(this one is by me, all the rest by Matt)

After our , Garrett didn’t really feel married. I don’t blame him at all, it’s hard to feel married when no one would recognize you as such, except for the room service guy who referred to me as “Mrs. Cummings”, which was delightful and made me quite giddy.

The morning of the …

(We were just at the point in our saga when it was discovered that Garrett’s driver’s license was expired)

When someone finally came out to talk to us it was to tell us no. Nothing they could do, this kind of thing had happened before, they couldn’t make exceptions, blah blah blah. Our only option was to make an appointment for …

Ahh, where were we? Olivia had just arrived, we finished getting ready, and we were off.

-I had Garrett wait in the bathroom while I put my dress on since he’d never seen it and I wanted to have that moment. Then, I tried to have him help me bustle it but the hook was all but invisible and I ended up …

Subtitle: Why people usually don’t try to get married on the 13th.

All images are from Olivia Leigh Photographie

I couldn’t sleep at all on the night before our wedding day. I had thought about getting flowers when we got to San Fransisco but it seemed like too much trouble (I can’t get around the city at all) and I called the …

(author’s collection)

So, about 2 months ago Garrett and I talked about eloping. This isn’t the first time we’d talked about it, and based on the many occasions I see engaged people blog or comment about just wanting to elope and get rid of the stress, we weren’t alone. Because of the intimacy and privacy that elopement entailed, we were planning to …

Last March, like Kasia, we had the good fortune of winning a free engagement session with the lovely and talented Jessamyn Harris. The contest called for a unique idea for an engagement shoot, so I sent in the story of how the boy and I ate noodles at 2 in the morning while we were still getting to know each …

I am just loving these engagement photos taken in San Francisco by Steve Koo, a fabulous Chicago-based photographer.  Amanda and Matt are marrying in Chicago but reside in San Francisco and wanted their engagement photos to reflect their home.

You guys, all engagement sessions should be this fabulous.