On Thursday afternoon, I headed over to the beautiful countryside surrounding Natick for an engagement session with Emilie and Alexei.  It was our first time meeting, and I loved them immediately.  They are warm, generous, and super fun to hang out with.  They also had some amazing ideas for our session together … including canoeing and fishing.  Yay!  We spent most of our session at Alexei’s parents’ backyard, where they spend a lot of time in the summer when they’re back home from Chicago.  Some canoeing photos to start off:

These two are very playful; it was important to me that I capture that … and I love these photos for just that reason.

They like to fish together; and Alexei is quite the talented fisherman I hear …

How much would I like to have this walkway down to the Charles River in my backyard? Quite a lot. 🙂

Hammocks are always a fun spot for cute couples pictures:

Alexei’s mom’s beautiful kitty made an appearance. She was afraid of sound of the camera shutter, but sooo friendly when I put my camera down.

Such a pretty yard …

I overheard Alexei tell Emilie that she looked like an owl, so of course I had to take a photo of her beautiful big eyes:

We headed over to their wedding venue – The Connors Family Retreat – for a little look around. It’s an amazing place for a wedding, and I can’t wait to photograph Emile and Alexei’s there later this summer!

Thank you both for a beautiful afternoon … and I hope you love your teaser photos!