Blake + Cortney

| The Gateway Arch + City Garden + Downtown Saint Louis |

| Engagement Session |

| Saint Louis, MO |

We go together like winter and a sweater.

First of all, Blake and Cortney, we want to say y’all are truly champs!!! It was literally FREEZING the day we took your engagement photos and you powered through it like rockstars!!! Not to mention, your first location was on the top of a parking garage where the cold wind was extra brutal and crisp!

We briefly hit up the Arch Grounds after the parking garage, then caught some full views of the Arch while at Kiener Plaza and the City Garden. St Louis isn’t your big metropolis city feel, but it definitely still has some cool city vibes downtown and you can capture the Arch from so many angles!! 🏬

– Super unique spin on their session – Cortney’s Mom and Dad crashed their engagement session!! 😂 Such a fun idea!! You know you have cool parents when they join in and make fun of you while you’re getting your photos taken. Don’t worry though, they were all going to dinner on The Hill afterwards, so it was sort of a “planned” crash — Mom and Dad were *not* stalking them. (…or so they say LOL 😂 😉)

After several laughs and a few crosswalk shots, we wandered over to The Pennywell St Louis Hilton Hotel, and after then called it a day. It was perfect timing because Blake and Cortney were just about frozen by the time we finished photos. We’re so grateful they hung in there and I hope they celebrated with hot chocolate afterwards!! 

Lastly, Blake and Cortney, we are looking forward to your wedding day and we love that we’ve already met some of your family. Also, good news is, your wedding day won’t be near as cold as your engagement session. 😀

Much love, Tiffany Amber Schaefer & Christopher Mark Schaefer

Also, check out how fun The Pennywell Hotel is!!! 🥰