Dayna & Tim's Engagement Portraits at The Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards

Here's a fun one. Dayna and Tim found us at one of the past Wedding Festivals and fell in love...with us...and after talking with them for a few minutes, we fell in love with them too! They are such a fun couple but we didn't learn just HOW fun, and funny, until their engagement session. Now that was a hoot! We learned a great deal about Moobs, Moose Knuckle and Gnomes. Quite education really.

Their wedding is at the Cliffs of Glassy and they enjoy wine so we kept the Cliffs theme going and did the shoot at the, also very beautiful, Cliffs at Keowee Vineyards.


Yeah, they're pretty cute together.


Us: Hey Tim, look this way.

Tim:



We love tall fuzzy grass! It just glows when it's back-lit.











Sporting their team pride. And how cool is it that there just happened to be rocking chairs in each of their team colors?!









We really like the sweetness in Tim's expression and Dayna's beautiful smile in this one.

It's just too bad we don't have a video of Tim's hilarious "Raptor" as a photo just doesn't do it justice.






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Kelly & Geoff's Engagement Portraits

Come to think of it, we may have another couple in the running for official spokescouple of Kismet Photography. Kristen & Chris got hitched back in 2006 and have since referred her sister Kyla and now their childhood friend Kelly (of the aforementioned Kelly & Geoff) whom just got married this month and has already brought us her sister Kara for next year! Are we blessed with the most referring couples or what?! That is the biggest compliment anyone can give us to say that we did a great job with their wedding or portrait session that they can't help but refer us to their family and friends.

Geoff is a big time Chef up in Chicago and the weekend he was in town for their engagement portraits there just happened to be a carnival in town. They suggested it for part of their shoot because they love going to them.

First they hit the "Fun Slide", which apparently lived up to it's name.


Then the ferris wheel.





Then Kelly gave the wedgie machine, I mean Super Trampoline, a try.


And did a graceful and elegant job I must say.


Next, Geoff tried his hand at a game of skill and dexterity. We love the progression of facial expressions...
1) Rugged determination, 2) "You will not defeat me!" 3) "Holy crap I'm falling!"


And then on to something a little more tame, the Carousel.





After they did the whole carnival thing, we headed back home and Geoff cooked up a lovely little picnic for them.





Absolutely LOVE this! You can see the grape flying at Geoff's gaping maw and then...
...at the last second, almost as if it sensed it's impending doom, the rogue grape rolls right over his head!











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Katie & Jason's Engagement Portraits, a.k.a. Badasses with Bows!

Ok so that might not make much sense in the beginning but about mid-way through this post you'll see what I mean. Katie and Jason are another great couple that found us through Kelli and Matt, now known as the official spokescouple for Kismet Photography (what's that make like 4 now?!).

Who doesn't like ice cream?






Poor guy didn't even know what hit him.











What'd I tell ya?! Jason got Katie into bow hunting and yes they have scored some kills together. So in other words...don't mess with a bride with a bow!

















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Lisa & Richard's Engagement Portraits Columbia, SC

What better way to spend one of our only Saturdays off all summer than by blogging our fannies off?! Today we are focused on some of the awesome engagement shoots we had earlier this year and have not found time to blog...until now!

Lisa and Richard took the liberty of scouting out some cool spots around the USC Horseshoe for us. Their one request: downplay the USC thing since Lisa is a Clemson grad and yes they are a house divided, lovingly.












Practicing their dance moves for their first dance.

Lisa and Richard are very proud of the house they have worked on together so we went there for the rest of the shoot. Oh and Lisa has a second, and some might say equal, love for her cat, Molly Brown, so we had to get her in a few shots too.



Yeah we could tell Molly has grown on Richard just a little.





Interesting little factoid, I just realized this is the second time we have shot a 221 street number sign this year. The other was for Club 221 in Greenville for another couple's engagement shoot (coming soon).





Lisa and Richard are wine enthusiasts and their kitchen is what sold them on their house. 2 birds, 1 stone.


Lisa made a cool "memory box" to hold all of their dating memorabilia.


And why not another cute cat shot to end on?




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