The couple stands close together with the sun forming a bright halo between them at the water's edge. — November 28

Engagement Highlight

Helen & Saje’s Engagement

Photographed by Rob & Jill Futrell

Washington Oaks Gardens State Park

Helen and Saje's engagement session moved through a lush garden setting with Spanish moss-draped oaks lining a gravel path, then past a pond bordered by tulips and pink blooms, where Helen paused among the yellow roses. The session wrapped up at the water's edge at sunset, the two of them holding hands in silhouette under a large tree as the sun dropped behind the horizon.

Helen and Saje stand backlit by golden light beneath oak trees in black and white.

Helen and Saje stand side by side on a shaded path lined with sprawling oak trees at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park.

Helen rests her head on Saje's shoulder under a dense canopy of oak branches.

Under sprawling oak trees, Saje in a tan shirt and Helen in a pale pink dress stand close together on a garden pathway.

Saje and Helen embrace beneath ancient oak trees, their silhouettes framed by lush greenery at Washington Oaks Gardens.

Helen stands alone in a black-and-white image, wearing a flowing white dress against the gnarled trunks of century-old oaks.

Saje leans in to kiss Helen's forehead while she smiles, surrounded by lush greenery and dappled sunlight.

Helen rests against Saje's chest while both look toward the camera, framed by verdant foliage at the state park.

The couple stands at a distance along a shaded garden path, framed by thick vegetation and ancient trees.

Saje gazes pensively to the side in black and white, wearing a light button-up shirt beneath towering live oaks.

Both pose together inside the gazebo at the garden, framed by flowering plants and the calm pond's edge.

Helen twirls in her pale pink dress while Saje holds her hand, the gazebo visible across the water behind them.

Saje kisses Helen's cheek as they stand among lush greenery with a gazebo reflecting in the pond behind them.

Helen touches yellow rose blooms with a gentle smile among flowering shrubs at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park.

Helen and Saje stand together silhouetted against a golden sunset by the water's edge at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park.

Saje kneels before Helen on the grass as the sun sets over the water behind them.

The couple stands close together with the sun forming a bright halo between them at the water's edge.

Helen's pink dress and Saje's khakis meet on the grass as they stand barefoot side by side during golden hour.

Saje gazes down at Helen while they hold hands among sunlit trees at golden hour.

Helen and Saje walk hand in hand down a tree-lined path with dappled light.

Saje and Helen hold hands facing the camera on a quiet forested trail.

Helen and Saje walk hand-in-hand down a tree-lined path with dappled sunlight filtering through the canopy.

The couple pauses on a gravel road beneath moss-draped oaks, with Helen leaning toward Saje in the soft afternoon light.

Helen gazes up at Saje as they stand together in dappled shade, surrounded by massive tree trunks on both sides.

Helen and Saje embrace under moss-draped oaks as golden light filters through the canopy.

The couple holds each other close among towering trees, their faces near as soft evening light bathes the garden.

Saje and Helen embrace beside a massive oak trunk, with filtered golden light illuminating their foreground in the garden.

Helen and Saje stand together on a moss-draped garden path at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park.

Helen sits in a wooden gazebo beside a pond surrounded by lush plantings and Spanish moss-draped oaks.

Saje and Helen kiss tenderly on a brick pathway, with vibrant pink flowers and dense greenery flanking them at the gardens.

Helen and Saje hold hands by a pond with manicured hedges and a distant gazebo at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park.

Helen touches yellow roses on a bush, smiling softly as she poses in the gardens at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park.

Saje and Helen embrace among yellow and white roses, their foreheads nearly touching at Washington Oaks Gardens State Park.

Helen and Saje hold hands silhouetted beneath an oak tree at sunset, water glowing behind them.

Helen and Saje face each other in silhouette against a golden sunset, pine branches framing the scene overhead.

Helen rests her head near Saje's shoulder as sunset light creates a golden arc across the sky behind them.

Rob and Jill Futrell, St. Augustine photographers — Rob & Jill

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