I’ve been talking with Cara off and on since January this year! She and Charlie were engaged on Christmas Eve and she reached out to me shortly after to set up an engagement session while the two of them decided on a wedding date. 

Originally, these two Tonawanda residents wanted a beautiful wintery snowfall enagement session. Not a problem in Western New York in the winter, right? WRONG! I swear, Mother Nature was laughing pretty hard at us. We had one insane snowstorm and a handful of flurries here and there, but honestly, no good snowy engagement session days. 

So, we changed our course and wound up having a beautiful Spring evening along the Niagara River in Tonawanda, a suburb of Buffalo and Niagara Falls. Cara and Charlie live just a few blocks from a gorgeous park along the river, so we were able to stay close to their home and explore the riverbank. We made good use of tree-covered paths, long wooden docks and an incredible sunset provided by that sneaky Mother Nature. 

These two are so romantic and affectionate — I could have filled up their entire gallery with only tender kisses images but we got some great twirls and spins, smiles and laughter, too. 

They are getting married in September 2017 at the lovely Barton HIll in Lewiston, New York and I can only imagine a day of love and laughs!
(And they will DEFINITELY look like something out of a magazine that day, too!)

Congratulations on your engagement, Cara and Charlie!