Emily & Dan: the Wedding!
Emily & Dan reminded me of my family in so many ways.
#1. My sister's name is Emily.
#2. My sister is a teacher, just like Emily.
#3. My sister's husband's name is Dan.
#4. My parents' wedding colors were yellow & blue.
#5. My mom let her bridesmaid have free choice of the dress.
#6. My aunt (the bridesmaid) made her own dress, as she is an excellent seamstress (as is Deb, Emily's Mom).
Anyways, all these little facts made me nostalgic. But this blog post isn't about my parents' wedding, or even my sister. This is about THIS Dan & Emily.
Last Saturday this lovely couple got married in Redwood Falls at Cornerstone Christian Church. They chose people really dear to them to be in their wedding party: close friends from their congregation, fellow teachers, family members. The love in that group was tangible.
Congratulations, Dan & Emily. I wish you many, many decades together!
Jess
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My point being this: You don't need an event for fabulous photographs of yourself. You don't want to only have self taken shots, or group photos,etc. Why not do a fun photo shoot showing off your glorious self!?
The Monro Family & The Other Guy
I'm so, so happy that I was able to photograph them and spend a few hours together. I can't wait until we can do it all again.
The Monro Family & The Other Guy
Meet the Monro family. Oh, and The Other Guy. Wendy & Claud live in a small town about 20 minutes or so from my small town. Their oldest daughter, Ella, lives across the pond, as does her boyfriend, The Other Guy (his family & friends call him Jacob, I'm sure).
Can you tell they're enjoying their time together? I am realizing now that I picked mostly goofy pictures for this Sneak Peek. But then again, I also picked way more than I was going to. I guess I was swept away by it all. I had such a great time with these guys. It's one of the things I love the most about being a Photographer. Not just the taking pictures and editing and producing products part. Nope. It's the people. I love people and talking with them. Hearing their stories and seeing how they interact with each other. Finding out what it means to them to be a family. Dear Daphne insisted that I stay for supper. After some inner debating as to whether it was politeness or obligation or sincerity and all that other mumbo jumbo I put myself through, I stayed. I had Pimm's for the first time with fresh berries and herbs straight from the garden. I had homemade onion rings. Indian potatoes. Steak. But most of all, I had a wonderful time.
Sure it was still blasted hot outside. Very uncomfortable at times. But then the burst of cool air when we came inside accompanied by a cold beer....totally worth it. Ella & Daphne jumped off the dock for their last shots. Don't you love it? Sisterly love.
I'm so, so happy that I was able to photograph them and spend a few hours together. I can't wait until we can do it all again.
Lately....
But I know that my friend, Bobbi, would be so very, very happy for me that people are hearing more about me. The pictures I had taken of her and her daughters have become a bit "famous" in our town. People saw that I captured Bobbi's essence. And they liked that. I've been getting calls and emails for photo shoots to capture others' essences, too. Bobbi would be thrilled that more people were keeping it local, finding out about me, choosing me.
