Engagement: Lauren & Alex – Mobile, Alabama

If you know me, then you know I love to get out of town and shoot in new places, so when Lauren said she and Alex wanted to do their engagement session in Mobile so it would feel more “them”, of course I was game. So I hit the road from Montgomery (where she’s from, and where they were getting married), to Mobile (where they work and live). We met up at the Avenue of the Oaks at Spring Hill College and shot a few pictures there, while plenty of strangers ogled them and made us laugh.

We stopped at the Saenger Theatre (where they had watched Gone with the Wind together), and as we walked around downtown Mobile looking for other interesting places to shoot, they told me how they met (a slightly awkward setup by friends) and how she wasn’t sure exactly what to think when he took her to a family function on one of their first official dates. (Note to the men reading this: we girls don’t typically bring someone to a family function unless we’ve been dating a little while, and we’re at least moderately serious about you. Either that, or there’s some family drama that we don’t want to face alone. Or both.) But clearly, the awkward beginning turned out for the best, and brought together two of the nicest people ever. Of course, I may be a little biased because Lauren sent me home with a bunch of Reese’s candy. 🙂