Elise & Ryan { Stone Mountain, Ga }

I am so excited to be able to share these images with all of you! Elise has been one of my closest and best friends since I was in middle school. She is like a sister to me, and she has had such a huge influence on my life and my faith. She was one of the first people in my life that showed me the joy that could be had in a relationship with Christ, and for that I am forever thankful. Our friendship has lasted through good times and difficult times, and now I am excited to be able to celebrate her engagement to the man that she has been waiting her whole life for.

On Saturday morning we met at Stone Mountain Park outside of Atlanta. Stone Mountain is a special place for Elise and Ryan because it is where they had their first date two years ago. It was so much fun to wander around the park and get to relive the memory of their first date with them.



These two were an absolute dream to photograph! Their love for each other is written all over their faces, and they love to laugh and goof around together.



I love the following image because I had absolutely nothing to do with posing it. We were up the hiking trail shooting in among the flowers, and Ryan decided to pick one for Elise to put in her hair. She smiled, leaned in and kissed him, and I grabbed this shot



This sign might as well have had Ryan's name on it. Ha! I'm just kidding. This is Ryan giving me his best confident/cocky face.



Elise's ring is absolutely beautiful. Not only does Ryan have wonderful taste when it comes to choosing a wife, but he also has great taste in jewelry. Don't you agree?



We really wanted to go inside the kid's play area to grab a few pictures on the swings, but you had to pay extra to play in there, so we stopped at the entrance to grab a picture of them with the signs.



It was far too hot to hike all the way up to the top of the mountain, but that didn't keep us from climbing up a little ways to grab some cool shots like these.