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Brandon and Rachel » Engagement

Rich Smith — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:49:32 +0000

It was just such an awesome pleasure for us to meet Brandon and Rachel in Hawaii. They are such an amazing couple. Full of life. Fun to be around. Extremely in love. Cool as all get out. They’re just beautiful people inside and out. I just feel like we became fast friends with them and we miss them like crazy already. Can’t believe they’re 11 hours (flying time) away. It’s just crazy to think about. Oh man… I’m going to quit writing this paragraph because it’s just making me wish I had a time machine to travel back two weeks.

Meet Brandon. He is our friend Leigh’s nephew and moved to Hawaii about a year ago to become the golf pro at the Mauna Kea golf resort.

Meet Rachel. She’s the super sweet girl who decided to move half way around the world because of love. Someone should write a book (or movie) about these two.

I was absolutely thrilled they wanted me to photograph them. Two beautiful people in one the most beautiful places on earth? Sign me up. They were awesome in front of the camera and I just loved working with them. We had so much fun on this photoshoot that I was on an emotional high for the longest time!

No more talking! Photos! Check these two out!

We found a black sand beach! They were watching a sea turtle bob his head up and down out of the ocean.

Love these trees! Love this photo!

Side note: I had so much trouble picking out my favorite images to blog. Seriously… every single photo is amazing with these two in it!

Laying in a comfortable bed of corral rock.

I just want to apologize to Brandon and Rachel. I’m from Tennessee. I had NO idea how painful it was to get your jeans full of sand. It’s like walking around wearing sandpaper… literally! But you’ve got to admit though… these pics made it totally worth it! Am I not right!?

Blow this image up large… now.

How amazing is this couple!? I just want to comment on ALL of the photos above but will just let the pics speak for themselves.

Brandon and Rachel: It was just so amazing meeting you guys. Cannot express to you how much I loved working with you two. Heather and I want to see you both again so badly! We consider you our newest friends!

Family Photos from Wyoming!

Rich Smith — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:32:44 +0000

I LOVE my family! Did everyone know that? If not, you know now. We have a blast around our house including the occasional dancing. And I just love how going back through our photos we’ve taken we can relive these tiny moments that are frozen in time. My heart just smiles when seeing the love that our daughter shows us. We are SO blessed!

These first couple of shots were taken the first day we were in Wyoming. It was really cloudy and snowing occasionally. It was still so beautiful and we couldn’t help taking photos. Love these!

The next day we got the chance to go exploring as a family. We knew were snow was but we had to hike to get to it. Carrying a toddler while going up steep hills at an elevation around 8,000 feet is NOT fun. But it was totally worth it. Check out these fun pics!

“So Mom, what is THIS stuff?”

I’m so in love with this pic AND the girl in it!

Alana getting her first taste of snow…

and her returning the favor to mom!

Alana is the coolest. I’m going to cherish this picture for years to come!

Two cuties…

Then we found this cool buffalo structure. I don’t think the owner liked us being there but that’s okay.

Beautiful! I want to blow this picture up HUGE!

Thank you for everyone for looking! Did I say I love my family yet? :)

My beautiful wife and daughter!

Rich Smith — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:01:04 +0000

My wife had her makeup done at Elea Blake the other day! If you’ve never heard of Elea Blake cosmetic studio and it’s wonderful owner Daren Wright, let me tell ya something… you’re missing out. She is amazing at what she does. You know you’re good at something when you have your own line of products. She uses all natural mineral makeup and does custom blending to create the perfect match for your skin and color.

I recommend her to ALL of my brides and Heather wanted to go in to get a firsthand experience. She loved it! Afterwards, we went across the street at Coolidge Park to get some pictures. It proved to be much more difficult than we thought because Alana did not want to be with us… she wanted to run and explore! So the shoot didn’t turn out like we were envisioning but I still got a few I love. Let me share them with you.

Alana’s hair… awkward stage! But she’s so beautiful!

She loves to run like a flamingo with both arms trailing her. It’s hilarious.

Had to include a moody picture of her on the bridge.

Here’s Heather asking Alana to be still for one second so I could take their picture. It didn’t last long. It was windy on the bridge!

My hot wife:

Next top model:

Can’t get over her hair!

There they are… my girls! I’m so proud!

LOVE you both so much!!!