Downtown Birmingham Spring Engagement Session at Birmingham Botanical Gardens + Railroad Park | Jenna + Bryant

Engagements

May 17, 2022

Springtime is such a beautiful time of year! The flowers blooming everywhere transform nature. The spring blossoms and all their beauty also make for some gorgeous photo backdrops! Jenna and Bryant’s Downtown Birmingham Spring Engagement session was no exception. We captured the majority of the portraits at Birmingham Botanical Gardens and Railroad Park. While the gardens are stunning anytime of year, the spring and summer provide such a colorful display that is hard to beat.

Downtown Birmingham Spring Engagement

The greenhouse was full of vibrant emerald green plants. Then outside along the walking path were gorgeous trees in full bloom. Jenna’s spring dress was the perfect complement to this lovely setting. After exploring the botanical gardens we headed to Railroad Park. There among the tall grass was another tree with bold, dark pink flowers. It was the most wonderful, romantic setting for their engagement portraits. We then moved to an area with an amazing view of the city!

Jenna and Bryant traveled from Florida for their engagement session with me! These two were referred to me by former clients of whom I shot their proposal with! I love sweet clients’ who offer personal referrals. It means the world to me! I loved my time with Jenna and Bryant getting to know them.

The Proposal

They met on Bumble after they both recently moved to Orlando a few years ago. For the proposal, Bryant took Jenna on a surprise trip to Asheville, NC to celebrate their two year anniversary. Jenna loves mountains, so Bryant told her they would drive through the mountains before dinner to catch a glimpse of the amazing views. As they drove, he pulled over at Black Balsom Knob and had her hike (in her nice dinner dress) about a half mile. Jenna grew a bit suspicious as they climbed, and once they reached the top of the hill, he stopped and proposed. Little did Jenna know, a photographer was hiding on the trail and captured the entire moment! What an amazing proposal story!!

Jenna and Bryant are so sweet together and absolutely rocked their engagement session! They are so photogenic! I know their wedding is going to be amazing and I can’t wait to document their special day and celebrate the two of them! I am so honored that they traveled to Alabama to have me capture their beautiful downtown Birmingham spring engagement session.