I love shooting film for so many reasons, but mostly because of the amazing quality and organic feel it gives to the photographs! It has a beautiful imperfect feel to it that makes it seem more genuine and more real somehow. Unlike with digital, you need to take your time with each shot, be in the moment and be more connected with what’s around you.
Elisa and Josh were an incredible couple to work with who had a wonderful connection and energy between them – simply a pleasure to capture!
Here is their love story in their own words:
“Elisa and I worked at the same oil & gas company in Houston. My office was next to hers and we were on the same team. As such, we worked together on many projects and had many colleagues and contacts in common. Our co-workers would always tease us saying there was an attraction or that we should have gone on dates (and I must admit, I was completely smitten the first day I met her in a work meeting) but we always kept the relationship strictly professional.
A couple of years later, when I took a position at a different company also based in Houston, Elisa and I would still see each other out at football games or with mutual friends and the attraction became undeniable.
On Christmas Eve last year, while visiting Casco Viejo, Panama (ironically at La Plaza de Francia), I asked her to marry me. I don’t remember the exact conversation but I’m pretty confident she said yes.
Some friends asked if we had interest in traveling to Paris with them in the spring of the following year. We both love traveling so of course we jumped at the opportunity to enjoy Paris with friends. We flew in a few days before them and decided that the city, architecture, and deep history would make a wonderful and timeless backdrop for a collection of engagement pictures we will cherish for lifetime!”
All photographs were taken with a Pentax 645N medium format camera with Fuji Pro 400H film for this session.
You can see another session captured on film here!
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