GALVESTON BOUDOIR SESSION

GALVESTON BOUDOIR SESSION

film photographer Christine Gosch

You’ve seen this lovely lady, Carolyn, before. Twice, in fact. I just can’t stay away from her! She radiates beauty and has the best smile.

As I mentioned in the blog post from her Moody Gardens bridal session, she didn’t have any availability to come to her Galveston, Texas wedding venue before her wedding as she lives a couple of hours away and has a very busy schedule. We also didn’t have any time to photograph her bridal session on the day of her Austin engagement session, so the day before the wedding it is!

She utilized the day before her wedding for her hair + makeup trial so she was able to have the same look for her boudoir and bridal session that we shot immediately after her boudoir session. When I arrived to her hotel suite at Moody Gardens, she was wrapping up with Makeup and Hair by Heather, a Houston area HMU team. The look was classic and sweet, so we went that route for her boudoir session. She wore a lace bridal robe for most of it, her wedding day jewelry, and we also used her veil as an accessory. Veils are an excellent detail to incorporate int your bridal session because it's sultry and mysterious. It just depends on how much you gather the material. It can leave room for the imagination, or the exact opposite, if you catch my drift. ;)

As always, I recommend shooting in a light-filled space, as the film stock I use is super light-hungry. The more light the better, and the entire wall was essentially a window. Clearly this room fit the bill. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a hotel room with more light. So we vacated the room of hair + makeup folks, the groom, and the maid of honor and had about 30 minutes to squeeze in a mini boudoir session. Magic with this queen!

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Photographer: Christine Gosch | HMU: Hair and Makeup by Heather | Film lab: The FIND Lab

GALVESTON ENGAGEMENT SESSION

GALVESTON ENGAGEMENT SESSION

film photographer Christine Gosch

This one was very special to me. If you keep up with my blog posts, you know I like to stroll down memory lane every so often. This is absolutely one of those times :)

Please rewind 15 years. I’m in junior high, awkward as can be, playing the saxophone in band class. I find myself sitting next to my future best friend, Erin, who is playing the french horn. We instantly become friends. We’re both goofy and love animals. We grow up together, play basketball and soccer together (after promptly quitting band), and have too many inside jokes to count. Erin is truly one of my favorite people and she’s hilarious, good company, and a beautiful soul to the core.

Fast forward to today where she has found the love of her life, Jessica, and they’re engaged! It was truly an honor to take photos of such a momentous chapter for two amazing women.

They’re both so chill (a very common trait that seems to run through the veins of most of my awesome clients, if I’m being frank) and willing to do whatever for photos. I loved the part of their session where they just sat by the water and cuddled. They picked this location in particular because it had water with no sand. We also knew we didn’t want tons of people in the background of their photos, so the beach was eliminated from the running.

Most of my sessions consist of walking, talking, joking, and chilling, so this time around we did just that. We had some awesome light & clouds join us for their session (the first and last photos in this post are my favorites for this reason, other than the fact that there are two crazy-in-love humans in the photo). All around amazing time with beautiful people and I’m so glad they’ve found one another.

Photographer: Christine Gosch | Film lab: The FIND Lab