2023 Favorites – Engagements

What better day to post my favorite engagement photos than the day after Valentine’s Day? Know someone who is recently engaged? Why not share this post with them as inspiration!

I know I have said this before, and you know I will say it again in the future, but I love shooting engagement sessions! There is just something so fun about celebrating the super-short season in a couple’s life that is being each other’s “fiance”. It’s totally different from “just dating”, it’s totally different from “just married”, and it’s totally different from “married for 14 years” (and I can officially say that with confidence since Derrick and I are approaching our 14 year anniversary – YIKES does that make me feel old!) There are different variations of love to each of those stages, but I honestly think “being engaged” is one of my very favorites.

Engagement sessions give me a chance to really get to know my couples. We can chat all we want heading into a wedding day, but hanging out for an engagement session simply takes our friendship to a whole new level. And it is my favorite. I absolutely love setting that foundation, so that I can show up on a couple’s wedding day, more of an “old friend” than just “another vendor”. It makes for a more relaxed wedding day and truly makes the experience so much more fun!

(So, yes, this is my shameless plug, that if you are getting married, whether it’s in a few months or a few years, please make time to do engagement photos with your wedding photographer!)

If you’d like to see some of my previous “favorite engagement” posts, you can find
2022’s favorite engagements here,
2021’s favorite engagements here,
2020’s favorite engagements here,
2019’s favorite engagements here,
2018’s favorite engagements here,
2017’s favorite engagements here, 
2016’s favorite engagements here, 
2015’s favorite engagements here, and 
2014’s favorite engagements here!

So, here we go! These are my favorite engagement images from 2023 (in absolutely no particular order – seriously, I put all of my favorite images into a “randomizer” and this is the order it spit everything out in!)

If you missed my other 2023 “favorite” image posts, be sure to check them out here:
Favorite Wedding Images
My favorite portraits and roller coaster images from last year are coming on next week! Stay tuned!