Pokémon & Cocktails: Amber & Lenny at The Geek Peek & Never Say Dive

Charles Novak

Oct 28

2 min read

Amber & Lenny skipped the traditional engagement session and built theirs around a night they would actually plan for themselves. We started at The Geek Peek, Cleveland's go-to spot for Pokémon cards, and finished with cocktails at Never Say Dive.

Watch Their Engagement Film

Starting at The Geek Peek

The Geek Peek has become one of Cleveland's best-known destinations for Pokémon collectors and trading card fans, so it was the right place to begin. Amber & Lenny opened booster packs, searched for new favorites and shared the hobby that brought them even closer. Because it's something they genuinely enjoy together, the session felt natural from the first minute.

Amber & Lenny's hands fanning out Pokémon cards at The Geek Peek in Cleveland

Amber & Lenny sitting across a wooden table from each other at The Geek Peek, shelves of cards behind them

A single Pokémon card lying on a wooden table at The Geek Peek

Amber & Lenny sitting close in front of a wall of colorful capsule toy machines at The Geek Peek

Amber laughing next to Lenny in front of the capsule toy machines at The Geek Peek

Lenny standing behind Amber as she plays a claw machine

Amber & Lenny at the checkout counter at The Geek Peek

Amber & Lenny playing cards at a table in a teal room at The Geek Peek

These moments at The Geek Peek are stills from Amber & Lenny's engagement film.

Cocktails at Never Say Dive

From there we headed to Never Say Dive for the second half of the evening. The pink neon, the long bar and the booths gave the session a completely different feel, and we slowed things down with craft cocktails, conversation and a relaxed date-night pace.

Amber & Lenny at the bar of Never Say Dive under its pink neon sign

Lenny kissing Amber's hand at the bar under the Never Say Dive neon sign

Amber & Lenny posing close together inside Never Say Dive, Amber in a sparkling dress

We didn't need to force every moment into a pose. We followed along and caught the little things: a hand kissed at the bar, a toast under the sign, a quiet minute in a booth.

Black-and-white photo of Amber & Lenny toasting under the Never Say Dive sign

Black-and-white photo of Amber & Lenny in a booth at Never Say Dive

Close portrait of Lenny holding Amber's face, eyes closed

Amber & Lenny sitting together in a window booth with plants hanging above

Your Session Should Look Like You

This is why we love engagement sessions. They don't have to follow a formula. Your session can be at a park, in downtown Cleveland, at your favorite restaurant, a bookstore, a brewery or somewhere completely unexpected. If Pokémon is part of your relationship, why not open some packs together?

Combining photography and video lets us keep even more of the night. The photos hold the expressions and details, and the film brings back the movement, the laughter and the energy of the evening.