Randi Voss Photography, Pittsburgh Wedding Photographer

Oh facebook.  How I love/hate you.  So often you are wasting my time.  But other times you are helping me share my photography with the world, and more importantly, helping great people find me.  Thankfully, the latter is true for Jess and Jason, who found me after seeing Shannon and Derek’s Engagement Photos posted on facebook.

Fast forward to…now, time for their engagement photos.  I really love when couples choose a place that is significant to them for their photos.  Since Jason proposed to Jess in Niagara Falls, Canada, we knew that a waterfall was the perfect place for them.

We all drove to Ohiopyle on a Monday night for this unique photo shoot.  It was just after 6pm when we arrived and it was very dark in the Cucumber Falls area.  Thankfully, I brought my own lighting since the sun wasn’t very helpful.  Look at how cute they are.

I don’t think I prepared then enough for the climbing/hiking that we were doing during this shoot.  Jess and Jason were so willing to do whatever I wanted (wow!), and they definitely have some very unique photos as a result.

One of my favorites of them playing near the waterfall.

Look at that hair!  Photo by Ryan, who was nice enough to join me for the car ride and photo shoot.

Did I mention that the waterfall was the FIRST stop on our photo-making journey?

Thankfully, Ryan came on this shoot with me and was so helpful carrying equipment and doing some shooting too.  Here I am looking like a German Backpacker, complete with waterproof hiking boots.  Jess and Jason, I promise not to wear this to your wedding.

We were able to catch a bit of sunlight, even though we were in a valley.

They said that they got engaged on a platform overlooking a waterfall–just like this one.    Awwww.

Photo by Ryan.

During the shoot, Jason mentioned that I looked familiar, and that he played in the 2009 Turkey Bowl.  You’ll see him with blue socks and shorts and a hat.  I’ll miss the Bowl this year since I’ll be in Minnesota visiting Ryan’s family.  Enough about me.  Jess and Jason, you look fantastic!!

Congratulations, Jess and Jason on your June 2011 wedding!

I was very excited to meet Chrissy and Sean.  Not only are we alumni of the same university, Carnegie Mellon, but we also have a similar story to how we met our future spouses.  Like Ryan and I, Chrissy and Sean also met during their first year of college in first year housing.

Last weekend, I met with them at a the Darby Downs Equestrian Center in Irwin, Pennsylvania where Chrissy works a few days a week with horses.  I was so excited that we got the change to make these photos at a place so beautiful that was so important to Chrissy.

Such a beautiful day!

I hardly had to coach these two on being cute.  They are naturally adorable.

They high-five, and low-five often.  Being watched by a cat.

Such beautiful lighting for two very happy people.

I like this smashed-face-laughing smooch.

And finally, fun on the swings!

Chrissy and Sean, I’m so excited for your wedding in July of 2011.  Congratulations and Happy Planning!

Tuesday afternoons are excellent when you get to spend them with your camera and an awesome couple.  That’s what my Tuesday was like with Jenna and Jordan.  Jenna and Jordan met and started dating at Westminster College.  They’ll celebrate their fantastic fall wedding there this October and I’m so excited to be there for it!

We took some photos in Phipps, just for fun.  The butterflies in the forest wouldn’t cooperate in posing for a photo.  Plus it was really really hot in that room.

I love these two.  They are so cute together.

My favorite off-camera light….the sun!

Jenna = gorgeous.  Jordan = handsome.  Jenna+Jordan = love.

Seriously, I never had to ask for smiles.  Smiles explode out of both of them.

Since we had more room to move around outdoors, the perennial garden in front of Phipps made for some awesome telephoto shots.  I love Jenna’s blue shirt.

Congratulations, Jenna and Jordan!  I can’t wait to celebrate with you (and ShotBox) this October.