Samar & Ben had a beautiful wedding at Vintage Villas on Saturday despite the freezing cold and rain. Their ceremony details were gorgeous, they were happy and in love, and their family and friends were sweet and amazing. Leah and I had a great time with this wedding- enjoy the sneak peek!
As soon as Lani sent me a picture of her dress, I knew that we had to take her bridals somewhere clean and modern. I’d been wanting to shoot at Austin City Hall and thought that it would be a perfect fit for Lani’s crazy romantic dress. And with the Lindy Floral designed bouquet, we were all set to go! Some of my favorite images from the day are of Lani in the elevator doors. It was my thinking that elevator doors stayed open if there was something pushing them apart and in the way. Not so! They just keep closing. Lani was a true sport by jumping back inside the doors every time we heard the daunting BEEPS and then striking a pose super quick once they opened back up. I love my brides!
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Wow! That is a beautiful woman! Her dress is gorgeous! Great work!
Simply stunning. Strong lines and colors with such a soft gorgeous lady and dress! Perfect lighting. Awesome.
That dress is to die for! And the photos too! 
These bridals are smoking hot. I love it when brides do bridals because they end up with amazing photos like these ones.
Fantastic session Leah. I love the lines and reflections throughout. Great choice of location and great job posing the bride.
Beautiful bride, beautiful photos, I love the one in front of the wall of windows
Wow, great colors and such a beautiful bride.
Wow, these are great! And fantastic use of location! I love her soft beauty & the gorgeous dress against the stone. Great work !
I have to agree. That first image is stellar. But these are all consistently lovely and creative and I love the elegant and feminine dress up against the man-made materials. Super fun and pretty!
Gorgeous bride, gorgeous dress, gorgeous photos!
I am too impressed with her bravery too. Non-obedient elevators terrify me! 
My favorite is the shot of her laughing in front of the wall. Awesome.
Fantastic juxtapositions of Lani’s beauty and the elegance of her dress against the power of that architecture. Such a lovely set of images!
Wow! These are urbanly awesome! Love her bouquet!
That’s gotta be the coolest bouquet I’ve ever seen. Seriously..
Great stuff! Love the mix of blue and orange tones within many of the photos!
fantastic, was this a custom made dress? i have never seen anything like it. stunning!!!
I love the modern backdrop – it’s such a fresh twist on the traditional bridal session!
I miss Austin. Antoine Predock’s building is a great place to shoot. Great session.
Beautiful session! Love the 2nd shot in front of the elevators.
You have amazing skin tones!
And my fave is the first shot. I like the way the lines behind Lani mimic the lines of the ceiling and the shadows on her dress. Great repetition.
Leah, I love love love all my Bridals. <3 It's crazy how you can make awkward me look like a model.
Loooove these, Leah! Beautiful work!
Beautiful, beautiful!
That dress is amaaaazing. She has a great smile!
Love the chic look of these shots, Leah! Beautiful!
LOVE THIS. FAVORITE.
Erin is my dear sweet sister and Nate is her wonderful boyfriend. My relationship with Erin is one of my most treasured- she’s my family, she’s my best friend, and she’s amazing. I’ve been wanting to photograph Erin and Nate for what seems like forever. This past Saturday all the stars aligned (so did our schedules), and we took a little drive to the outskirts of the city. One of my favorite things about Austin is that you can drive 10 minutes outside of the city and be in what feels like the middle of nowhere. I love Texas. I love country roads. I love fields with long grass and hay bails. I love stormy dramatic clouds. I love my sister. This session was basically a dream come true for me- success!
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Where is this area? I’m looking for a field just like this.
Please email me if possible.
Thanks..gorgeous shots.
You got to push it-this essnieatl info that is!
wow i really like these pictures
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Very fun session. Lots of fun shots. Love the locations too
i found your site kind of randomly, and i must say that this group of photos is marvelous. i hope some day to have such rich and stunning photos of me and my honey
this is so gorgeous, the last one with the road fading in the distance is beautiful!
These are amazing!! So many favs.
Love this session! Just love how down to earth it feels.
wow! great sky and lighting! Love everything about it.
So beautiful and fun! And I love a big, moody sky. Well done!
that sky!!! oh my goodness these are gorgeous – great session!
Awesome. Love the processing and location.
GREAT location, amazing skies, beautiful couple. What’s not to love? Fantastic work!
I really, really love this set of photos. The sky is amazing. Your sister reminds me of Gillian Welch, and her boyfriend’s beard is awesome. I love how clean and rich your processing is. This whole set is lovely.
GORGEOUS, Lindsey! I love this!
WOW surreal images! excellent processing.
Killer skies and super cool couple. Oh, and did I mention how I love the photographer’s work. I do!
Really love the gate in the last one, but I have to say the first is my favorite. You captured the sky beautifully as well!
amazing i love the clean and consistent look. now you’ve got me thinking about going back to this processing style, haha. wonderful job!
Absolutely beautiful!
I love how cuddly they are together. It looks so cold, but they are totally into each other. It warms my heart! You rocked this session!
I adore the shots on the third row down. The lighting and composition on these just blow my mind! Awesome!
I adore the shots on the third row down. The lighting and composition on these jut blow my mind! Awesome!
These are beautiful!
These are beautiful! The location is fantastic and the couple is just beautiful… lovely work.
Love. You girls sure love putting couples in the road don’t you?
Beautiful photos!
where is this field? awesome!
Gorgeous! That sky is amazing.
Stunning. Beautiful couple, amazing settings, great photography. Just perfect really. I love them all.
Wow! Really amazing stuff. The colors, location, their connection….everything is perfect!
That first one is STUNNING.
These are wonderful and the colors so rich! Love!
Wonderful session Lindsey!!! I love the location… a lot!
my favorite session so far. it’s amazing that even in this frigid weather, the sky can be so beautiful. the rich colors of the sky against the dark, bare trees…the tones are amazing!
When Jennifer and I first started talking about her engagements, she said that she was interested in doing something in a diner area and to the tune of the 1960′s. Immediately, I thought MILKSHAKE and I googled, “Austin Diner” to see if there were any good fits. Lucky for us, there’s an actual place called Austin Diner that looked perfect! We set the date and actually met for the first time at the diner and quickly fell in to a nice groove, getting to know each other, laughing, taking pictures, all while enjoying an awesome atmosphere and what looked like an awesome milkshake!
Jennifer and Jasond were so much fun to be around and I loved hearing about their life in California and the way they met during our time together. At the very end of our time together, I spotted a leaf that was in the exact shape of a heart on the ground. To be? I think so! Jennifer and Jasond will be tying the knot at Barr Mansion this June and I can’t wait!
And a big thanks to Yelena Johnson for making Jennifer & Jasond look so stylin’!
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These are super awesome, Leah! So cute.
Leah! These are gorgeous!
This session is AWESOME!!! I love the post work, I love the style of your shooting, I love the location, and I love the outfits!! Gorgeous!
Amazing! I love the shots w/ the milkshake at the counter. Soooo cute. You are genius, girl.
Awesome location, rad couple, cool colors!
Beautiful work. Love the soda shop theme.
Great location and a really sweet couple too! Wonderful work here =)
What a great concept. I love the retro vibe. Beautiful shots. Well done!
these are absolutely adorable! I could not pick a favorite.
Wow, these are absolutely amazing! Love the way they look so happy and natural in front of the camera!
Thank you again, Leah, for these. We absolutely love them! And we can’t wait to work with you again in June! You rock our socks off.
LOVE this shoot! Well done. Great location, beautiful couple and of course amazing photos.
Awesome job, you have like tons of amazing photos here, loves it!
These are all so great! What an adorable couple and nice location! You should submit these to a wedding blog if you haven’t already. They would love it! I know Amanda over at Ruffled Blog would love it!
This is perfect! Great work. I have a ‘diner’ shoot coming up soon too!
The detail shots are just as cute as the portraits! You’re awesome Leah :}
You knocked it out of the park, Leah! I’m so glad they chose you as their photographer and can’t wait to meet you in person in June for their wedding.
XO Yelena
WOW!!! Absolutely love this session!
They have such cute style! Milkshake engagement photos sound fantastic
So adorable. And I like your AUSTIN pictures!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this! So retro cool!
Total sweetness!!!
You did an amazing job of capturing the emotion here! I love the series in the diner… you can see the love coming out of them.
Oh Leah! I love the diners! These two are so sweet together.
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I seriously love this idea. Wonderful chemistry between them and the lighting is amazing. Terrific job!
AMAZING!!!! Love THESE!
I’ve already shown you Sarah’s fun engagements but today, I want to share her bridal portraits! Sarah told me that she wanted to take the photos at her friend’s family home and as soon as we walked inside, I knew why. I’m constantly inspired by sun, light, golden rays, and trees but I know it’s something special when I’m inspired by window-light, wallpapers, and doorways.
Sarah looked absolutely beautiful; her dress is one of my absolute favorites. We had such a blast exploring the old home and then taking it outside for some parasol shots. Enjoy!
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Oh, great use of the light and props! I love the color themes that run throughout with the yellow.
Gorgeous! I love the last one on the left.
Lovely images , lots of style!
This is gorgeous!!! This looks like it could easily be an editorial in a wedding magazine, loove that location to! Beautifully done
Great set! beautiful girl, great images!
oh my! That’s really good stuff! And that green wall paper/china cabinet is awesome! Nice work!
Lovely shots all around. The first few in the house I especially like. That wallpaper is off the charts cool.
Lovely work – I think we have similar processing styles, so I’m biased 
oh my! That house! That Bride! That dress! love love love!
The first shot of the bride and the ones of her in the window are my faves, what a wonderful house to shoot in. Great work!
Gorgeous! You are so good with the natural light–I am always amazed and inspired.
Wow! I can see the allure of the house. The photographic possibilities seem endless, with so many backgrounds and colors to choose from! You did an amazing job! I especially love the very first shot of the bride through the doorway.
that first image is amazing! And if I could get married all over again, I’d want that dress. It is heartachingly lovely and it is perfect for her.
Lots of very nice bridal photos here. I really like the ones done indoors next to the window.
oh emmmm geezors, that dress is ah-may-zing, and that first shot is stellar!!!
Wow. These are great. And this set feels very complete. Well done.
Beautiful images of a beautiful Bride2B! Gorgeous gown – hope the groom doesn’t try for a sneak peek!
Everything about this is gorgeous!
what an awesome location… love the greens in the first pictures
I LOVE this house. I really like the 2nd to last image inside the house, before going outside. The one with her facing directly towards the camera and the green wall behind her. It’s very beautiful.
what a fancy house!!! that is most likely the coolest wallpaper that i have ever seen. i love that dress as well!!!!
Oh my gosh!!!!! These are fantastic. Some of my favorite bridals ever! The wallpaper is so cute. Just amazing and such a gorgeous bride. I bet she loves them so much!
Leah, I love everything about these. The greens, the yellows, the delicious sunshine. The bride is beautiful. The pictures are treasures! LOVE!
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it’s that red thing in the first picture?
Nomi Nomi that rich snacks
I know how hard it is to capture the perfect image and te mix of individuals and food here are fantastic
Great light in the details, really great.
much smart
Wonderful!
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i can’t wait for the rest!!
These photos are beautiful (and delicious looking!)
I love the contrast of your photos – they really pop!
I’m excited to see more!
Wow wow WOW! Those ARE gorgeous details! Lovely work =)