Ryun and Andee met as freshmen in college. Their first date was kind of an accident when after a group project Ryun suggested everyone go out and nobody could go except for Andee. She says that he was the first guy that things just clicked with in a natural way. And now here they are, 5 years later, both having just graduated and about to become man and wife. You don’t have to be around them long to see how smitten they are with each other. Ryun’s quiet confidence and Andee’s joyful enthusiasm make them a perfect match. I so enjoyed getting to know them as they showed me around bayside Havre de Grace. I can’t wait for their wedding on the water at the end of this month. I have a sneaky feeling it might be the happiest day of their lives! 🙂
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What happens when a lovely red-head ends up sitting next to a happy-go-lucky and very energetic intern in the office? They fall in love, naturally! Well not exactly. But close! Elinor was working as an intern for the Heritage Foundation when Michael came along. Sitting at the desk next to her every day, he would tease her about his LONG commute (30 seconds) compared to hers and make his rounds bantering with people in the office. After he returned to Florida they kept in touch but it wasn’t until he came back to work full time for Heritage that he suddenly realized what a beautiful, smart, joyful person Elinor is. After watching her teach Sunday school to a bunch of preschoolers one Sunday he went home and told his mom that he’d found the girl he wanted to marry. And Elinor told me how very charming he is and how much she loves his enthusiasm. Together they make quite the happy, dynamic couple. As Michael said, “Give me 5% and I’ll find the other 95.” They both can’t wait to have kids, love to travel and are passionate about their work and of course each other.
Elinor is now in charge of taking care of the new interns that come to the Heritage Foundation and one of the things she does for them is give them a tour of Mount Vernon. One of the funny memories from early in their friendship is of Michael telling Elinor to get out of a photo of a bunch of the guy interns when they were touring the estate. Hence Mount Vernon has a special significance for them and it was a lovely location for their engagement photos. We even got to spend some time with the sheep. 🙂 It was such a treat walking the grounds with them and I am so excited for their wedding in August!
PS – Awesome couple alert: the morning of our shoot was my mom’s birthday. Elinor brought a bottle of wine FOR MY MOM. Wow! That’s the kind of person she is.
“Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one’s life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one’s side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps . . . perhaps . . . love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.”
L.M. Montgomery
This is one of my favorite quotes because it describes how I fell in love with my husband. But I think it describes Jack and Tori too. Friends in high school, they did not date (“Tori was on the dance team and I don’t dance”, was Jack’s explanation of why he didn’t ask her out), but he thought she was pretty and I’m pretty sure he might have had a crush on her. They stayed friends through college and finally towards the end of school things started to change. Tori started to notice things about Jack that maybe hadn’t struck her quite that way before and soon their friendship blossomed into romance. Well it’s clear that they were absolutely meant to be. I loved getting to know them as we climbed around Bear’s Den overlook along the Appalachian trail where Jack had proposed one rainy afternoon. They brought their pup along too who was so obedient! Thankfully the rain was nowhere around the day of our shoot and it was the perfect summer evening.
Jack and Tori, you two are perfect together!! Can’t wait for your wedding in Harper’s Ferry this fall!
Who would have guessed that when Ariana’s dad, the pastor of a church in Columbia, Maryland, suggested to his daughter that she join a new church that was starting in College Park where she was studying, that she would meet the man of her dreams? Well that is exactly what happened. Jon Martin, a talented carpenter, was helping with the new church when Ariana joined. I don’t think it took very long for them to notice each other and soon it was clear that there was more than just a little interest. That interest blossomed into romance and now here we are, less than 3 weeks away from Jon and Ariana’s wedding day! God is good!
We met just a little before sunrise for these engagement photos back in April. (I know, I’m so behind but I was gone for 5 weeks with my family on vacation and when I go on vacation, I really go on vacation). Anyway, Jon and Ariana had already scoped out the location and had a few spots in mind. I love it when my clients own their session and have ideas. Ariana looked gorgeous and Jon is already doing such a good job looking out for her and taking care of her. They are so clearly smitten and in love – so adorable! It was a lovely morning and my subjects made it even lovelier.
Thank you Jon and Ariana for allowing me to be part of your journey! I cannot wait for your wedding!