2020 Favorites – Engagements

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 10 years” (and I can officially say that with confidence since Derrick & I have been married for over 10 years – 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 engagement photos simply takes our friendship to a whole new level. And it’s 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 & 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!)

2020 was a weird year for engagement photos. I technically only did 3 engagement sessions all year & I’ll be honest: I’m a little bummed at that! But I mean, 2020 was a crazy year & there was so much uncertainty around whether weddings would even be able to take place. So many weddings got upended – whether from postponement, venues closing, unbearable restrictions – it was just a crazy year.

If you’d like to see some of my previous “favorite engagement” posts, you can find
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, & 
2014’s favorite engagements here!

So, here we go! These are my favorite engagement images from 2020 (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 – how could I ever put 50+ images in any sort of order?)

If you missed my other “favorite” image posts from 2020, be sure to check them out here:
Favorite Weddings
Favorite Portraits
Favorite Roller Coasters