Ready For Our Closeup

A package came for us in the mail last week, and though the box was a nondescript cardboard, it's what was inside that counts.

Our engagement pictures are here!  Niki of Niki Ross Photography, sent us a few prints and a DVD of all our pictures taken (both edited images and unedited images) and we are thrilled to pieces to have them.  She sent us six prints of three different pictures on different kinds of photo paper: matte, metallic (loved it!), and regular photo paper, as well as a specially packaged DVD.  Look at that cover!  It's beyond awesome.  Our engagement photos have their own, personalized case that truly is a keepsake in and of itself. 

But the best part, of course, are the pictures, so without further ado, here are a few of my favorites: (Warning! Picture heavy!)

Meet Our Vendors: Paparazzi

Because we have such awesome vendors, and because Mr. Goodlaff and I can't help but constantly talk amongst ourselves about how fantastic they are, over the next few weeks, I'm going to properly introduce you to our vendors (a few of whom are friendors), tell you why we picked them, and share how they are helping to make our wedding day a fabulous reality. 

First up?  Our Photographer!

Early on in our wedding planning process, we decided that we would try to include our family and friends in our wedding as much as possible.  This means having people lend a hand with their talents (Daddy Goodlaff is making our cake topper and our archway) and really using our connections to find great vendors. I have to say, we totally lucked out in the photography department. 

Our photographer is one of Mr. Goodlaff's longtime friends from his hometown--a "friendor", if you will. Right after we started looking for our vendors, he brought up the idea of his friend, Niki Ross being our photographer, and after checking out some of her work, we were sold.  We met with her a few months ago, talked details, and settled on a price, and agreed to wait until Fall to do our engagement pictures.  Well, Fall turned into Winter, and we were finally able to sneak our engagement pictures in on the very last day of the last weekend in January.

Inspiration of E-pic Proportions

Okay, I know, I know.  Mr. Goodlaff and I were supposed to have our engagement pictures taken a while ago.  With under 100 days to go before the wedding, I admit, we are probably cutting it close.  BM Cosmo was teasing me last week that if we wait any longer to take our pictures, we will have to take them after the wedding. Ha. Ha. Very funny.

The road to engagement pictures was paved with good intentions.  The Goodlaffs planned on taking pictures in the Fall.  I love Fall--it's my favorite season, and I wanted nothing more than to have beautiful bold red, orange, and yellow leaves feature prominently in our photos.

So Pretty...

But, alas, it was not to be.  I work in elections.  We had an election in the fall.  There was no time for engagement pictures.  Boo.



After Fall came Thanksgiving, then Christmas, and before you knew it, we were rolling in to January.  Finally we set a date, and though it's dangerously close to being February, we are squeaking it in to the first month of this year. So, now that the date is set, how about a little bit of Engagement Session Inspiration?

Warning, lots of pictures ahead!