Brittany + Ryan – playing in the park

Brittany and Ryan couldn’t pass up the springtime glory of Woodward Park when they came to Tulsa on a recent visit from their homes in Tonkawa. The park was in full bloom with pink, fuchsia and salmon azalea blossoms and bathed in golden light the evening we met for their engagement photos. A pretty location, however, isn’t what makes a beautiful picture. The beauty is in the way a couple looks at each other or the way they spontaneously break into laughter at the same time.

It’s the way Ryan carries his future bride’s lip gloss in his pocket and rolls up his jeans to step into a slippery stream bed so she can jump into his arms. It’s Brittany throwing her arms around his neck and smiling, not because I asked her to, but because there’s happiness there. It’s the way they play outside the old Airstream trailer we found in a parking lot, knowing that their first home together will be the one they make traveling with a truck and a fifth wheel. _ Kelly