I met Shawna and Justin on Halloween, and until this shoot, the visual of Shawna in my head was a cute black cat with a painted-on black nose and whiskers. Not gonna lie, she can totally rock those whiskers, but I had no idea what a bombshell Shawna was until I saw her at the engagement shoot. Justin cleans up pretty dang well himself, and I just can’t get enough of how adorable they are together! There were some obstacles that we had to overcome in order to make this shoot finally happen – like floods, hail, tornado warnings, you know, little things like that – but I truly do believe that it all came together just as it was supposed to. We got the prettiest diffused light right after the storm, and it scared a lot of the usual pedestrians roaming the city so it was like we had Denver to ourselves! Not a terrible deal.
During the shoot it became so clear why Justin and Shawna are in love. I admire the way that Justin is so keen to go with the flow, and the spark that he gets in his eyes every time I caught him checking Shawna out! I also learned that this is also a perfect match as photographer-couple as we share a love for craft brewed IPAs, anything Tom Petty has ever done, and the movie Top Gun, despite that it is not officially my favorite movie of all time, (they defend that it is EVERYONE’S favorite), it is still very high on my list. Also, Shawna and I were born days apart, so we get to share the prettiest birth stone – sapphires! She has a one up on that one with them in her engagement ring, but I am OK with her winning the ring contest. Shawna and Justin – this shoot was incredible, and I know the only thing to top it will be your wedding day! Can’t wait! –Jo