The Root Photography Blog

Rachel is smart, funny, spunky, and down-right gorgeous, so it was no surprise to hear that she was Nate’s senior class president in high school! Nate’s memory isn’t the best when it comes to that time in his life, (editor’s note: Or any other time beyond a month!) so on the way to the session, he informed me she was their “valedictorian or something else important like that.” :)

I loved this engagement session, and I hope you do, too! We photographed around their home in Delray Beach, Florida. I’d never been to Delray, and my only complaint about our visit was that we didn’t spend enough time there!

Rachel and Matthew, you’re one of the easiest couples we’ve ever worked with!

After a quick outfit change, we picked up the pups and continued the session. :)

L O V E.

We ended at the beach down the street from their place. :)

FAVORITE!!!! Rachel and Matthew, we can’t wait to see you in November!!

More engagement sessions you should totally see :

When I was a senior in high school and made the decision to go to the University of Tennessee Knoxville, I didn’t have a friend to room with. I was put into the random roommate assignment and hoped and prayed that I wouldn’t be placed with a psycho killer. Sarah moved into my room a week before I did because she was rushing a sorority, and when Mom and I came in to unpack, she wasn’t there.

I’d written Sarah a letter when I got our roommate assignment and let her know how much I loved Disney (shocker, I know), and I guarantee you that letter didn’t prepare her for my half of the dorm room, which looked like Disney vomited all over it!

While it took us a bit to find some common ground as a sorority girl and Disney nerd, I quickly learned Sarah was a total nerd too, and I couldn’t have been put with a better roommate that first semester. We bonded over hundreds of viewings of Legally Blonde and Christmas Vacation, and before I knew it, she went from my roommate Sarah to my friend Sarah. As we said goodbye when I left for the Walt Disney World College Program, I thought for sure we’d lose touch and I’d never see her again. But thanks to Facebook and the occasional drunk phone calls before Facebook, Sarah and I keep in touch, and now we both live in Nashville! Granted, we’ve yet to actually hang out with our respective crazy schedules, but I’m hoping that changes soon. :)

When she wrote me about being engaged and her wedding plans, I was over the moon that my sweet college roommate asked us to photograph her day. Sarah has amazing style and I just know her wedding will be fabulous. I finally got to meet Zach, her amazing fiance, and we shot their engagement session around her parents’ amazing home in Leiper’s Fork. Their property is beautiful and is going to be the perfect venue for their wedding this fall! This session truly is one of my all time favorites, and I’m so excited to finally share it with you!