October 5, 2013
Andy and I were lucky to have our engagement photos taken by the lovely and talented Miss Jen Au (check out her blogs here and here). I am a huge fan of her photography not only because we're friends, but because they make me want to cry - so beautiful.
It turned out to be an ordeal picking the location. Somewhere with larches? Okay, Lake Ingalls. On Thursday night a trip report appeared warning of waist deep snow and snowshoes recommended. Dang it! Change of plans - Colchuck and Stuart Lake. Jen suggested pictures at sunset, so we left Mill Creek around 12:45pm and arrived at the trailhead around 3:00pm. Wow, late start. We decided to head to Colchuck only. For some reason, I didn't think we'd be taking pictures during the hike. Luckily I wore a cute hiking shirt. We encountered only a little bit of snow and it ended up being a very nice day. Because we stopped several times to take pictures along the trail, at 5:45 pm we still had about an hour of hiking left to get to the lake. The sun was setting quickly so we backtracked to a nice spot and took pictures with the sunset in our fancy clothes. Andy dearest set up the tent for me to change in <3. It was a fun experience. I found out I have very poor posture. I'm also very awkward, but hey, I already knew this. We've also never hiked at night before. Although Jen took a pretty hard fall (damn roots) and we ended up having to backtrack out of the horse trail, it wasn't horrible and it's totally worth pictures at sunset. Just need to make sure the hike down isn't too difficult. We got our pictures in about a month ago. Take a look-see:
Andy and I were lucky to have our engagement photos taken by the lovely and talented Miss Jen Au (check out her blogs here and here). I am a huge fan of her photography not only because we're friends, but because they make me want to cry - so beautiful.
It turned out to be an ordeal picking the location. Somewhere with larches? Okay, Lake Ingalls. On Thursday night a trip report appeared warning of waist deep snow and snowshoes recommended. Dang it! Change of plans - Colchuck and Stuart Lake. Jen suggested pictures at sunset, so we left Mill Creek around 12:45pm and arrived at the trailhead around 3:00pm. Wow, late start. We decided to head to Colchuck only. For some reason, I didn't think we'd be taking pictures during the hike. Luckily I wore a cute hiking shirt. We encountered only a little bit of snow and it ended up being a very nice day. Because we stopped several times to take pictures along the trail, at 5:45 pm we still had about an hour of hiking left to get to the lake. The sun was setting quickly so we backtracked to a nice spot and took pictures with the sunset in our fancy clothes. Andy dearest set up the tent for me to change in <3. It was a fun experience. I found out I have very poor posture. I'm also very awkward, but hey, I already knew this. We've also never hiked at night before. Although Jen took a pretty hard fall (damn roots) and we ended up having to backtrack out of the horse trail, it wasn't horrible and it's totally worth pictures at sunset. Just need to make sure the hike down isn't too difficult. We got our pictures in about a month ago. Take a look-see:
