Patricia + Dennis’s Surrealist Session
Mon, Dec 7, 2009
This engagement session is off the hook! Inspired by this painting, the couple fearlessly trusted the talented photographer Caroline Ghetes’s idea and incorporated coffee bean bags into the shoot, along with a vintage mask and other props I have never seen in an engagement session before. I truly believe that a photographer’s creative freedom is always for the best interest of the couple, and it never fails. I am in awe with the result!
From Caroline:
Originally, their idea was to do a “The Notebook” inspired shoot, in a more modern way and we accomplished that with about half the pictures. I’ve also always wanted to inject a few strange ideas into an engagement session with a willing couple and some of these ideas/concepts were inspired by one of my favorite artists: Rene Magritte. In so many ways, we are alike in that the type of photography that I love the most, are the ones that when the viewer looks at a photo, they are left confused. Non-sensical & whimsical poses with no idea or concept or story behind it.
The photo on the right translates Caroline’s inspiration from Rene Magritte’s painting Les Amants:
These last two look like fashion designer ad campaigns:
Prop resources:
Vintage refurbished umbrella: Designs By Victoria
Creepy 1920’s style mask & fuchsia w/pink ribbon top hat: D. Cyzon’s Flapperdashery
Gray top hat with black feather: Hey Sailor! Hats
The grayish green Shrug with Black Lace sleeves: Angelika Liv
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Adorable couple! These pictures are so great and fun!
LOVING THIS SESSION! thanks for sharing!:)
It really takes special photography genius to capture such amazing pictures and Caroline definitely achieved it with these shots. Love, Love, LOVE !!
Hey thanks for the feature, and to everyone else with their lovely comments, thank you!
Love how creative this session is!! Big props to the couple for trying something totally different!
AMAZING!!! And thank you for the artist inspiration as well. I am so intrigued by this style of painting!
great job Caroline! Love how unique the session is! : )
Love these fabulous photos! That umbrella is great!
Wow! These are very interesting and unique. Lovely!
I haven’t been wow’d by an engagement session in a while, but this one did the trick, I love it!
The picture with him jumping up is fantastic! What an incredible session!
This is, hands down, my favorite engagement session I’ve ever seen! Thanks for sharing these images, Amanda! I’m in total awe!
I am sad I was too busty for the Corey Lynn Calter corseted striped dress, but she pulls it off beautifully.
I love this set!!!!!
Amazing photography.