Model :: Emily

This is going to be a three-part post. Recently I took pictures of two of my good friends, Tina and Emily. They're best friends, so the shoot included some of them together and some of just Tina or just Emily. I'm starting with a post of just pictures of Ms. Emily.

Emily came over to my apartment before the shoot for help with makeup and hair. I had so much fun adding a little control to her fabulous curls and giving her a little natural make up. We talked about her crazy job, school, and what she wants to do when she's done. Emily's just a year younger than me, and I remember a year ago knowing what I loved doing but not being sure how about I was going to make that into a job. God dropped me into the perfect solution, and I can't wait to see what He does in Emily's life!

Engagement :: Heather and Alex.

This is Alex and Heather. I took pictures of Alex a while ago and he said the next time we took pictures he wanted to bring Heather along. I teased him that that would make the pictures better anyway, and we went out and got some great pictures of the two of them together. They have such a fun love, constantly joking with each other.

Family :: Jahnke

I took pictures of the beautiful girl in blue with her fiance earlier this year, and when spring came she inquired about pictures of her and her little brother and sister to have taken as a Mother's Day gift to her mom. We met up on a cold Friday -- it had been gorgeous all week and then of course, when the girls have cute sundresses to wear, it's freezing. But they toughed it out and we got some great images for their mom! I saw Lauren this week and she said her mom loved her present. :)

Couple :: Missy and Josh.

Missy and I have kind of been casual acquaintances for years. We had the same piano/voice teacher, she goes to church with my grandma, grew up in the towns next to each other, and now we both go to college at the same school. And she's dating Josh. Who is a musically talented boy who's crazy about her. We had fun roaming around campus and taking pictures.

Model :: Alex

This is Alex. Alex likes to smile. And sing music from The Lion King in alleyways. He's a lot of fun. We went downtown and took some fun, urban pictures.

Engagement :: Jeff and Lauren.

These two are adorable. I went to high school with Jeff and Lauren, but they were both younger than me and I didn't really become friends with them until we all wound up going to college together. Lauren can't stop smiling and giggles all the time and Jeff is sweet and soft spoken. Jeff proposed while they were snowboarding and skiing so they wanted to do pictures in the snow, and then we came inside and did pictures with milk and cookies. Jeff wanted to do the Lady and the Tramp spaghetti noodle thing, but since we didn't think we could find a spaghetti noodle that long we went with cookies.

Couple :: Adam and Jennifer.

I met Adam my freshman year through some friends, and since we're both majoring in business, there hasn't been a year yet where we haven't had a class together. Here he is with his girlfriend, Jennifer.