These two are so great to work with, quick to laugh and enjoy themselves. When they suggested that we shoot in Williamsburg I wasn’t sure what we would get but now looking at all of the cool spots that we shot at I want to do many more engagements there! Here is Laura & Jonathan’s engagement story in their own words:

“Jon and Laura met as freshmen at the College of William & Mary. They were in the same freshman seminar. This class was unique in that it only met on Saturdays and took trips to historical sites surrounding Williamsburg. During the many hours spent in a bus traveling to and from these sites Jon got to thinking Laura was pretty cute. For her part, Laura thought Jon was one of those cool kids sitting at the back of the bus; she would soon be dissuaded from this notion.

It wasn’t until sophomore year that Jon asked Laura to attend the King and Queens Ball, the annual formal at William & Mary. He did this casually while in line at Sno2Go, a local ice cream shop. Against her better judgment she said yes and the two were soon dating. Despite some ups and downs along the way, their relationship flourished.

The Proposal
The problem was that Jon knew nothing about engagement rings. He wanted to select precisely the right one for Laura and, knowing that he was hopelessly lost, secured the assistance of his sister Elizabeth, his Mom, and his Aunt Vickie. This skilled team was able to muddle through the ring selection process right before Christmas 2009. Unfortunately, that is also the worst possible time to ship something. To make matters worse, the Millers were going out of town the day after Christmas. “No problem!” said the jeweler, “We’ll overnight it to you.” Alas, overnight takes on a curiously different meaning around Christmas, as it often means over more than one night. Luckily, Jon was able to track down the package and drive to a FedEx shipping facility near Dulles Airport to retrieve the ring personally prior to going out of town.

Unfortunately, this left Jon visiting family for a week while he stewed about how to propose. Jon figured, accurately, that he would be so nervous as to be wholly incapable of doing anything correctly. Thus he resolved to cook a simple dinner and then ask between dinner and dessert.

There was one last detail to consider: Jon wanted to ask Laura’s father for his blessing before proposing. The most appropriate way to do this is to call him while driving to the grocery store only hours prior to asking his daughter for her hand. It is even more appropriate if he almost hangs up on you believing you to be a telemarketer. Despite all of this, Mr. Wright graciously agreed to give his blessing and Jon went forth with his resolution substantially fortified. Jon went to Laura’s apartment and cooked a delicious dinner. He then went down on one knee between dinner and dessert. ”

Here are a few of my faves from the day:

-David-

I couldn’t wait to show the photos I got from this shoot. These two are a great couple and cant wait for their wedding. Here is their engagement story in their own words:
“It was on Monday, 3/2/2009. Although Tjoson had been planning for a while with the help of my family, I had no idea this was coming!I flew into Richmond from California around 6pm and he picked me up from the airport. I wanted to change my flight to Saturday when I found out that I had the weekend off, but he told me that he had to study on the weekend so that he could spend time with me when I got here. When I got in, I suggested that we go to the grocery store so that I could cook some dinner for us, but he wanted to go out to dinner so we went out to Kobe, a pretty good Japanese restaurant. On the way home, I wanted to stop by CVS to get some nail polish remover, but he insisted that we go home. Then I made him watch ABDC online because I really wanted him to see the most amazing dancers ever. All these things were taking up some time, and he stopped the ABDC run and told me that he wasn’t feeling well and went to lay down. Then the music went off in the
room across the way from his bedroom. He told me that he set an alarm and forgot to turn it off and asked me to go turn it off for him. Since he wasn’t feeling well, I got up and walked over there. When I opened the door, “Pictures of You” by the Cure was playing and I walked into a room of pictures of us from the last 12 years hanging from the ceiling. I had no clue what was about to happen. Since it was match day and I just found out that I was moving to Richmond for my internship, I thought he was doing this to celebrate. After looking around at the pictures of us, I realized I was stepping on rose petals. Then I noticed the poster on the wall of an arch in Utah turned out to be a mosaic of a bunch of pictures of us. I asked him where he got it, and he told me that he made it for us. I was still confused and not suspecting anything. Then Tjoson told me to sit down on a chair that also had rose petals on it. While I was still confused, he took out a little box and got
down on one knee. I was in disbelief and can’t really remember exactly what happened, but I said yes somewhere.

We spent the next hour just looking at pictures of our experiences together, and I was sure that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with Tjoson making more memories.”

-David-

I couldn’t wait to post a this session these two were so wonderful to work with and such a great looking couple! Here is their engagement story in their own words:

“We were in San Diego, CA playing with the dogs in a park/beach.  It began to rain so we ran the kids (dogs) back to the car.  I (Erica) got into the passenger seat and Josh came to my door with the umbrella and said let’s go for a walk.  I thought he was crazy but it sounded like fun.  We walked to the beach portion of the park and he asked me under the umbrella why I wanted to marry him.  I joked and said something fresh. He told me why he wanted to marry me and pulled out the ring.  The answer was yes (duh)!
PS afterward I let him know why I wanted to marry him.”

-David-