Back at the beginning of this year, this adorable couple reached out to us about shooting their wedding in Illinois. We were so excited to hear from them and even more excited to shoot our first wedding in the state of Illinois. We are looking forward to their springtime wedding next year - and we are excited to share their on-farm engagement session that we shot at Justin's family's place.

These red, white, and roan (mix of red and white) cows are Shorthorns. This is the breed of cattle that I (Cat) grew up showing. Therefore they are the best breed of cattle ever. Ok... I might be biased. But aren't they just beautiful? A tidbit of trivia: Luke and I met at a Shorthorn cattle show many years ago. I met Emily when she was just a little girl showing Shorthorn cattle herself. She's grown up now, but I still picture her as a little blonde haired cowgirl with her sweet (and headstrong) heifer named Dora Lee. Yes, I remember her name. I have a great memory.

Emily and Justin both love showing cattle and wanted to incorporate their special animals into their engagement shoot. How much fun we had with them on their farm!

This is their adorable puppy Mallory. I want this dog.

Emily and Justin - we had a great time with you and we are so thankful that you're bringing us back to Illinois for your wedding in March! We can't wait.

Yay! It's engagement shooting season again!

We always take a break from shooting any engagement or bridal sessions in the heat of the Texas summer. We learned a few years ago that it is just too hot in the months of June, July, and August to be shooting outdoors, so we worked with our couples this winter and spring to schedule their engagements and bridals for the cooler months of fall. They all were so pleased with the idea of not having to be red faced and sweaty!

The first cool front of fall came through just in time for Meg and Kevin's engagement session! It was pleasant, cool, and breezy - which is as close to fall weather that we're going to get here! We were so excited to meet these two. They are getting married later this fall at Olde Dobbin Station - venue that we are super pumped about shooting at!

Aren't they cute?

These are the images from their shoot that we shot on our digital cameras, but the exciting news is, during this session Luke shot about half the time with nothing but film. We won't get those scans back until about 3 weeks, but we can't wait to see them! We really have the best of both worlds because when we both shoot, we get the immediate gratification of our digital camera, but also the high end film images that Luke shoots with too, which lets us relive each shoot all over again 3 weeks later!

Wahoo! It's been beautiful weather lately and we've had some awesome engagement shoots!

Laura and John are such a fun couple!

Love that necklace of Laura's - so much that I actually own the same one in red! Yay! Great minds think alike!

Sometimes a place this beautiful...

...calls for a picture this romantic!

Laura and John, we had a great time with you guys! We are already looking forward to the next time we can hang out and visit! Can't wait for your beautiful Agave Estates wedding!