today is david’s birthday (thank you very much, facebook!), so i thought it would be a good time to write about their recent engagement session.

i was down in providence after amy & ben’s (yes, the lickers) wedding, and since m&d live there and are getting married there next may, it was convenient to schedule their session for the next day.  i’m *semi* familiar with a few places in providence, so i was able to suggest a spot…and i even suggested where we could meet.  oh, yeah…that’s right.  i know the cool/hip/happening indie coffee shop in providence.  (the coffee exchange on wickenden street.)

so…we met, i showed them my sample albums real quick-like…then we piled into my car to drive to the nearby location i’d chosen.  we got out of the car, and i looked around…readying myself to give them directions.  walked around the back of the car to get my camera and shooting bag.  shooting bag & lenses…check.  camera…camera?  bueller?  bueller?  um, are you kidding me?  no.  no, i was not kidding.  i had LEFT MY CAMERA BEHIND!  lucky for me, meg and david are AWESOME and just laughed right along with me at how not-awesome i am.  and also lucky for all of us…the friends i was staying with lived pretty close by.  after an unplanned detour to collect my camera (during which i discovered that they know and love ellis paul–mmmm, blacktop train is such a freaking good song), we were back in business.  and oh, what business it was!

i’d found a sort of neglected construction site…quiet and sleepy on a sunday afternoon.  i asked them, “how do you feel about trespassing?”  they laughed and said, “clearly you JUST met us.”  oh it was ON!

these two didn’t blink when i asked them to climb on piles of broken concrete and rebar…bounded enthusiastically into the CAT tractor/machine/thingy for a makeout session, and helpfully pointed out the bloated dead fish floating by the water…in case i hadn’t eaten dinner.

i can’t wait for may 16, either, meg!

sometimes you need the “mom” shot, or the “newspaper” shot.

i looooove this first one.  and do you SEE the setting they tromped around in for me?  how can i not love them?

this was just them…being cute.  walking to the spot i told them to stand.  but c’mon…so cute!

(don’t you think they should use a version of this one for their save the dates?  i dooooo!)

about this time they found dinner for me.  such thoughtful clients, these…

how beautiful is she?  MAN!