Emily and Erik’s Engagement Session at Portage Lakes

I guess it’s a good thing if I’ve managed to make it 7 years before I had rain actually interrupt an engagement session, right?  Usually we have rain dates and backup plans but Erik’s time home didn’t really allow for much wiggle room and when the radar looked promising we decided to go for it and cross our fingers that rain wouldn’t come our way.  Unfortunately rain came along midway through the session but it wasn’t too bad and the bonus was that it cleared the beach up of the few stragglers that were hanging out capturing the last few moments of daylight so we had the place entirely to ourselves.  The downside was that once the rain cleared the mosquitos came and BOY did they.  Holy cow.  I think I’m still recovering from that session!  Ha!  We were a feast for a few bugs that night but the light was beautiful and I’m glad these guys hung around for those last images.

Thank you both for being so fun to work with and I can’t wait to see you again next summer!

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While we were hiding beneath the trees while the rain passed us by I couldn’t pass up the chance for a few portraits, the light was really lovely.

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Love their outfits!  Such a great choice!

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Confession: I had no idea this beach even existed.  I’d been to the lakes many times but always in boats, I had no idea there was this beach!

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You can see here how moody the clouds were, storms were going all around us but luckily they all missed us and we only had a spot of rain.

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They did a quick wardrobe change and we took advantage of the empty dock and I LOVE the images from this spot.

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Aren’t they just adorable?

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Again, they nailed their wardrobe choices again!  LOVE!

engagement portraits on a dock

My favorite from the day!

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It was a shame there were SO MANY MOSQUITOS here because I loved the light coming in through the trees here but the bugs were just way too insane so we captured these two images and quickly moved on.   There were so many I actually had to photoshop them off of their skin because you could see them biting them.  THANK YOU GUYS for toughing it out for these few images because they are my favorite.  Oh wait, the other one was.  Well these are TOO!  <3

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FINALLY – a spot without (as much) bugs!

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We were just about to leave and I saw that beyond the storm clouds there was a bit of a colorful sunset so we went back down to the beach and I’m SO glad we did because I forgot, THIS is my favorite from the day.  OK I have a lot of favorites from their session… ha!

silhouette engagement photo at sunset

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