{"id":3544,"date":"2011-04-11T10:16:45","date_gmt":"2011-04-11T17:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/?p=3544"},"modified":"2012-08-04T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-04T16:43:29","slug":"katie-and-david-engagement-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/katie-and-david-engagement-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie and David | Engagement Photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Katie and David got engaged last December, and contacted me about getting some engagement pictures taken.\u00a0 They had found me through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningsavvy.com\/index\">PlanningSavvy.com<\/a>, so another huge thank you to Rasa and Erika!<\/p>\n<p>They decided to do an extended session, which allowed for so much versatility!\u00a0 I&#8217;d never met Katie and David, but before, during, and after, I kept thinking of the Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem~&#8221;How Do I <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Love<\/span> (like :)) Thee?&#8221;\u00a0 Let me count the ways&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They had a bunch of ideas for locations that had meaning to them&#8230;and as I read each one, I kept saying~I love that place!<\/li>\n<li>They brought <em>three <\/em>different outfits~SO HAPPY! ( I could have kissed both of them, but that would have been weird\/awkward \ud83d\ude42 )<\/li>\n<li>They were up for anything!\u00a0 Seriously, within 5 minutes of saying hello, we came upon a tractor.\u00a0 Should I ask?\u00a0 Of course!\u00a0 And they got on!<\/li>\n<li>They were all smiles, laughter, and love.\u00a0 Couldn&#8217;t ask for anything more&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We started off at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myballard.com\/ballard-locks-seattle\/\">Ballard Locks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"458\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3579\" title=\"KatieandDavid7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid71.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid71.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid71-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>David&#8217;s from England, so how could we not??\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"677\" \/>Then we headed over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/park_detail.asp?ID=243\">Golden Gardens<\/a>.\u00a0 It was a tad windy and cold.\u00a0\u00a0 They were total troopers!!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid9\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>I just LOVED how Katie&#8217;s turquoise top, porcelain skin, and red hair kept popping against every background!\u00a0 I usually like more images in black and white, but not this time!\u00a0 Katie&#8230;you are beautiful!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid10\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3583\" title=\"KatieandDavid11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid111.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid111-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/>A little outfit change and then over to the Shilshole docks.\u00a0 David sailed growing up, and his family still does.\u00a0 It was the perfect backdrop&#8230;It was really hard to pick favorites, but this is in the running!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid12\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid13\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>Could they be any cuter??<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid14\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid15\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"458\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid16\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid17\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>Little break for something <em>warm<\/em>!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid18\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid19\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"458\" \/>Again&#8230;how could we not?<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid20\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid21\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"677\" \/>We got some blue sky for about 2.3 seconds&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid22\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>Last stop~<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/environment\/discovparkdirections.htm\">Discovery Park<\/a>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid23\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid24\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>David looks so devilishly handsome here!\u00a0 I really can&#8217;t believe I used that phrase, but it just fits!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid25\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>More favorites&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid26\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid26.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"677\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid27\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid27*\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid271.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid28.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid29\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>Again&#8230;Katie!\u00a0 Beautiful&#8230;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid30\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid30.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/>Two more favorites!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid31\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"677\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid32\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid32.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"458\" \/>I&#8217;ll end with a little blingy bling!\u00a0 David picked it out all by himself, and nailed it!!\u00a0 Nice work \ud83d\ude42<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"KatieandDavid33\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/KatieandDavid33.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"607\" \/> Thank you both for such a fun afternoon!\u00a0 I know you two will have a lifetime of happiness to come!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katie and David got engaged last December, and contacted me about getting some 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