A few months ago we had a Photo Shoot Giveaway contest with Prashant from MFL Photography.
Remember the behind-the-scenes shots I took back here? Matt and Sara were the lucky winners, and now I have the gorgeous photos from Prashant to share with you!
Sara and Matt had gotten married spur-of-the-moment on a road trip. They had decided that they were going to get married wherever they were at 8am and ended up getting married at a martini bar in Illinois. I really wanted to include some road trip themed elements into the shoot, along with lovely vintage details because Sara really loves anything vintage, so I decided to give the shoot a 1940s vibe.
I rummaged up some vintage travel cases and found a vintage road map that I thought would tie in nicely with the road trip theme. I remembered that I had seen an old gas pump in Kemah that would be a perfect prop to include in the shoot, so Prashant took photos of Matt and Sara all googly-eyed and lovey-dovey around the old-fashioned gas pump.
Sara had also told me that she and Matt liked looking at old homes, and right across the street from the gas pump was a lovely old, stately home that was the perfect backdrop for a late 1940s homemaker wife and her doting husband.
Prashant was great with directing Matt and Sara – you don’t often realize how hard it can be to do a simple pose for a photograph. Often photographers will just say “act natural!”, but with a camera in your face, it’s hard to do that! Prashant gave clear, direct suggestions on poses that he thought would work well for the shot, and he was right every time.
Then Prashant took us to Galveston where he’d found some beautiful old weathered buildings with lots of character and texture. Rich, gorgeous backgrounds that really made for some lovely photos and gave everything a soft, romantic feel. I had asked Matt (who is in a band called Silent Canvas) to bring along his guitar because when he proposed to Sara, he had played it for her, surprising her at a restaurant when she was out with girlfriends.
Thank you, Prashant, for your beautiful images, and Sara and Matt for being such great subjects!
