Hayley & Will's Awesomely Austin Engagement Photos

Despite not living in Austin, these two wanted to include as much of the quirky, fun, Keep Austin Weird charm as they could in their engagement photos!

Will is from Texas, but Hayley isn’t, and she fell in love with the city when they came into town to visit! They live in Chicago right now, and are having their wedding at the beautiful venue Chapel Dulcenia. Once we got to planning their engagement photos, the thing we knew for sure was that they wanted to get unique and quintessentially Austin. We threw around ideas like Arlo’s(their favorite vegan burger spot - heck, mine too!), Spiderhouse Cafe, the Hi How Are You sign, and the Blanton along with the spots we ended up landing on. Our first location, Cathedral of Junk, has been on my bucket list for years. It’s fairly hard to get a spot at since you have to call the creator and get lucky with him picking up the phone, and the day before our session I managed to get a hold of him! I told Hayley & Will and they instantly knew we HAD to do it.

The location is so unique, the artist who made it created an amazing installation in his backyard out of - you guessed it - junk. There are so many fun easter eggs to explore, and it is just such a bizarrely beautiful spot. Nearby is another favorite spot of mine, Canopy, that I suggested as our second spot. It’s got great minimal architecture and always has some fun murals and artworks to play with.

We had such a blast together, I love these two’s silliness together! Swipe through to see the absolutely excellent rap album cover shot we did to end the night.