film photographer Christine Gosch

This one was very special to me. If you keep up with my blog posts, you know I like to stroll down memory lane every so often. This is absolutely one of those times :)

Please rewind 15 years. I’m in junior high, awkward as can be, playing the saxophone in band class. I find myself sitting next to my future best friend, Erin, who is playing the french horn. We instantly become friends. We’re both goofy and love animals. We grow up together, play basketball and soccer together (after promptly quitting band), and have too many inside jokes to count. Erin is truly one of my favorite people and she’s hilarious, good company, and a beautiful soul to the core.

Fast forward to today where she has found the love of her life, Jessica, and they’re engaged! It was truly an honor to take photos of such a momentous chapter for two amazing women.

They’re both so chill (a very common trait that seems to run through the veins of most of my awesome clients, if I’m being frank) and willing to do whatever for photos. I loved the part of their session where they just sat by the water and cuddled. They picked this location in particular because it had water with no sand. We also knew we didn’t want tons of people in the background of their photos, so the beach was eliminated from the running.

Most of my sessions consist of walking, talking, joking, and chilling, so this time around we did just that. We had some awesome light & clouds join us for their session (the first and last photos in this post are my favorites for this reason, other than the fact that there are two crazy-in-love humans in the photo). All around amazing time with beautiful people and I’m so glad they’ve found one another.

WINTER WEDDING COLOR PALETTE

HOUSTON INTIMATE WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER

When it comes to deciding all of the elements that will take part in your wedding day, one of the biggest decisions you can make is the color palette and mood that you want present throughout your wedding. Think about it- all of your bridesmaids’ dresses, possibly groomsmen ties, table linens, wedding florals (including the bridal bouquet and groom’s boutonniere), favors, wedding invitations and other paper goods seen throughout your day (like your wedding ceremony programs, place cards, seating charts, any wedding day signage), your cake, your guest book, your wedding album, even your parent’s clothing- all have the potential to be based on the colors that you’ve chosen. It’s kind of a big deal!

I worked again with my friend Maria Maxit to create a seasonal look to inspire anyone plan the wedding of their dreams. Last time we did this we had a fall inspired wedding reception table, but this time we wanted to do something different. When this color palette was chosen, we had one thing in mind: winter weddings. Sometimes it can be tough to plan a winter wedding when all you see on the internet are more colorful weddings planned in spring and summer, so our intention here was to create a beautiful, achievable look to inspire couples hoping to get hitched in the colder months.

The seasonal blooms available during the winter generally lend themselves to the paler side, versus the bright, vibrant warmer month’s blooms. We decided to embrace the season and stick with a pale color palette. Seen here is white, mauve, light pinks, rose gold, gold, and a touch of greenery. While it’s a cooler palette, we balanced the table out by warming up the table with some brass candlesticks and mauve candles. I think the table would have been too frigid without the candles.

The wedding invitation was created by Nicolette of Isidore & Augustine and paired perfectly with the muted tones in the blooms. We styled the snowberries (yes, they’re actually called snowberries!) to mimic falling snow. They were the perfect shade of pale pink and white, and could also be found throughout the floral arrangement on the table.