Engagement | Allana & Joel

This engagement session was such a special event! I had the pleasure of photographing Allana & Joel's wedding in 2007. It was such a beautiful ceremony on such a beautiful day. It took place at the Sycamore Hills Golf Club in Paris Illinois and what made it so beautiful was not the surroundings (which were gorgeous!), but it was the emotion that was behind everything that happened that day.







Allana & Joel only had a short amount of time after the ceremony to spend together before Joel had to leave his new wife to fulfill his military responsibilities. Not only did they have a short amount of time to spend together afterward, Allana and Joel hardly got to see each other before the wedding for the same reason. Joel arrived in town only a day or two before the wedding and it was questionable if he was to arrive on time because of the unpredictable military schedule. Thankfully everything worked out as planned and the wedding and reception festivities went on with great success and so much emotion...I have to say it was one of my FAVORITE weddings of 2007 because they were not just "going through the motions" of having a wedding...They were getting married!

This post does not contain images from their wedding, but you can view their Wedding Slide Show that is to the song of their first dance.

This post contains images from their "engagement" session! Which in reality is actually a portrait session of a happy married couple...we had a very special and unexpected opportunity to get together again to photograph this session...Please take a look at Allana & Joel's portrait Session Slide Show ~








Allana & Joel, I'm so happy that I have met you and had the honor of photographing such a special and truly emotional event. You are such a wonderful example of what love is and I wish you all the best~