{ Elisa + Andrew | Vintage Books Engagement }
When Elisa mentioned incorporating her love of reading into their session, 2 images immediately popped into my head – one was of them standing among stacks & stacks of vintage books, a million feet tall, looming all around them like crazy book-skyscrapers. The second vision was them laying on a blanket, with tons of books again, except this time they were swimming in them. Either way, I figured we would need a googelplex of books.
So the next couple weeks were spent collected hardcovers, coming across gems from the 1940s from my dad, with the corners of the pages all brittle & yellow, and the prettiest collection of novels {those would be all the pastel ones you see} from Scott’s mom. I was seriously driving around town with bags & bags & bags of books in my car and it sort of made me crazy excited that I pretty much was in a mobile library & at any given time I could just stop and read them ALL (didn’t happen, but exciting nonetheless). And though, by the time the session came around, we didn’t end up with quite enough books to tower 18 stories above Elisa & Andrew or to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool, I was quite super giddy with the more realistic versions of brainstorming that we brought to life!
But Elisa must have figured that super giddy wasn’t quite giddy enough, because she had a second genius idea up her sleeve. She brought to the session a handcrafted GIGANTIC red heart kite. A kite. That was a red heart. That she put together, WITH HER HANDS. It was perfect & combined with Elisa & Andrew’s super sweet & silly personalities, it made for the funnest of fun photos. GIDDY X 1000!
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July 15th, 2010 at
I love this shoot! I also love that you take pictures of all of the little details. They’re super cute together! So creative, so creative. Haha.
July 15th, 2010 at
ooh books! love the concepts.
July 15th, 2010 at
so adorable x 1000! :) fabulous shots as usual adrienne!
July 15th, 2010 at
adorable session! the books are such a cute idea. does that kite actually work? :)
July 15th, 2010 at
Thanks guys! @estherjulee – It was made to fly, but unfortunately there wasn’t so much as a breeze that day so we didn’t get to try it out! :T
July 16th, 2010 at
this is fantastic, you captured them SO well! the one shot from above with all the books is my favorite – perfectly whimsical & disney fairytale-esque.
July 16th, 2010 at
Love the location and the theme! Where was it taken? You always seem to have the coolest location spots and themed engagements! :D
July 16th, 2010 at
Elisa! Adrienne! Aw, I love the ones of them running across the field to get that kite up… it evokes such a heart fluttering fun feeling.
July 16th, 2010 at
aww, love the heart kite and books. love it all!
July 16th, 2010 at
elisa!!! as in michelle’s friend from high school? wow, beautiful kite idea. the red really pops! kudos adrienne, as always!
July 19th, 2010 at
Really beautiful job Adrienne. I know I always say it but I love your colouring and tone. Always makes me happy to look at your work.
July 20th, 2010 at
um… this session is…AMAZING!!!! you did a fantastic job as per usual! so jealous that your clients always seem to bring such awesome props!!
July 21st, 2010 at
I love the stacks of books – the English teacher in me! – and the heart-shaped kite was adorable. Great job as always, Adrienne!
September 1st, 2010 at
Oh that shot of them laying with all the book around them… that should be printed poster size and hanging in their house. I am so in love with that picture!
December 13th, 2012 at
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