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March 19, 2014 · 15 Comments

Dallas Engagement Pictures

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After getting engaged in October, I’ve been wanting to get professional pictures of my fiance and I. We have tons of pictures but not tons of pictures of us together. I chose to get pictures taken with Hornbuckle Creative, I love the work that they do and knew it would be a great fit. I didn’t have tons of wants and needs for my pictures BUT I did know that I wanted to capture “Dallas” in them. Both my fiance and I were born and raised in the Dallas metroplex, and we love this great city so why not?  Our first stop was at SMU, it was my one place I knew that we had to take pictures at. Not only did we both go there (no, we didn’t meet there), the campus is absolutely gorgeous. The scenery is beautiful and the buildings are amazing with so much detail.  If you haven’t been to the SMU, I would highly recommend going for a walk around the campus.

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken at Southern Methodist University.

Dallas Engagement Pictures at Southern Methodist University. #wedding #dallas #smu #engagementpictures

Dallas Engagement Pictures. #wedding #engagementphotos #dallas #smu

Mandy Hornbuckle of Hornbuckle Creative took our Dallas Engagement pictures. After taking a few shots at SMU, she decided that she should get in a tree and take pictures of us from above. She climbed up into the tree and got some amazing shots. I loved how she thought outside of the box and was willing to do anything to get the best shot possible.

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken at Southern Methodist University.

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken by Hornbuckle Creative. #smu #dallas #wedding #engagementphotos

Yes, she is taking the picture from the tree about 10 feet above us. I can’t remember the last time that I took professional pictures but she made it easy. I didn’t have to worry about a thing other than looking at the camera when she told me to.  The next location that I really wanted to go to was the Dallas Arboretum. I knew it would be the perfect location with Dallas Blooms in full effect but I failed to realize that they closed at 5pm every single day! So needless to say, we drove all the way over there just to find out that they were closed so we decided to head to Klyde Warren Park instead.

Klyde Warren Park has tons of great places for pictures but my only concern was that there would be a lot of people there but thankfully when we arrived, the park was empty! I also forgot to mention that we were taking pictures in the FREEZING cold. It was probably 40 degrees and windy so we were the only ones out frolicking in the cold (without jackets).

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken by Hornbuckle Creative. #dallas #engagementpictures

Dallas Engagement Pictures by Hornbuckle Creative. #engagementpictures #dallas #wedding

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken by Hornbuckle Creative at Klyde Warren Park. #dallas #wedding

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken at Klyde Warren Park #dallas #wedding

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken by Hornbuckle Creative #dallas #wedding

I really wanted to get a picture of us with the Dallas skyline but the weather wasn’t cooperating. All of downtown was covered in fog but Mandy captured this picture of us that I absolutely love.

Dallas Engagement Pictures taken by Hornbuckle Creative #dallas #wedding

You can get Bridals, Family, Kids, Babies, Maternity, Seniors, Engagement, or  whatever you would like. If it can be posed and photographed, she can do it for you. View  The  2 hour session includes a digital version of the full-resolution photos. If you want to do a mini real life session instead for 2 hours, you can! In the real life session she will capture your real life. It’s not perfect (even though you may have cleaned up the house a little for it and planned an activity or two), but it’s the stuff that you’ll actually miss when your kids are grown. She will hang out with you for 2 hours, capture your real life and you get the digital version of the full-resolution photos.

I absolutely had a blast taking my pictures and I know a lot of it was because of Mandy. She made the day fun and enjoyable for both Quinn and I. I enjoyed every minute of the day even if it was freezing outside.  Mandy took the initiative on all the photographs that we took and had tons of ideas for us. She gave me tips before our photographs on what to bring and what to wear, which helped me tremendously since I had no clue! Mandy offers the digital version of the full resolution pictures that you took which I LOVE. In my opinion, there are too many photographers that make you purchase prints  from them and you never get the digital files, or you only get a few of the digital files and it drives me crazy. I like that I now have lots of great digital files that I can whatever I want with! Okay, I’ll shut up about Mandy but I highly recommend her. If you want, check out more of her photography.

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Comments

  1. T. says

    March 19, 2014 at 8:55 pm

    I would love to win! *crossing fingers*

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  2. CassidyPhan says

    March 19, 2014 at 9:05 pm

    I would love to win a session-I am currently pregnant so I have a few different things I could use this for! Also, I love your dress at Klyde Warren, where did you get it?

    Reply
    • Betsy says

      March 19, 2014 at 9:12 pm

      Congrats on your baby! I got my dress at Target 🙂

      Reply
  3. nina french says

    March 19, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    The pics are beautiful!

    Reply
  4. Kimberly Thornburg says

    March 19, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    I’d LOVE a free engagement session! We are getting married in Montana and with the expense of a destination wedding, engagement photos weren’t really an option. This would be awesoome!

    Reply
  5. Alice C. says

    March 19, 2014 at 10:19 pm

    Your photos are gorgeous & such a perfect fit for who you are!!! I would love to have some new photos of my family too.

    Reply
  6. Lacey says

    March 19, 2014 at 11:02 pm

    I’m a huge fan of both Dallas Socials & Hornbuckle Creative! It’s great to see two wonderful people working so well together!

    Reply
  7. Rinki Varindani says

    March 19, 2014 at 11:47 pm

    Beautiful pictures. I would love a free shoot.

    Reply
  8. Trista says

    March 20, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    I absolutely LOVE the b/w in Klyde Warren Park. I want a version of that in my home! Please pick me. 🙂

    Reply
  9. kdillow17 says

    March 21, 2014 at 9:15 am

    I wanna win!!! 🙂 I want to capture my daughter and I ( and 4 of her cousins) , since they’ll only be young once and being a single mom, it would capture the relationship that Z and I have now as well as give her memories. ALSO i love Mandy’s work 😉 BTW, love the picture of the green Dallas building in the background, FAVORITE picture. ( kinda looks like a postcard) Congrats Betsy !!

    Reply
  10. Donna says

    March 23, 2014 at 12:36 pm

    I would ove to win this for my daughter! She is getting married in December and would really enjoy this!

    Reply
  11. Brian says

    March 26, 2014 at 2:13 pm

    Getting married in September and would love to get this for my bride to be!

    Reply
  12. alicia says

    March 26, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    I’m getting married in May, but my fiance and I didn’t have the chance to do engagement photos. Now, we’re thinking of doing either trash the dress photos after the wedding or just “our new family photos” so we can include our basset hound. Would love to win this!

    Reply
  13. Paola Fa says

    March 26, 2014 at 9:44 pm

    Very cute!!

    Reply
  14. Korinna says

    March 26, 2014 at 10:08 pm

    We never take time for ourselves!! This would be fun!

    Reply

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