AUSTIN ANNIVERSARY SESSION

AUSTIN ANNIVERSARY SESSION

Austin film photographer Christine Gosch

Happy Monday, all! Today we’re talking about anniversary sessions! They are so special. I love when two folks that have been married for awhile decide to invest in a photo session to capture this time in their lives. So many people get married and don’t appear in a professional photo again until their kid’s wedding! But I think that in this day and age of constant connection via the internet/ social media and phones with wildly awesome cameras, being photographed more is expected. I just get so excited when I get an inquiry for an anniversary session.

This was was no exception. In fact, I might even say I did a little happy dance when I noticed who this anniversary session inquiry was from- one of my favorite Texas calligraphers + wedding invitation designers LaRue Pulido, owner of Little Carabao Studio. If you don’t follow her on Instagram, hop on over and check her out to start working pretty calligraphy and paper suites into your feed. You won’t regret it!

LaRue and I were working on another project together when I had mentioned to her in an email that I would be in Austin, Texas for an engagement session with another couple. LaRue + Trent were celebrating their 5 year wedding anniversary around the time I would be in Austin and wanted to book a mini session (did you know I offer mini sessions? Well, I do. Same beautiful photos for a fraction of the cost). So it was meant to be! We met at one of my favorite parks to shoot at in Austin, Bull Creek Park. I’m always so grateful when I get to work at an Austin park because where I live, we don’t get anything like the scenery in the Texas Hill Country like waterfalls and natural springs. We met up just after sunrise. No one was there, the weather was awesome, and everything was so serene and beautiful. Their mini shoot was so great and I’m so glad LaRue and I were finally able to meet in person. I’m so excited to finally share these with you!

Photographer: Christine Gosch | Couple: LaRue + Trent | Film lab: The FIND Lab

AUSTIN FILM ENGAGEMENT SESSION

AUSTIN FILM ENGAGEMENT SESSION

Texas film photographer

Family just makes everything better. I got so, so lucky and married into the best family. In fact, here’s another session I recently shot with my husband’s brother & his wife. These folks always make me just so happy. Here’s Brandon (my husband’s cousin) and Carolyn (his new wife, whose bridal session was on the blog last week). I love them so much! We took these engagement photos last summer before their December wedding in Galveston, Texas. We decided to photograph the engagement session in Austin, Texas where they met while attending University of Texas. They have the cutest story of how they met, all the way leading up to their first date. Hearing it will never get old.

When we were planning their engagement session, we decided that a portion of their session would be dedicated to retracing the steps of their first date. Their first date started at the park in the photographs with the Austin skyline. It’s called Town Lake Metropolitan Park. In true Austin fashion, Willie Nelson was just across the street opening up a rally for Beto O’Rourke, serenading us for the images at the park. They even sang ‘On the Road Again’ together. You cannot make this stuff up! It was pretty dang cool, and I will honestly never again be able to say that Willie Nelson serenaded an engagement session I photographed. I have peaked.

After the park, we headed to Amy’s Ice Cream (the one on 6th Street next to Lush, in case you were wondering) where their first date concluded. Brandon and Carolyn, please excuse me if I butcher this any, but the story goes: Brandon and Carolyn went in for ice cream. The dude behind the counter asks, “do you want this ice cream for free?” so obviously they’re like, “yeah!” So the guy says they have to catch it. Cool, no problem. So Brandon gets ready to catch the ice cream from across the counter, when the Amy’s Ice Cream dude tells them to follow him. He takes them outside and runs across the 4-lane street and asks Brandon if he’s ready, because the dude is going to throw the ice cream across 6th street and Brandon needs to catch it if he still wants it for free. So the Amy’s Ice Cream guy hurls a scoop of ice cream across the 4 lanes of traffic and Brandon sticks his bowl up in the air (not unlike Smalls from The Sandlot) and miraculously catches the ice cream. Everyone cheers, eats free ice cream, and it’s the beginning of a wonderful relationship. Little did they know that years later they’d return to the same spot for engagement photos!