Contax 645 || Kodak Portra 400 || Indie Film Lab

For those of you who have been to our home or have followed along here on the blog for awhile, you know we live on a cattle ranch.

Even with the recent cold snap, I think it is safe to say that spring is here. The trees are budding out, our summer flowers are popping up, and the brown hues of winter are turning pastel. Yep - spring is here!

That also means that we are shooting engagement sessions again, and driving around the ranch to do so. The other day while we were scouting where we were going to go, we drove up on these cows just bathed in the golden evening sun. I have to admit, we get to see this every day, so sometimes we take it for granted. Thankfully, I had my Contax with me and snagged this image. I (Luke) am thinking about making a coffee table book of all of the images that we have taken around the ranch, but I want them all to be taken on film. This has turned in to my next "project" and I can't wait to see how it ends.

Valerie and Jeff came all the way from Virginia to meet up with us and shoot their engagement photos. I'm sure when they left Virginia, they were expecting to come south and have sunny and warm Texas weather to greet them. Little did we know, it was freezing here when their engagement shoot rolled around. It was windy and very cold, but these two braved the elements with us and we had a great time.

Luckily, Valerie had this adorable purple trench coat that looked perfect in the photos! Cold weather was nothing for these two!

How lucky is Valerie to be marrying a guy that makes her laugh like THIS!

As you can see, Valerie knows how to make Jeff crack up too. :)

I'm so sad these two live in Virginia and that we won't be able to see and hang out with them all the time. We had a great time with you both and can't wait for your wedding!