highland park rochester engagement session: caitlin + patrick

If you follow my work on social media, you might have noticed I’m not blogging most engagement sessions this year – I wish I could but there are just SO many things that I feel I should be spending my time on instead. However when a couple is THIS adorable, and the light is THIS incredible, (and I can find the time!) I can’t resist sharing some of my favorites!  

Caitlin + Patrick drove to Rochester all the way from Scranton (3 hours + EACH way!) for their engagement session, so I definitely wanted to go the extra mile for them! I am so thankful that the weather turned out to be absolutely perfect. There’s nothing wrong with photos on a cloudy day, but when the sun is out and casting that magical golden evening light over everything, it adds another dimension to the images (and I completely geek out the entire session). LOVE + LIGHT, right?! 

On top of the gorgeous weather, Caitlin + Patrick’s personalities made this shoot a dream. When Caitlin first wrote me she said that after seven+ years together they’re still in the honeymoon phase because they’re just as crazy about each other as when they met as teenagers (these two are high school sweethearts)!!! After photographing them, I could see that this is absolute truth. These two light each other up, and the non-stop genuine smiles and laughter made my job a breeze. I feel SO lucky that I get to capture loves like theirs, and I cannot wait to have these two in front of my camera again when their wedding rolls around next year!