Marc & Mica’s wedding will be this upcoming spring.  It’s a celebration that I’ve been waiting a long time for and can’t wait to be a part of it.  When we started off the evening we had plans of going to an abandoned building we liked. Those plans quickly changed when we noticed warning of attack dogs.  I find that most of the best spots for engagement sessions are areas that we just stumble upon without a plan and that’s we ended up in a back alley for most of their engagement session…and also the back of a restaurant too.  In the end we had a fantastic night and finished it off with wings and beer.  I think from now on I’ll start blogging about the food I end up ordering cause sometimes that’s as much fun as taking photos.

Yousif and Patrizia are getting married next summer in a beautiful historic orthodox church in Lebanon.  Why in Lebanon?  Their relationship has already crossed hemispheres starting with them meeting at a wedding in Sudan.  Since then they’ve travelled together, shared an affinity for Thai restaurants, indie music and bird-watching.  Yousif is my cousin so I already knew him quite well but I first met Patty at another wedding where she told me more than two years before their wedding that she wanted me to photograph their own wedding.  I can’t wait to do that and meet her side of the family.

In between Christmas and New Year’s, I met up with Gill & Dobry for their engagement session.  With numb toes, red cheeks and wet socks we drudged through knee high snow.  I’m usually the biggest cry baby in the winter and I try as hard as I can to limit my outdoor exposure from November to April but I suggested to them they should have a winter e-session and it was too late to chicken out.  Obviously it was freezing cold, but that kinda added to the fun.  Spending the day laughing, getting to know this awesome couple, and finishing the night with hot chocolates was the perfect way to close my 2010 season.