Rich and Heather in Hawaii 11-27-09
November 27, 2009, by Leslie JanousWe invited our good friends, Rich and Heather Smith (Rich also happens to be my photography mentor) to go to Hawaii with us. I wanted Rich to help me shoot our nephew, Brandon and his fiance, Rachel’s engagement session, as well as just hang out and enjoy the most beautiful place any of us have ever seen. We wanted to document the trip with mini photo sessions of each other. Rich had been checking out the property and had some very specific ideas in his mind of where he wanted their photos taken. It was my job to make his vision happen…no pressure there…
Rich and Heather are obviously fantastic to work with, they’re so sweet and so in love that their happiness together is easy to capture in photos.
Here are our favorites from their session.
I adore this photo of Heather…it’s so serene.
I love the intensity here.
Heather has THE best laugh. It lights up her entire face – I love it.
We were all in love with this amazing tree! Such a breathtaking location!
I love love love this photo!
So my priority for this shoot was to get “the wave shot”. It was the one photo Rich wanted above anything else…again…no pressure. The second one in this series is definitely “the wave shot”, however, we all really like this first one as well.
The Money Shot! Pretty fabulous, I must admit.
This is my absolute favorite photo of Heather from the shoot. I love the way the way the wind is gently blowing her hair back and the sunlight is showing through it. Gorgeous!!
Aren’t they a beautiful couple?? It was such a great experience for the student to photograph the teacher! Of course I was terribly nervous my shots wouldn’t live up to his vision, but they were actually thrilled with the images – yay!
Rich and Heather, thank you SO much for joining us on the trip! It was so fun hanging out with you guys.
Thank you for the opportunity to photograph you guys as well. It was a blast! I can’t wait for our next trip together…I’m thinking Bora Bora??
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Brandon and Rachel – Engagement session in Hawaii 11-26-09
November 26, 2009, by Leslie JanousWe went to Hawaii to spend Thanksgiving with our nephew Brandon and his fiance Rachel. They moved there about a year ago and have missed spending time with family, especially around the holidays. We stayed at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel on the Big Island where Brandon teaches golf. It is a gorgeous resort!!
It was so great to see Brandon and get to meet Rachel. We instantly loved her and cannot wait for their wedding in March! She’s such a beautiful person inside and out…she’s going to make an absolutely stunning bride! They’re so perfect for each other. Way to go, Brandon!
A huge thanks to my photography mentor and good friend, Rich Smith for taking the lead on this session. I wasn’t fully recovered from my surgery so I wasn’t able to do as much as I would have liked. I kind of took a back seat and just roamed around getting shots that didn’t require too much of me physically. These are some of my favorites!
I love Rachel’s expression in this one.
We found a black sand beach – so cool!
I love this…Rich told them to lie on this bed of rocks and pretend they were comfortable. This amazing photo is definitely worth their pain in my opinion!
Love this shot!
Love their footprints in the sand.
This is the perfect photo to visually describe Brandon and Rachel. Between every shot they were playing around and having fun with one another – so cute!
I’ve heard several people comment that this looks like a movie poster…so true. Absolutely gorgeous!
All I can really say about these next two shots are wow and wow!!!
Congratulations Brandon and Rachel! Thank you so much for being such good sports – Rich and his crazy ideas! They certainly paid off – this is the most beautiful engagement session I’ve ever seen. I love you both!
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Leslie, These are incredible. Every picture seems to capture their love and excitement. These are photos that their grandchildren will look at and think, “wow, look at how in love they were!” You should be very proud of the work you’ve done here, it’s beautiful!
Comment by Laura Hand — December 13, 2009 @ 1:13 PM
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Leslie,
You truly are amazing! This pictures are so freakin great! Rachel looks stunning as usual, but you even made me look ok, so I appreciate that a ton. You should be very proud of these Leslie as I’m blown away by your talent! Thanks so much for taking the time to do those for us, we will cherish them forever! Love ya Leslie!Comment by Brandon — December 13, 2009 @ 8:53 PM
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Aunt Leslie,
Their pictures are amazing. I’m so glad Brandon took a second to show me the pictures. They actually look like they are in love, im kidding. No really you captured them both in moments that expressed their love for each other. Keep up the great work.
Comment by RJ — December 13, 2009 @ 8:56 PM
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I love these! As I told you, I not only think these are great photographs, I can feel the emotion between Brandon and Rachel. It takes a special talent to capture emotions in a photograph that the viewer can feel. Love, Love, Love them!
Comment by leigh janous — December 14, 2009 @ 10:33 AM
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Leslie I can’t thank you enough for capturing such beautiful moments between Brandon and myself! Your session shows the fun side, tender side, and passionate side of our relationship. Everytime I look through them I get chills and everytime I think we will have these moments forever I get teary eyed! Thanks again for sharing your incredible talent with us! Love you so much!
Comment by Rachel — December 15, 2009 @ 2:35 PM
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Hey Leslie, just got the email for the Lyon Shop in Vegas and sadly won’t make it to the dinner the night before so I just wanted to reach out to everyone and say HI and introduce myself!
It will be my first year to WPPI! Anyways your work is beautiful, love your angles and processing on these! Hopefully we can talk more at the Lyonshop! YAY! -KayleenComment by Kayleen T. — February 19, 2010 @ 6:08 AM
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Amanda & Kyle 7-26-09
July 26, 2009, by Leslie JanousI had a weekend mentoring session with Nathan Holritz of Holritz Photography in Chattanooga, TN. We met Amanda and Kyle at the Chickamauga Battlefield in Georgia bright and early that Saturday morning to shoot their engagement session. They were super sweet and great to work with.
Nathan showed me some great ways to work with the bright morning sun.
This is my favorite pic from their session! I love the way the sunlight is coming through the trees.
Here I got to enjoy lying in the dirt with little bugs crawling around – definitely worth it!
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Robert & Aston 6-13-09
June 13, 2009, by Leslie JanousThis was my first official mentoring photo shoot with Rich of Rich Smith Photography in Chattanooga. It was terribly hot but Aston was great, even though I am sure with her being 8 months pregnant, it was miserable!
I love this photo of them by a stack of wooden pallets…as Rich said….we made the ordinary extraordinary!
And my favorite shot of the day…Rich is so clever!
Thanks Robert & Aston! You guys were so patient with us in that heat! Congrats also on your sweet little girl. She’s adorable!
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Les, these photos are amazing! You did a fantastic job…no way they couldn’t be pleased:) So proud of you:)!!
Comment by Michele P — December 13, 2009 @ 2:54 PM
Leslie! It was SO much fun to look through these photos on YOUR BLOG! How exciting! The photos are incredible and we love them so much…and they are particularly awesome with your logo and on your blog with your crazy awesome post-processing. Wow. Thank you so, so, so much!
Comment by heather smith — December 13, 2009 @ 4:15 PM
OMG! this pictures are so awesome!
Comment by Brittany J. — December 13, 2009 @ 8:30 PM
Leslie,
These are fantastic! The only issue that I have is that Rich didn’t get his jeans wet enough and that you didn’t make him lay on sharp edged rocks… For real real though, you did an amazing job with these. They look so great!!!
Comment by Brandon — December 13, 2009 @ 8:56 PM
You are so amazing!!!!!!! You truly have a gift. All of the pictures are gorgeous
Comment by Aimee — December 13, 2009 @ 9:16 PM
Love all the pictures!!! So proud of you.
Comment by hope — December 14, 2009 @ 5:22 PM
Leslie you did an amazing job capturing some incredible moments! Of course I love “the wave picture” but the ones with the palm trees have to be my favorite
And the sunset one is breathtaking! Congrats on an awesome session!
Comment by Rachel — December 15, 2009 @ 2:21 PM