Summer Engagement Session at The Mount :: Edith Wharton's Home :: Caitlin and David

As a child, Caitlin fell in love with the work of Edith Wharton and with The Mount, Edith Wharton's Home in Lenox, Massachusetts. Now, years later, she and David are celebrating their love and upcoming marriage with an engagement session at a place that has meant so much to Cait for years. And if you've ever been to the Mount, you can see why. With modern artwork along the roads leading up to a grand estate and gardens that could be from a fairytale, this place feels magical. And that feeling, that sense of magic, is so much stronger when you're there with two people in love. These two light up with each other and it was so much fun to capture some of the smiles, the laughs, the kisses and the quieter moments between them.

And speaking of fairytales.. it has to be mentioned.. how perfect is the pink gown that Cait chose with David's navy suit? I don't know many people who could pick that out, see it's potential, and completely rock it at a shoot! We're just missing a glass slipper or an enchanted rose!

Harkness Memorial State Park Engagement Session :: Estate and Gardens :: Sunset on the Beach :: Kat and Matt

For a lot of people, most people really, having your photos taken before the wedding planning and wedding photography process usually means a selfie or a 'stand and cheese' group picture. Engagement sessions are a whole other kind of experience and it can be intimidating. The photos are really meant to catch your personalities and how in love you are.. a bit more intimate than your average selfie. There may have been some nerves in the equation at the start of this session but you wouldn't know; Kat and Matt really rocked it! Well.. as long as you don't ask Kat for a 'serious face'!

They were so comfortable together and ready to laugh and play around. There's so much love between these two and it's a lot of fun to be around them. We started the session at the mansion in Harkness Memorial State Park in Waterford, CT; walking around the gorgeous gardens and checking out the outside of the mansion. It's incredible to think that it was a family home once! Then, after an outfit change, we spent some time right before sunset on a rocky portion of the beach. There was some more laughing, hugging, a bubbly Champagne toast, and even some twirling.. I'm still thinking about the beautiful, flowy dress that Kat had on then. Perfect twirling dress! It was a really great evenign and I hope you enjoy seeing some of the photos from it here!