Miami Courthouse Engagement Photos - Rachel & Austin

Written by Ramses Garcia
Rachel in a short white dress with a long train standing beside a vintage blue Mustang convertible with Austin in the driver's seat, downtown Miami courthouse behind them

Rachel & Austin's Miami Courthouse Engagement Photos

Downtown Miami, Florida

An engagement session at the courthouse in downtown Miami

Rachel and Austin did their engagement session at the Miami-Dade County Courthouse in downtown Miami, and these courthouse engagement photos are some of my favorites from that kind of shoot. I also photographed their wedding at Church of the Epiphany, with the reception at the EPIC Hotel, so it was good to work with them twice.

We started on the courthouse steps. The tall stone columns and wide steps give you plenty of room to move, so we kept it simple: walking up hand in hand, a spin, a few kisses. Rachel wore white, both as a long gown and as a shorter dress with a train.

Then we moved to the street, where a vintage blue Mustang convertible was waiting. The car adds color against all that gray stone, and it gave them something to lean on, sit in and laugh in. We finished back on the steps with sunglasses and a bottle of champagne.

If you're planning a downtown Miami engagement session, here is what I tell my couples. Pick two or three spots that are close together so we spend our time shooting instead of driving. A courthouse works well because the steps and columns sit next to quiet streets, so you get stone and street in the same hour. Choose early morning or late afternoon, when the light is softer and downtown is calmer. Wear something you can move in, because I will ask you to walk, spin and sit on stone steps. And bring one thing that is yours, like a car or a drink, so the photos feel like you.

Photography: Ramses Garcia Photo (@ramses__g)

Rachel and Austin standing beside a blue vintage Mustang in front of the tall columns of the Miami-Dade County CourthouseAustin and Rachel holding hands as they walk up the courthouse steps, Rachel in a long white gownRachel and Austin walking hand in hand across the colored stone plaza below the courthouse columnsAustin spinning Rachel on the courthouse steps between tall stone columnsRachel reaching toward Austin on the courthouse steps in a black and white photoClose portrait of Rachel and Austin kissing in front of the courthouse columnsRachel twirling with one arm raised in front of the courthouse columns while Austin watchesRachel in a long white gown walking across the courthouse steps with Austin behind her, in black and whiteRachel in a short white dress and Austin in a black suit kissing in a moment of movement near the courthouse columnsRachel smiling at Austin in a close portrait with courthouse columns behind themRachel holding Austin's face as they kiss, a close black and white portraitRachel and Austin sitting on the courthouse steps in a kiss with a street lamp and downtown towers behind themAustin leaning over Rachel in a close black and white portrait on the stone stepsRachel reclining against Austin on the stone steps of the courthouseRachel laughing and looking up at Austin as they sit close on the courthouse stepsRachel and Austin embracing on the courthouse steps in black and whiteRachel leaning back with her arms out on the courthouse steps next to AustinRachel touching Austin's face as they stand next to the blue Mustang with a street lamp behind themPortrait of Austin in a black suit and Rachel in a white dress next to the blue Mustang in downtown MiamiRachel and Austin holding hands on a downtown Miami street with the blue Mustang in the distanceRachel in a short white dress with a long train walking toward Austin on a downtown street, in black and whiteRachel and Austin embracing in front of the blue Mustang with the courthouse behind themRachel and Austin laughing in an embrace inside the blue Mustang convertibleAustin kissing Rachel as they sit in the Mustang convertible, in black and whiteRachel lying back across the front seat of the blue Mustang with Austin leaning over herAustin leaning Rachel back for a kiss on the hood of the blue MustangAustin standing in a black suit and sunglasses while Rachel lies back across the Mustang's trunkRachel and Austin in sunglasses sitting on the Mustang, a close black and white portraitRachel laughing in white sunglasses as Austin holds her on the hood of the MustangDetail of the round headlight and chrome bumper on the blue MustangDetail of the Mustang badge on the side of the blue convertibleSteering wheel and dashboard inside the blue Mustang convertibleRachel and Austin in sunglasses standing on the courthouse steps before the champagneAustin holding a champagne bottle while Rachel laughs beside him on the courthouse steps, in black and whiteRachel and Austin kissing in a spray of champagne in front of the courthouse columns

Planning an engagement session in Miami? See more ideas in my guide to Miami engagement photo locations. If you want the courthouse for your wedding too, read my Miami courthouse wedding guide, see my courthouse wedding photography page or the courthouse wedding photos I take. You can also see five real courthouse weddings: Eymi & Sebastian's modern chic courthouse wedding, Victoria & Orlando's Miami courthouse wedding, Victoria & Daniel's Miami-Dade courthouse wedding photos, Carina & Billy's Miami courthouse elopement and Chris & David's black and white courthouse wedding photos.

I'm a Miami engagement and wedding photographer. If you want photos like these, let's talk about your story.

Ramses Garcia https://www.ramsesgarciaphoto.com
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