Category Archives: Engagement

Coffee Engagement

I had the pleasure of being part of Curtis’ anniversary present for Janae.  Janae was glad to run into me at Sunergos Coffeeshop a few weeks ago and then, once Curtis told her that I was there to take some engagement photos of them, well, her gladness turned into tears.  Personally, a photo session would be the last thing I would want as a gift, but Janae was genuinely super-happy and proud of Curtis for thinking of such a surprise.

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vulnerability and sappy professions

As I think about leaving the country, a weight seems to settle on me.  This weight, I think, may signify the dread of loneliness that seems to be inevitable within the context of what I am about to do.  I have made a community here and I am now leaving that community.  Who knows what it will look like in 2 years time.  People will have moved, made different friends, gotten married, had children, fallen out of touch.  The Louisville I will come back to is not the Louisville I will be leaving.  This thought at times is overwhelming.

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There is one group of people that I know I can come back to where time, change, failure, achievement, or need will not separate, rift, or break the relationship that we have established.  They may live in different cities, they may live at different stages, but they have stayed my close family for over 5 years now.  I hope that 2 more will be no big deal.

I have taken many portraits of these wonderful people over the years. My aim is to post some of them over the next few weeks.  Here are the first: some images taken of Marissa and Jordan before they got married in 2008.

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