Me in action

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Here's a picture that was taken by a photographer from the Herald Sun paper in Durham, NC. I was shooting a bridal portrait session with Katie at Duke Gardens. Just thought this was fun. :)

Katie P.: Bride-To-Be

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Monday I drove to Durham, NC to meet up with Katie Pettyjohn and her mother, Karen, for Katie's bridal portrait session at the lovely Duke Gardens. Although many of the spring blossoms had yet to bud and bloom, we still found some beautiful backdrops to photograph Katie against in her gorgeous wedding gown.

It was a great day! The weather cooperated quite nicely. And we even met a photographer from the Herald Sun, who took a few shots of us in action (which appeared in the paper yesterday). So, we're officially famous!

In a few weeks, I'll meet up with Katie again, but this time her fiance Andrew will be there too so we can get some shots of the engaged couple before their big day in April.

Posted above is just one of the fun shots we took Monday. Katie has got a great sense of humor, so we enjoyed goofing off some, too.

Dreams

view from brooklyn bridge, originally uploaded by jermandjessvess.

So, i have a bridal portrait session with Katie scheduled a week from today. It's very exciting! Lately, I've been spending time looking at cameras and lenses online, because I'm finally ready to purchase equipment of my own. :] And to get prepared, I've also been looking at a lot of other photographers work to get inspiration and ideas for my upcoming shoots. I'm feeling really blessed that I have the opportunity to go for this dream. I've never really had a dream of my own before that seemed within my grasp - so I'm really enjoying the ride.