Issy Schmid Imaging

I have some weddings that I will be blogging over the next few weeks, but I wanted to give you a sneak preview of whats to come..

Jenna and Joe

Tracy and Gregg

Kelly and David

Patricia and Glenn

Austin and I live what others have called an “all work and no play” lifestyle, and it’s rare that we take a day off. Since we didn’t take any vacation time this summer, we realized that we needed a couple days to ourselves. Of course with all the work that we still have lined up we decided to take a mini-vaca of 2 days off. Well, after we decided that we had 2 days to ourselves we needed something fun to do. We knew that we didnt want to venture far from home. Since we feel like we missed out on Summer, we decided that we were going to enjoy a couple days of the Fall Season.

So, We came up with a great day off plan that we were going to go pick our own apples, and make specialty caramel apples for our family as a surprise to them… I will tell the rest of the story with the photos…..

The only thing I could have asked for was that we got a little more time to pick our apples, because I felt a little rushed, but thats because we were still picking and everyone on our hayride was already back on and ready for the next stop

The hayride also made a stop at the pumpkin patch, so Austin picked a few pumpkins for us as well…

I was more interested in the sunflowers in the pumkin patch

We spent the rest of the day running from store to store to get all the ingredients we needed for our apples. The list of stores is as follows..

1. The Little Candy Store
2. The Candy Shoppe
3. Cannons Bakery Supplies
4. Shoprite
5. AC MOORE
6. Kmart

And now onto the fun part:

Decorating was my job

A peek inside the refrigerator as they were cooling

The end Product:

We put 4 apples each in Halloween bowls that we bought and surprised our family members with them. After making these I understand why they cost so much in the store because they are so much work. We were only gone from the house delivering the apples for about 2 hours when we returned home to this disaster…

Lola was very interested in all the ingredients that were in the trash from the caramel apples, so she ripped it apart while we were gone. Go figure…. still, it was a fun day…

On Sunday, Austin and I spent the day at the Valleybrook Golf Club in Blackwood, NJ. This is the first time that I got to shoot at Valleybrook, and it is literally blocks from where we live. I started the day at Crystal and Jeff’s house with the girls and Austin spent some time with the guys getting ready at Jeff’s parent’s house.

Crystal and Jeff had the most beautiful day for an outdoor ceremony. The sun was shining and the sky was as blue as ever. Crystal looked beautiful, and the look on Jeff’s face as she headed down the isle said it all.

Crystal and Jeff had great families that made us feel so welcome, and we were even pulled onto the dancefloor for the last song of the night by Jeff’s parents. I hope Crystal and Jeff are having a great time on their honeymoon in Riviera Maya Mexico.

i loved her bouquet

What a perfect day

My favorite lensbaby shot of the day

Last Sunday we went down to Haddon Lake Park in Haddonfield, NJ to shoot Crystal and Jeff’s engagement session. Crystal and Jeff brought along Deuce, their dog, to be in some of the photos. Well, there were so many things for him to be excited about that he was tough to get in a photo. He also happened to be incredibly strong, so Jeff was getting pulled around while we tried to get a few shots with him in it. The great thing about having a silly dog around is that they always make you laugh. Crystal and Jeff are getting married this Sunday, and I can’t believe their wedding has creeped up on us so fast. The weather is looking to be gorgeous for this Sunday, and I know that it is going to be a perfect day for these two.

And now… here are a few of my favorites:

Today… yes, you heard that correctly Today, we went down to Wilmington, DE to meet up with Jena and Joe for their engagement photos at the stables where their horses are kept. I can’t even begin to talk about how cool this place was to shoot at. Austin and I could have stayed there all day because we had so many ideas. It was our longest e-session ever, but we couldnt get enough of this place.

Jena and Joe each have their own horse. I haven’t really spent much time around horses before, and I was a little apprehensive, but they were very friendly. Austin and I were impressed with how well behaved they were and how they weren’t scared of the cameras. Joe even offered to put a saddle on the horse so that I could go for a ride, but I was being a wimp and took a rain check. I’ve never been on a horse before so I am definitely going to take them up on that offer sometime. We are excited for Jena and Joe’s Wedding coming up in October!

And now…. a few favorites from today…

I love this little series because I said …. “Ok, lean in and give your woman a kiss”…. Jena’s instinct was to lean in and give her horse a kiss, but I really meant for Joe to give Jena a kiss so we all started cracking up. I’m really glad it happened, because we got such cute photos from that moment”

And then…… when Joe did actually lean in to give Jena a kiss, the horses came together at the same time! I love this one!