{"id":779,"date":"2009-06-19T20:27:11","date_gmt":"2009-06-19T20:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/donmearsphotography.com\/dmpblog\/?p=779"},"modified":"2009-07-22T00:00:29","modified_gmt":"2009-07-22T00:00:29","slug":"melissa-and-brad-an-engagement-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donmearsphotography.com\/blog\/melissa-and-brad-an-engagement-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Melissa and Brad &#8211; An Engagement Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brad and Melissa decided to return to the site of the proposal for their engagement session; the fountain lake at Richmond&#8217;s Byrd Park.\u00a0 Being a proud resident of the park, I was more than happy to oblige them.\u00a0 But first, we had a little fun in-studio before heading out in to the very sunny afternoon.\u00a0 Thanks for a fun session, you two!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-781\" title=\"001_MelissaandBrad\" 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