Shortly after we moved to Clovis we found out that our dear neighbors from Wichita Falls were right behind us! Like Fred, Justin was also at Sheppard AFB for pilot training and now we’re all together again! It was nice to know we’d already have some friends here :) Justin and Sonya are two of the sweetest people but I didn’t realize just how head over heals in LOVE these two were until their engagement session! They are so adorable and lovey dovey with each other. I hardly had to give them any direction, they knew just what to do. I’m so excited about these photos – the documentation of their love for each other. Shoots like this, working with people like them, that is what I’m passionate about. So thank you, Justin and Sonya :)
Golfing is one of Sonya and Justin’s favorite things to do together…actually the first (and only time) I golfed was with them at this very course – Whispering Winds. I was pretty terrible but these two were so positive and encouraging, I had so much fun. Sonya is actually the real pro here. She’s been golfing since elementary school. Ever since her grandparents figured out that she would go play with them if they bribed her with the keys to the golf cart! So they were definitely in their element here. We had an awesome time!
Sonya, you are beautiful.
This one just makes my heart melt. So much love in that big bear hug :)
The big day: 7.14.12
Commence the golden hour! Boy oh boy do I love that glow. Both the sun and their faces. Radiant.
It was super windy during our shoot. Sonya, I know your hair’s a little bit crazy in this photo but just look at your fiancés face! Pure happiness!
These two are just so in love :)
See that? That’s adoration.
And I’ll end on this sweet sweet note.
They say third time’s a charm. In this case it’s true. Kayci won a free photoshoot with me back in August and wanted to get some engagement shots with her fiance Andrew. But we got rained out, twice. As I drove out to Fort Worth Sunday morning I prayed that the heavy fog rolled off and didn’t turn into rain. It thinned and we had an overcast day and the temperature was perfect. We started off in the Stockyards and when I mentioned my earlier family shoot in the Botanical Gardens, Kayci said we had to go there next. So this out of towner lead the way!
Kayci and Andrew both grew up in Wichita Falls and say they knew of each other, but didn’t get together until they were both at Texas Tech for college. They are both such friendly and happy people with magnetic personalities and an excellent fashion sense. No wonder they were drawn to each other ;) And apparently they think I’m either hilarious or I’m a nutcase. You decide. In either case, I’m happy if you’re happy and laughing. Oh, and in love ;) Congrats you two. Thanks for rocking this photoshoot!
I have known Lindsay about three years now, but it feels like way longer. We both were photo majors together at MICA but it took France for us to become friends. I’ll be honest. I was intimidated, not by Lindsay specifically, but by pretty much everyone my first two years of school. At the beginning of our Junior year Lindsay went off to Paris and I went of to Aix-en-Provence in Southern France. These four months in France definitely changed not only my art but me as a person. I’ve always been independent but France forced me to take my guard down. To open up and try new things. So, off I went to explore Paris. There I got to know Lindsay over several bottles of wine underneath the Tour Eiffle.
When we were back in Baltimore, Lindsay suggested we have a show together of our work we made abroad. We did just that. From then on we were not only photo friends, but every other kind of friend there is. It is such a comfort and a relief to have each other to call for camera help and business advice, email each other new inspirations and articles, and of course just to chat. I had moved back home for a few months after I graduated, and not so late one December night, I got a call from Lindsay and let out a little yelp, well a pretty big yelp. My mom came in my room (how very 6th grade) and informed me she was trying to sleep. I informed her that Lindsay just got engaged!!! Enter Russell. Well, not really. They’d already been together a few years by the time Linds and I became friends. So for me, Russell was always part of the picture. I like Russell because he really surprises me sometimes. He can be serious and adamant about something one minute and then funny and goofy the next. Sort of like this shoot.
I went to visit Baltimore earlier this month and Lindsay asked if I’d want to do her and Russell’s engagement pictures. My response of course was, “Heck yeah!” Russell on the other hand needed a little more convincing. Finally, he reluctantly agreed. True to from, he surprised me. I got them both smiling and laughing and gasp…he actually admitted to enjoying himself! Probably also because he got to play hookie from work for two hours on a Wednesday morning :)
Lindsay and Russell, I couldn’t be happier for you. Thank you for opening your home to me every time I come back to Baltimore. And thank you for allowing me to be the one to document your love.
Linds, you are fierce and I love it.
by Erica M
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