I hope you enjoy this sneak peek image from Ashley and Jared’s engagement portrait session at the beach!

Someone knows someone, who knows someone else, who knows someone else who knows someone…well, you get the idea. The term is ‘six degrees of separation‘ and it was just such a client referral that brought Karen and Steve together with Oak Moon Photography to capture their incredible engagement portrait images.

Knowing that Karen and Steve enjoy the beach, I recommended First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach. We met late on a Sunday afternoon and it turned out to be the perfect place and time for their engagement portrait session. The endless beach, the rolling dunes and an absolutely gorgeous sunset provided a great setting. They were both so comfortable and natural in front of the camera that I just took a step back and simply captured the two of them being together.

I just love my couples!

Click the thumbnails below to see a few of my favorite images from Karen and Steve’s engagement portrait session…

I hope you enjoy this sneak peek image from Kerri and Matty’s oceanfront wedding!

I hope you enjoy this sneak peek image from Ashley and Michael’s outdoor spring wedding!

As an engagement photographer, I encourage all my couples to be intimately involved in planning their engagement portrait session. While most rely solely on me to identify unique locations and to create flattering setups, some have a very clear vision for their engagement photographs…and that was Staci and Christopher. My experience has taught me to simply follow the instincts of those couples and then be prepared to capture lots of really amazing images.

Staci and Christopher were excited about photographing their engagement portrait at Red Wing Park in Virginia Beach and the weather was perfect. From the beautiful Japanese Garden to the peaceful wooded trails, the park turned out to be the perfect backdrop for an engagement portrait.

I always invite my couples to include items with a personal or special meaning during their engagement portrait session. Staci and Christopher took that opportunity to send a message to their family and friends in a special photograph and then used that photograph on their ‘Thank You’ cards.

 Click the thumbnails below to view some of my favorite images from Staci and Christopher’s engagement portrait session…

I am finally taking time to get caught up online! You would never know by following my blog posts that it was actually a very busy winter season for Oak Moon Photography.

I participated in two exquisite bridal shows where I had the pleasure of personally meeting with countless beautiful brides to be. As a wedding photographer, it was so much fun to share my portrait and wedding album samples with so many future brides and to learn more about the special memories each of them were excited about capturing on their wedding day.

Bridal and engagement portrait sessions also kept me very busy as well. We originally scheduled Ashley and Michael’s engagement portrait session for The Town Center of Virginia Beach but snow fell throughout the entire day that Saturday. As most anyone in Virginia Beach will tell you, it is next to impossible to predict the winter weather here. So when the skies unexpectedly cleared the following day, we quickly decided to take advantage of the crystal clear, but very cold, weather and photograph them in the beautiful late afternoon light.

Ashley and Michael are getting married in a just few weeks and I cannot tell you how much I am looking forward to photographing their wedding. But until then, you can click the thumbnails below to see a few of my favorite images from their engagement portrait session…