It's that time of year where couples who are getting married later in 2007 have their engagement portraits taken. And for almost every couple I work with that know exactly where they want their picture taken—where they had their first date, where they got engaged, maybe even the place their getting married—there are number of couples who ask the popular question, "where should we have our picture taken?"

Of course I can offer a number of great options. The southern New England area offers plenty of beautiful locations and I'm willing to go just about anywhere if it means we'll get a great portrait. Lately I've been showing a couple of shots from a session I did last summer that show how unique we can make your engagement photo:

For those of you outside of the Boston area who don't remember that location from a junior high field trip, that's Old Ironsides, the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest commissioned ship afloat in the world. The groom in the photo, Danny, is a Boston police officer and asked as a favor if we could have 10 minutes alone on the ship in-between tour groups. The crew's timing couldn't have been better as there was a raging downpour about 5 minutes after we finished taking the photos.

There's another photo on my engagements page that Danny and his very happy bride Erin decided to use with a signature mat (guest book) at their wedding.