Engagement photos can happen anywhere — your favourite date-night spot, your first home together, where you got engaged, or even play up a theme you have in mind. Jory and Chad wanted to do their engagement session in a vintage diner, and the set at Idle Eyes Collective was a perfect fit. These two started off as friends, and that evolved into relationship that is a now true partnership. They're shaping their marriage in a way that feels authentic to them and defies convention — Jory actually proposed to Chad, rather than vice versa. I love when couples do things their way and don't follow traditions because they feel pressured.

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