Proposal Photography at the Enchant Christmas Maze

I love proposal photography, there are always so many raw emotions at display and I really enjoy the anticipation, the planning for the perfect capture and the big surprise. This past Christmas I got the privilege to photograph a beautiful proposal between Michelle and Matt at the perfect Christmas location; The Enchant Christmas Light Maze in Arlington.

Matt contacted me a few weeks before Christmas to plan the shoot, we went through the game plan and agreed to scout out the event in advance in order to find out the best spot for the proposal to take place.

Most proposal photography that I do are shot in true "paparazzi style", the fiancee never knows that there is a photographer until the actual proposal has been made, then I jump into the action and reveal myself and get some close ups shots of the couple, in this occasion I also shot a short portrait session around the Christmas Maze.

This proposal was very fun but presented us with some challenges that we had to take into consideration. It was a cold day before Christmas eve and the event was completely full with people. Another challenge was the proposal shoot had to take place at night, and I didn't want to start using the flash to early and risk to compromise the surprise factor.

But with careful planning, the right photo gear, selection of location and the right timing we got the perfect proposal photos that we are known for at IGOR Photography.

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The proposal moment:Did she say yes?, It's pretty safe to say that she did judging by her smile from ear to ear!

Michelle was so surprised and her face lit up in awe and happiness when Matt kneel down, her smile was priceless and the joy and love was at full display. These are the kind of moments that I live for, it makes me so happy to witness and it makes me believe in goodness and in humankind. I always get very emotional and my heart beats fast. It's so exciting!

I continued to shoot through Michelle and Matt's reactions, smiles and laughter. After the proposal, Michelle and Matt walked through the maze, got some hot chocolate in the cold, and I continued to take candid photos of them as they were walking and interacting. We also did a few posed photos when I saw a great backdrop. 

It was the perfect proposal photo session, so much fun and we got some amazing looking photos!

I wish more people would hire a professional proposal photographer in Dallas and Fort Worth, it's such a joyful and important moment to capture properly. 

Contact us today for Dallas-Fort Worth or destination wedding photography and photo sessions, we would love to chat about how we can get you unique paparazzi style proposal photos!

Paint War & Mandalay Canal Engagement Session

When we met couple Kathy & Brad, we knew we were going to have a fun day with them and get some amazing couple photos.

They were a couple who were clearly athletic, loved the outdoors and had an adventurous side.

We began our day at the Mandalay Canal. Las Colinas in Irving to start off with some more traditional couples poses.

The Mandalay Canal in Irving is a beautiful setting that gives you Old world style and lots of charm.

Kathy & Brad brought along their lovable (peanut butter loving) fur child to really complete their engagement portraits.

Mandalay Canal had served its purpose and we were off to find a quiet spot to get to the real fun portion and undeniably messy part of the engagement session.

We located a grassy area, just a couple of blocks from the canal, that had a great lake view.

This was our first time experimenting with powdered paint! I almost wish I wasn’t shooting, I just wanted to dive in and make an explosion out of all the colors they had brought with them.

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Powder paint engagement session in Dallas by photographer Igor!

At IGOR photography, if nothing else we strive to create images that will last for a lifetime and leave an impression. I truly can say we created some fine art images at this session.

I had my partner assist with making these images really pop, while we let the couple kiss & makeup after their paint war, my assistant grabbed handfuls of paint to throw in the background to create explosions of selected colors in the back, it made for some really epic Images.

Choose IGOR photography for your next portrait session! Engagement photos, Bridal, Boudoir or Family session. We will create images that you will want to frame and hang as a masterpiece in your home or have us design an album to be viewed over and over again.

Contact us today @ 682-233-5367

A Rainy Botanic Garden Engagement Session

We get asked pretty often by our couples "What's the best place to choose if we want a variety of places to shoot, with greenery and foliage"? and although we have several green locations to choose from our standby choice is often the Botanical Garden of Fort Worth, it's often convenient, inexpensive and the variety of backdrops is endless. Our couple Pi & Kyle, wanted their session to be fun and casual.

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Pi and Kyle were very outgoing and it came across in their engagement pictures, at Igor Wedding Photography we do not let bad weather get in the way or reschedule, we invite the challenge, as the saying goes.. " A little rain never hurt anybody" and the rain often makes for some fun, and interesting shots, and it applied to this day as well, they met and graduated at FIU, so the umbrella served as a significant reminder of where they both fell in love and played a part in shielding them from the rain as well. We do not often use props, but we believe if it helps in telling your story or holds some symbolic meaning, then by all means they should be incorporated, and, it is always fun to try something new and creative.

Contact Igor Wedding Photography today and let us capture your story and create some amazing Imagery!

Engagement Session at the Hollow Hill Farm Event Center

When looking for a home country feel with all the classy elements you couldn’t find a more perfect wedding venue with all the qualities you need then at the Hollow Hill Farm Event Center in Weatherford, TX.

This wedding venue crafted out of love is a family run business with unique features such as the ‘Old Town’ which includes a western replica of a Jail house, a School and a vintage store displayed with trinkets, fully furnished rooms with beautiful hand-made touches, such as The Bunk house (the grooms room) and The Cantina (the brides room). The attention to detail is amazing on all the buildings, decor and landscaping.

The country landscapes this venue provides are breathtakingly beautiful, you could have an outdoor ceremony at their Pavilion or in the romantically lit Barn House.

When approached by our Bride to be Sascha and her fiance Brad she relayed to us she wanted something country inspired, preferably a red barn for their engagement photos. Hollow Hills Farm is the first venue that came to our mind, since this venue provides the perfect country backdrops and scenery to create timeless country engagement and wedding photography.

Enjoy a few photos from our fun and country inspired engagement session!

Japanese Garden Engagement Photography in Fort Worth

My most recent engagement photography session was at the beautiful Fort Worth Botanic Garden and at the Japanese Garden, on a marvelous winter day. This was a perfect day and photo location for Alex and Jason's Fort Worth engagement session. Their love and joy was intense, and plenty of kisses where frozen in time, it was a blast capturing it frame by frame.

I have photographed more engagement sessions at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden than my brain can remember, but this location still remains fresh for me and every session I do there still has a new look and feel. There are so many areas within the gardens that have all different looks and that are perfect for engagement photography during all the months of the year. If you are planning an engagement photography session in the DFW area, you should definitely consider the variety of the Fort Worth Botanical Garden and the smaller and very lush Japanese Garden for your engagement photos.

Engagement Photos for 2015

If you got one of these or if you know someone that just received one, then you or they need to get some great engagement photos and a ring shot by Igor Photography in 2015 ;) Happy New Year!

At Igor Photography we specialized in romantic wedding photography in Dallas-Fort Worth, including passionate engagement sessions and fine art bridal portraits. Let’s get you some fantastic Dallas engagement photos, call today to chat with us.

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Creative engagement photography by Dallas wedding photographer Igor.

Why should you get engagement photos?

Why should I schedule an engagement photo session? Couples and other people ask me that question all the time.

The simple answer to that is that you like and value photography and that you want to document your engagement with some professional engagement photos, and that it's also an excellent chants to get comfortable with your wedding photographer before the big day, and that on top of that you can use the engagement photos for the "save the date" cards and the reception table book.

These are all good reasons, but the most important reason to have engagement photos taken is one that most people don't think about. No bride, no groom, no wedding photographer, ever seems to consider.

The real reason is because photos are not for today! Think about this, some periods of life are very short. A tiny window of time that perhaps may be only a few months or a few years long. A really thin slice of life, really, compared to your entire life.

But yet what happened in this small, tiny window of time is disproportionately huge.

Something happened that changed the rest of your entire life.

In that tiny window of time, small little miracles happened.

Because in that tiny window of life, you found someone. And they found you.

You fell in love. They fell in love with you.

This is the start of something big, a commitment to each other, and maybe the start of new life into this world.

This changes a lot of peoples life, like a ripple effect in a lake it affects everyone around you. And in time, the descendants you have brought forth by virtue of your commitment, will affect new generations in the future.

Think about it! You have basically changed the course of the world, you have contributed to the future of this planet.

I know I'm getting carried away thinking about it, but this is in essence why I can say that your engagement is very important. It's a very short period in your life that has a very significant impact on your loved ones, your family and maybe to the world.

That's why it's such an important sliver of time to celebrate and document with beautiful engagement photography, to have this time forever preserved so it's there to be seen whenever you wish to remember, to revisit this important time in your life and feel the joy and emotions again, and of course the same goes for the important wedding photos. These timeless photos are for the rest of your life to enjoy and for your descendents to love!

So that's my long answer and reason why you want to have an engagement session and engagement photos.

Please leave comment below and let me know if you agree or not?

Contact us today to schedule an epic DFW engagement session with wedding photographer Igor.

682-233-5367 / contact@igorweddingphoto.com