Anne and Patrick are getting married in August and they’ll be the second wedding I’ve shot here in Germany. I wrote to Patrick last summer in response to an online inquiry about wedding venues in this part of the country. I replied with a shameless plug for my photography in lieu of a venue suggestion. 6 months later, Patrick and Anne got back in touch and were very interested in working with me. Hooray for the wonderful interweb and the messaging forums =)

We shot their engagement session on the grounds of the Schloss Dyck where they will hold their reception. The castle is amazing but so are the grounds surrounding it. Beautiful couple, beautiful location, what more could I ask for?

Engaged couple sitting on a window seat by tall curtained windows, gazing at each other

Couple standing and laughing in the gravel courtyard of a stone ruin with a round window

Detail of a couple's hands clasped as they lean against a brick wall, jeans and sneakers

Man sitting alone on a stone bench in ivy-covered ruins, mirrored in a dark arch below

Man embracing his fiancee from behind among tall evergreens at dusk

Engaged couple seated in a sunlit meadow full of dandelions, smiling at each other

Close portrait of an engaged couple, the woman in a yellow necklace looking off at sunset

Black and white close portrait of a couple leaning heads together against a leafy hedge

Black and white close-up of a couple's hands showing the engagement ring with fireworks bursting behind