needs this much house? Seriously?!

After much deliberation we've decided not to purchase it because we just like the Upstate too much to abandon it for the 6 lane megatropolis of Atlanta. And besides, we'd probably have to shoot 300 weddings and 1,000 portrait sessions a year just to afford the electricity to run the place. Not to mention it would be a full time job just to keep it all clean. No thanks. Live simple so you can enjoy life is our motto.

Enough lolly-gagging. Time to get back to work. Look for more fun e-shoots and wedding posts soon.


Curtis & Emily
Kismet Photography

Heather & Jason's Engagement Portraits in Downtown Greenville

This shoot was so much fun not only because Heather and Jason are a hoot but also because it challenged us to think a little differently. The day their shoot was scheduled called for 100% chance of rain so of course we thought we should reschedule. The problem was Jason works for the Army based out of St. Louis and was not going to be back in Greenville until the wedding. Thus, we had to think of ways to get a good variety using mostly indoor spots. We were planning to hit Coffee Underground anyway as that's where Jason proposed, so that was still a go. Thankfully, Downtown Greenville has a lot of great little covered nooks and indoor public places. Even though it rained cats and dogs a few times (especially once we were done), it actually let up enough at one point so we could go outside. The result is a great mix of fun and flirty as well as moody and romantic images that they loved. And the best part is we all had a great time taking them.

**Bonus: We still have several fun and romantic ideas for a shoot in the rain so if any of our couple's don't mind getting a little wet (whether for engagement or a day after-type session) we would love to create something different for you!



These two love to laugh and it is contagious!














Maybe it was the humidity from all the rain but it was sure gettin' steamy in there!





Not sure why Jason was shooting us this evil glare but it is just too hilarious!









Absolutely loved the result of shooting through one of the gold curtains. It gives the image a beautiful softness and diffused glow that suits the romance of the moment. And all without going into Photoshop!



Every shoot should end with the couple enjoying their favorite tasty treat. (In their case a delicious Peanut Butter milkshake) Who's with me?!
Of course when one of them bogarts it and they still love each other, you know they are meant to be.


Curtis & Emily
Kismet Photography

Kelly & Andy's Engagement Portraits in Downtown Greer

These two kooky kids had the fun idea of donning formal wear and hitting a playground. And we just love it when couples think outside the box so we said "let's do it"! Of course we also love to give our couples plenty of variety so we hit downtown Greer for some casual fun before getting all dressed up.


Yeah, they're in love.







They also wanted to play around with bubbles...
But if they were to have a bubble battle, we thought it only fair to arm Kelly with the Bubble Blaster 5000 while Andy gets the "Safe for kids under 4" version!


Kelly was literally running circles around Andy's bubble-blowing abilities. To be fair to Andy, it's hard to look manly holding that tiny bottle and wand and trying to blow bubbles. I should know, I had to do it for a shot Emily took later!







Shot 1) Hey guys just give each other a sexy stare...
Done!


Shot 2) Alright now give us a smile or laugh...
Done and Done! (Well Andy is not necessarily smiling but his recount of a favorite photo of Kelly got her laughing at least)


Awesome shot we think. Now if only you could see me standing to the side looking like a giant doofus trying to blow the "perfect" string of bubbles while a bunch of little kids watch...and laugh. Ahh the things we do to get the shot.


Thanks to Kelly for braving the cold slide and practically hanging upside-down for this shot. We think it was worth it and so did they.


A little more playground sexiness. You'd never know there were like a million little kids running around screaming their heads off while we were there.








Of course we couldn't shoot at a playground and not have a little fun on the slides. Kudos to Kelly for sticking the landing even in heels!


Adults should swing more often. Emily and I try to do it at least three times a year.





Curtis & Emily
Kismet Photography

Sharon & Govie's Engagement Portraits at Clemson University

Wowweee! We've had so many awesome shoots lately including several engagement, several bridal (which are so rockin' that we hate that we can't show them yet) and even an all-day maternity shoot yesterday. We'll start off with a fun engagement shoot we did for Sharon and Govie at Clemson, their alma-mater and veritable holy land of football.














Grrrrrr Baby! Very Grrrrr! (On a side note, why did the sculptor decide to make the tiger look either malnourished or like a chunk of the skin over its ribs was sliced off?!)


Everybody, meet Tessa & Tanner, Sharon & Govie's furry children!



Tanner: "I'm ready for my close-up!"























(Sorry Govie but we had to share this!)
Govie is a jokester, and a pretty funny one at that, but he had no idea we were still shooting when he joked about showing off his "chest hair". Hilarious!





And here are a couple great series that they chose for their Custom Photo Guestbook. The white space is for friends and family to leave a personal message to the couple on the wedding day. Much better than everyone just signing a blank book. We all know those just get chucked in the closet and forgotten. This way you have a keepsake with lots of your favorite images along with everyone's well wishes.






Happy Easter,

Curtis & Emily
Kismet Photography