Jamie Grant Photography

Introducing, the future Mr. and Mrs. Roth.

As you can tell….. these two just ooze FUN.  I’ve known Amy for a few years now (since she was a wee little freshman at ISU!) – and now she’s all grown, graduated, and getting married.  CRAZY!  Right from the very beginning of this session though, I knew it wasn’t going to be hard to capture their goofy, quirky, fun loving relationship.  They (especially Luke) was hamming it up the entire time.

They definitely got in touch with their serious side too.  Pure love.

The next few are some of my favorites… the light and the sweetness of these just make me smile

After a quick outfit change we were off for some more…. a little more classy for these.  But it was a lot harder than it looked to get Amy up on that log.  :)

Thankfully Luke was there to help her down.

Luke’s a heel-clicking kind of guy…. so we had a little fun with the next one!

And for all you office fans.  Here’s a little planking.

I love you guys….

Keith & Sislye have been dating since their junior year of high school.  While they broke up a little bit throughout their nine year relationship, Sislye just found herself comparing every guy she dated with Keith.  No matter how cool, how fashionable, how funny a guy was, she easily said that they just didn’t compare.  That’s the sign of a soul mate.  For their session, we headed out to her dad’s property on the outskirts of Bloomington.  It was beautiful…. a little cold (I think my toes about froze) but beautiful and we had a great time.  

I loved how much fun they had together.

Halfway through we went inside for an outfit change and I got to meet Sislyse’s dad and his wife.  They had a beautiful home and offered me some hot coffee…. will never refuse that

Sislye thought she couldn’t pull off the serious face… but honestly, the one below might have turned out to be one of my personal faves.  You rocked it dear.

It was sooo great hanging out with you guys for the morning!  Hope you love your photos and I can’t wait for your wedding next year!

Ryan & Mackenzie.  Love them.  We first sat down at Panera while they were in the beginning stages of planning their September 2012 wedding.  I like them immediately and enjoyed hearing their sweet sweet love story.  Her a waitress at Pub II while attending ISU, he visiting his brother looking forward to the many girls he might get to meet.  But on the first night there…. the first girl he met…. he fell for.  And they’ve been together ever since.

Downtown Normal there is a newly painted mural on the side of one of the shops.  mmmmm… love it.

And since Ryan & Mackenzie’s love story began at the famous Pub II…. snagging some shots around there was a must.

Finally, we headed out to the country to get some fun and romantic shots of the two of them.  Mackenzie told me previous to the session how much she loved the sunset and wanted to get some of the colors.  These ended up being some of my favorite from the day.  The sun was just setting and the colors were perfect…. the light was gorgeous… and the two of them looked amazing together.

The running joke throughout the session was how much Ryan liked to show off his (ehh hem) chest hair.  Trying to politely avoid too many dark and curly locks in the photos – we finally just let loose and they had a little fun with it.  I love the sequence below….

The one below is one of my favorites from the day.  I think I love every last thing about it.

Oh Mackenzie and Ryan… you guys were a blast to hang out with.  I  enjoyed laughing with you both and am definitely looking forward to your big day