I had the privilege of taking pictures while Joe proposed to Keijo on Christmas Eve, and now was able to hang out with them for a few hours to take engagement pictures for them. Joe and Keijo are missionaries with Campus Crusade for Christ and are in the process of getting ready to move to Guinea Bissau. We started out at Cup ‘O Soul Cafe. This is a great coffee house in downtown Orlando where the two have dated on more than one occasion.  (Incidently, I’m so glad we did the pictures there so I could find out about this great place.  The folks there are so nice, the atmosphere is very comfortable.  I highly recommend it!)  Afterwards we headed over to Leu Gardens to take some more pictures. I’ll post those pictures in another post to keep this one a little shorter. . .

We had so much fun a laughed a lot, as you’ll see in these pictures.  Joe certainly has a serious, passionate side, but he also is very playful and loves to laugh.  And from what I saw of Keijo, so is like that as well.  I love this couple and am looking forward to photographing their wedding in April.

I noticed this poster for a play called "I DO!" right away when we got there . How fun is that having this poster there for our engagement session!

In addition to their love for each other, Joe and Keijo love the Bible, journaling and coffee. It was fun getting this picture that incorporates all of these things and her beautiful ring!

The beautiful Keijo

Some more fun shots from the morning. . .

If you would like to see more pictures from our session, and cheat and see the ones from Leu Gardens as well, you can see them by going here