Jake is a very talented musician and plays basketball for Victory Baptist Academy. Jake was very comfortable in front of the camera and great to work with.

And thanks to Zeus for being so easy to work with. I shot some photos of horses last week and Zeus was a thousand times easier to work with.

The ceremony itself was held at the St. Louis King of France Catholic Church in Austin. I like the idea of a ring blessing ceremony. It pulls both families together to pray for and celebrate the engagement and upcoming marriage. Here are a few of my favorites from the day.

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Then we headed out to this great little road where Rachel had seen a tree that had been cut down. It made the perfect setting for a shoot like this.

We finished up at the Erath County Volunteer Fire Department. Rachel’s husband Kevin is a firefighter there so she wanted some shots that would mean a lot to him.

Then we set up for the shot that we’d planned for weeks to get. To be honest, I still can’t believe we convinced Rachel to do this one. It was cold outside before we ever fired the water up. This is really one of those ideas better suited for a warm summer day, but we pulled it off anyway. Rachel was a trooper. And thanks to her mom for talking her into this in the first place.