There’s no way to talk about Amy and Neal without gushing.

Amy was referred to me by Danielle, whose wedding and engagement I shot in 2004, and who now makes amazing custom lamps which can be found at Blue Hand Home in Wilmington, and Nube Green in Washington state. It won’t be long before her work is shown in more major cities and states – she’s amazing. I have been meaning to create a blog post just about her work, and of course because I’m lame I haven’t done it yet… but this will be a good kick in the pants to get that done. Because I owe her. Yeah, she totally posted an out of this world article about me on her blog a while back… it almost made me cry when I read it. Wow do I love her.

Now, Amy and Neal are friends of Danielle’s, which means they’re automatically my friends. Which makes perfect sense, because when I first met Amy it was like kismet. She is the BEST. She’s hilarious, hyper, scattered, and wonderful. I love her. I didn’t meet Neal until the day of the session, and he was a tad under the weather, but he is the perfect match for Amy. The yin to her yang. They were wonderful to be around, and were such a gorgeous visual reminder to me of how great love can be. Not that I’m not reminded of that every day… it’s just nice to see “outside”… you know?

On to the PICTURES!

There is simply no way to describe this session, or these two wonderful people, and illustrate properly how much I admire and adore them. Or how incredible this session was to shoot, edit, and be a part of. Or what a creative force Casey is. Or how sweet, intelligent, and mature Joseph is. Or how much I want my Ellie to meet Joseph and fall in love (um, in a few years I mean). In other words – this session was perfect, these people are perfect, and I’m indescribably lucky to have met and worked with them. And I hope to be doing much more of this in the future. (Bonus: they actually live nearby, and Casey’s a photo FIEND, so I think my wish will come true)

Enjoy these. I think these images are the best family portrait work I’ve done to date. I’m STUPID proud of this session. Like, I am still riding on the high from this edit.

Gorgeous day, gorgeous couple, gorgeous location, and families that made you feel right at home, right away. did a magnificent job with the food, as usual, and created another textbook perfect Sweet T’s cake. Everything was ideal, and completely casual and laid back – my kind of event. Thank you guys so much for having me and there for your day! We really enjoyed every minute of working with you, and loved being part of your families for a few hours!