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!

As always, thanks for reading through. Gold star for you!

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

SUMMER LOVING

One of my favorite places on the planet is Galveston, Texas. I love it so very much, especially during the summer, and it holds a very special piece of my heart. There’s so much history, beauty, and entertainment in Galveston. My high school sweetheart-turned-husband and I used to go to the island to go to the beach all the time when we were dating in high school, so it’s also very nostalgic to me. And now that we’re grown with our own cars and incomes and lives, we can hit up LaKing’s and Big Daddy’s Gumbo Bar any old time we want. Seriously, if you haven’t had the pleasure of supporting these local eateries, I highly recommend you pay them a visit next time you’re in Galveston.

You can imagine how excited I was when Carlee mentioned that she lived in Galveston and wanted to shoot her engagement session there. Some of my favorite places to shoot on the island are on The Strand, the seawall, and obviously the actual beach.

Carlee & I have known each other for a little over 12 years. We actually used to play volleyball together in junior high and high school, and she has since become a labor and delivery nurse. Oh, and obviously gotten engaged to Thomas, too! It's funny because I knew him before this shoot, as well, through a mutual friend, so my time spent with Carlee and Thomas was so fun. There was much catching up to do! And I’m fairly certain I laughed more with them than I have any other time this year. They’re friggin’ hilarious. Sessions usually last an hour, but this one probably went over by half an hour because we couldn’t actually stop laughing.

And just like any amazing engagement session, we ended up at Big Daddy’s Gumbo Bar for gumbo and beer. Just another fun memory to add to the Galveston files.