Emma & Samuel // Burleigh Beach, Engagement Shoot

Emma & Samuel // Burleigh Beach, Engagement Shoot
Emma & Samuel, who are getting married in my home town of The Yarra Valley, have me booked to photograph their wedding in April next year.  I knew these guys were currently living on the Gold Coast.  So I thought I would get in touch with them to see if they wanted to do a little 'engagement' shoot on the beach one evening whilst I was recently up there to photograph a wedding.
Here's how it panned out ... (more of our story below the images)
Black-and-white portrait of a couple walking beneath beachside pine trees beside apartment buildings. Couple walking across pale beach sand beneath tall pine trees and a cloudy sunset sky. Bearded man laughing as the woman beside him holds the brim of her black hat on the beach. Black-and-white photograph of a woman smiling beneath a wide-brimmed hat beside her partner. Black-and-white photograph of a woman laughing as she faces her partner on the beach. Bearded man wrapping his arms around his smiling partner in a black hat on the beach. Two photographs of a couple walking together beside the surf, with distant buildings along the coast. Couple walking barefoot along the shoreline, the woman reaching up toward her partner’s face. Two photographs of a couple holding hands and stepping into shallow seawater. Black-and-white photograph of a couple standing together at the water’s edge, viewed from behind. Two portraits of a couple walking together on wet sand beside the sea. Black-and-white portrait of a woman in a black hat and her bearded partner beside the surf. Two photographs of a couple laughing together and holding hands as they walk along the beach. Black-and-white close-up of a couple looking down while walking hand in hand on the beach. Couple walking barefoot together across the beach with trees and apartment towers behind them. Paired black-and-white and colour portraits of a couple embracing beside the waves. Woman laughing beside her smiling bearded partner with the sea behind them. Softly blurred portrait of a couple standing together with the beach and sea behind them.
Before any portrait shoot with a couple, I love to catch up over a coffee or drink before we start the session.  It's a great way just to relax, and find out even more about each other before I start pointing the camera at them.
During the afternoon, we realised that the 3 of us, had so much in common.  With a love of the same obscure bands (Deaf Havana for one) and anything American - the travel, the food, the craft beer.  Instead of just ending the portrait session at that, it then seemed only appropriate to go out for dinner together - to an American restaurant,  get drunk on ultra hoppy IPA's & talk long into the night.
It's so damn cool that as a part of this 'job', that I can meet so many couples who then end up becoming lifelong friends.  Emma & Samuel, I can't wait to see you guys on your wedding day next year.

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