Category: Engagements

Late post tonight! Randy’s watching a band play with his friends so I figured I’d get a little work done. I’m just getting home from Baton Rouge where I had two awesome shoots. The cutest little 8 Month old and also a Bridal Session. I photographed my bride Beverly, her wedding is next month. She was STUNNING! I definitely will have a hard time keeping those a secret until her Wedding is over.

Here is Ron & Reney- they were so much fun! You know how you just come across those people in life where you meet them for the first time and you feel like you’ve known them forever? Relaxed conversation and a bunch of laughs and goofing off? That’s them- they were adorable! I also went to Baton Rouge last week to photograph these, we were at the Rural Life Museum. I will be shooting their Wedding next month as well and I can’t wait! I was obsessed with Reney’s beautiful blue eyes- she’s just such a natural beauty!

Here are some of my favorites from our gorgeous afternoon in Baton Rouge:

Outside the old church….Inside the old church….Beautiful! Love this one…Sassy! I told Reney she better start practicing her poses! I have her Bridals to shoot next week!!I love this one too!

It’s always fun when you get to photograph Engagement sessions of friends. I’ve known Becky since we were in High School and she hasn’t changed a bit. So sweet! We took these last week at City Park at around 5 in the evening. I loved the lighting and I wish I had the time to photograph every single session I do later in the day. You get this golden yummy light.

I’m headed to Baton Rouge today to photograph a newborn baby girl and an engagement session, so I better get on the road!

Here are some of my favs:

There’s a peek of our light!So cute, love these next 2 shots!Warm delicious light!So pretty!One of my favs of the day!

I knew Frances’ name sounded familiar the moment I received her phone call. Since everyone in River Ridge seems to know each other, her last name rang a bell! It’s always so nice when you get to work with friends of friends. It was funny because we comfortably booked everything via phone and email even though we hadn’t met yet. Randomly, I was at Bootcamp one night and I kept hearing “Frances” while we were working out… so after a few times – I was like WAIT I think that’s the Frances that booked me! (Because she is also friends with Guerre who runs Bootcamp for us) So anyway, shortly after- I said.. hey I’m Jen Amato- you’re Wedding Photographer! HAHA, what a way to meet huh? So then we chatted about their upcoming Engagement Session and continued working out! She was so sweet, I couldn’t wait to do their shoot!

So here they are! I loved how she had a vision and wanted to go with it. Loved the idea of hopping on the Streetcar and finding interesting spots on Oak Street. They love the restaurant Jacques-Imo’s, so it was fun incorporating that into their shoot. Came across that old Lime green VW Bus again on Oak and couldn’t pass it up- love that thing! I had a great time photographing such a cute couple, enjoyed chatting with them and riding the street car along St. Charles Ave. Can’t wait to photograph their Wedding this upcoming June!

Here are some on the streetcar!

Frances’ green dress was so bright- loved it! The wind was blowing through the windows of the streetcar. It was a gorgeous day!Headed to Audubon Park for a fewLove the old truck outside of Jacques-Imo’s!So pretty!Love shots like this one! They make me smile.Another one of my favs!And just for fun….. too cute!

It’s so funny how my schedule is, one week I’ll have a ton of Engagement sessions, the next I’ll have all kids. No matter what… it still keeps me excited about capturing all different personalities. I’ve photographed 6 Engagement sessions in the past 2 weeks – each and every couple is unique and different. Each session tells their own story. I am just happy to be documenting such a special time in their lives.

I’ve known Tallie for a while now, I can remember the first day I met her at Dominican in 8th grade. We had lockers right next to each other… “Amato & Adra”. The A’s were all the way on the left side where the lockers started in the hallway. For some reason, I remember goofing off with her on a daily basis, we would make each other laugh by saying silly things or making random noises. She may remember better than I do- I have a bit of a bad memory, but I will always remember her laugh!

So fast forward over 10 years.. here we are today and I am photographing her Engagement session and soon to be Wedding. I really enjoyed meeting her fiance Ross for the first time. What a gorgeous couple, both so tall- too! We joked about how this session would maybe be a challenge because of Ross’ height! When you have love like this- nothing gets in the way! I am so excited to share Tallie & Ross’ Engagement session with you guys. After a couple of rain outs and reschedules… we finally were able to shoot on a BEAUTIFUL Friday afternoon in the French Quarter. Streets were packed, the Jazz music played and these two worked the Camera!

LOVE LOVE LOVE!
There’s the laugh ;)Sassy!Loved her heels!Goofing off!!Can I have your eyes please…. THANKS!!Really? So beautiful!Ross looking handsome!These are some of my favorites!

Juan & Tara are a fun-loving couple that I really enjoyed photographing! We headed to the French Quarter last week to take their Engagement photos, it was a beautiful day! This weather has been so pretty lately I can’t help but just want to be outside all day. I wish I could EDIT out there during the week, haha! Juan and Tara are my couple that booked 11-11-11! I can’t wait to capture the big day!

A random little update for blog readers: There are 3 spots left for the Easter Mini Session on Sunday, April 3rd. Email me if you’d like a spot. When they are gone, they are GONE.

Here are some that I LOOOOVED!

This one little cluster of pink was gorgeous!LOVE!!Love the reflection in the window glass…..So cute together!