Seniors: Evan

It's my favorite time of year. Temperatures are starting lower, football is nearing and a new class of seniors are getting ready to start their last year in high school. I absolutely love photography seniors! Evan was no exception to that and getting to photograph him was a great way to start my senior sessions this year. Plus that smooth smirk he's got going, I dare you to get to the end of this post and not want to be this fella's friend.

We started our shoot in the very popular and historic University of Michigan Law Quad.

We moved over to one of my favorite spots at Nichols Arboretum to shoot the second half of our session. Pretty sure this one's my favorite!

Pretty sure Evan's laughing at one of my sweet jokes right here! Wishing you an awesome senior year, Evan!

Beth and Nicole - Great Falls, VA

Beth met Nicole while serving in Peace Corps in Africa and they fell in love. So when a huge storm blew through Virginia, knocking out power to the majority of the area the night before their wedding day, the pair had the experiences of Peace Corps to fall back on. What's 100+ degree weather, no power and no water to a pair that spent years in the African nation of Mali? "Liberating," Beth said. For a couple of gals that worked and saved and planned on having the perfect wedding day, the inconvenience was just that. It opened up the opportunity to let the stress of the day go and just roll with the circumstances. With no power or running water at the reception site, Nicole and Beth's team of family and friends jumped to action, moved the ceremony outside, ran to any local shop to purchase gallons of water for the restrooms, bags and bags of ice and even a battery operated iPod boom box for the DJ, and the day was perfect!

Here Nicole and Beth dance surrounded by fallen leaves and branches from an overnight storm.

There was so much father-daughter love at this wedding! It was clear that both of these dads were proud papas!

A sweet moment during the ceremony when Beth got a little emotional.

Yeah, these Peace Corps kids know how to party!

Congratulations, Beth and Nicole! I wish you a lifetime of liberation and happiness! ;)

Lightning - Arlington, VA

I just got home from a quick (as always) trip to Washington, D.C. I always love a chance to visit my friends Emily and Adam and this time I got to photograph a lovely wedding (more on that in a later post) too! The weather over the weekend was brutal and as many of you know a damaging storm blasted through the region knocking power out to many, many people, including us! Just after the power went out at Emily and Adam's and while it was momentarily fun to not have power, I ran window to window trying to capture a lightning shot (without a tripod!)

Here are a couple of spooky weather photos from the evening.

For the record, I did not turn these next two frames black and white! Crazy town!