Vintage Military Couple's Session

I took Easter photos of their daughters, so I should have known how absolutely photogenic and fun this couple was going to be! All of her ideas were outstanding, I love that she wanted softer lighting (so many people think bright sunshine is the best for photos-it's not), had posing ideas, and her husband was genuinely happy to be taking these photos with his wife. I felt like I could've hung out and snapped shots of them all evening! I tried too... ask them, if they hadn't had little ones to tend to I would have gone until the gardens closed & kicked us out!

 *If you click on the first image it will open in a slide show format*

Thank you both for making my job so much fun! I really needed this session to get my creative juices flowing again. I absolutely love themed session, do you have an idea in mind? Please let me know!
-T

T+J Pre-D

I met this wonderful couple via mutual friends. He will be deploying very shortly and despite initial scheduling conflicts, rescheduling, and dealing with crazy weather (extreme winds and pouring rain!) we managed to squeeze in a very short amount of time for these photos. I hope they bring happy memories during the deployment!

Stay safe sir... and we'll see you soon!

J+E Homecoming

I met this lovely lady via our women's group at church. Her husband was deployed a few days after mine and returned just 2 days after mine! When I found out no one was taking pictures for her I offered to be there.

Watching the van pull in... so close to seeing her husband again!

The first look, kiss, and hug!

Tears of relief (& joy!), smiles all around, and her beautiful homemade banner!

Welcome home!
Thanks for everything you've done.

"N" Homecoming

Once again I had the privilege of taking photos of a homecoming this past week, this was a word of mouth referral via Jane, which is awesome - thank you! I had never met Amanda before but she was incredibly sweet and thankful that I could make it last minute. This was my first night time shoot so the lighting proved to be difficult, but nothing really matters except seeing two wonderful people being reunited after 1yr+!

Steven, welcome home! Thank you for your service.

"A" Homecoming

I had the privilege of "meeting" Jane via the MilSpouse Blogging world, once I got to Hawaii we made sure to have a girl's beach day. Towards the beginning of the year she started preparing for her husband's homecoming and I was honored that she asked me to document the day for her! I was very nervous the night before, praying that I would be able to hold my emotions together due to my husband's current deployment and do my very best "professional" job for her. I am pretty happy with the results and I hope they are as well.

Welcome home Daniel, thank you for your service!
Our country would be nothing without men (and women) like you.
God bless your and Jane's marriage.