Engagement

Candice & Pat – Engagement – Missoula, MT

I'm Jackie

Traveling wedding photographer + photography/small biz educator.

Mesmerized by the way two people love each other, each so uniquely. I always leave room for dessert. Believe swear words are just sentence embellishers. Think indulgences are necessary in this life.

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Stories of two lovers making it all about them, as they should.

I LOVE my couples! And, this couple is no exception. A week and a half ago we met and talked about their wedding. They decided on a day after shoot instead of the engagement shoot, but a few days later we all knew we had to do an engagement session too. So yesterday, Saturday, we met at 7am, ya, 7am. Hoping we might have a gorgeous sunrise, but instead it was a cloudy and 36 degrees. I haven’t done an early morning shoot yet, but it was so much fun. We wandered around downtown, along the river, stopped for some coffee, and laughed, alot!

They met while in college at Montana State University. Candice went to class with her friend one day, her friends class, not her own! Pat caught her eye. They smiled at one another and that was that. So, the following week she went to her friend’s class again in hopes of seeing Pat again. He was there, their eyes met, and the smiled at one another. Just as they had the week before. And again that was that. The next week Candice wasn’t going to go, but her friend threatened that if Candice didn’t go and talk to him, she would pass him a note saying “Call me Baby!” with Candice’s phone number. Of course Candice didn’t want this to happen, so she went. After class Candice and her friend walked out slowly, in hopes Pat would meet up with them. He did, and Candice said, “Hey!” He said hey back, they exchanged names and shook hands. So the next week Candice went to class again, did the slow walk, Pat met up with them. They said hey again, but Pat had forgotten her name. Candice asked for his phone number, he asked for her name. The rest is pretty much history.

Pat later decided that MSU wasn’t working for him and transferred to the University of Montana in Missoula. Candice later followed. And, in July they’ll exchange vows in a gorgeous church in Missoula, and party the night away in a beautiful restored historic building. They’re doing what they can to have an eco-friendly wedding with a vintage theme with lots detail, including 1000 paper cranes made from magazine pages! I can’t wait to photograph their beautiful day. And, I’m so excited to have new friends! Here they are: CANDICE & PAT!!!!