This past winter my phone rang. Seven unfamiliar digits flashed across the glass on my phone, and I was filled with a sudden curiosity. I was at the cube farm and couldn’t answer it, so I let the call go to voicemail, and waited impatiently to see if the caller would leave a message. She did. Her name was Beth, or rather, her name is Beth, and she left a message asking me if I did senior photos as her daughter was in love with my work and would be graduating next year. I called her back and we set up some time to meet for coffee. I had never done a senior session before – though it wasn’t something I was opposed to. I wanted to be sure, if I chose to venture into this arena, that I did so carefully and in such a way that I would...
this is the day jena + steve got married overlooking lake superior and everything was beautiful.
time was not passing, it was turning in a circle | morning coffee
I have this friend, and she lives too far away, you see. It’s only a few hours, but with life and work and spouses and family time fills quickly, and the spaces left for each other are few, as it is with most things these days. But her and I, she and me, when we do find the time to connect it’s real. It’s whole and wonderful and complete. And it’s as if time really is simply turning in a circle. Friendships like this are rare, and space that can be filled with easy quiet or raucous laughter interchangeably, is even more so. I could sit forever in silence with this gem of a lady and still feel as though I’ve shared my soul (though I thoroughly enjoy our conversation, and the laugh-until-your-face-hurts-and-your-muscles-give-out humor that comes with it). I wholeheartedly treasure her presence in my life, and every single fleeting...
catie + tim’s madison engagement | an evening at tenney park
I met Catie a few months ago my gmail inbox. She sent me an email about her wedding, but not really. She talked about Tim, the love of her life, and about how they were excited to be married. To be surrounded by friends and family in a city where they met and fell head over heels for one another. I was hooked instantly. Catie and Tim are my kind of people. Heartfelt. Authentic. Kind. Super double hilarious. And most of all, they are wildly crazy for each other. Last Thursday night we walked around Tenney Park in Madison, as the sun dipped low in the sky, and we talked and laughed and danced and then laughed some more. Then they sat out on a dock and promised to never give up. Promised to love each other always. Promised that though it would be hard sometimes, their love would always...
