I just returned from a trip to Austin to visit one of my very dear friends, Sharon. Sharon and I have been friends since 1995. She's one of those friends where you may not chat for a few weeks or months, but when you do, you pick up right where you left off and not miss a beat. During my visit, I started to reflect on our friendship and how meaningful it was to me. I was amazed to realize that we've known each other for so long and then to also realize how our lives have changed in so many ways yet our friendship has pretty much stayed the same. I feel that I have Sharon to thank for steering me to one of the greatest passions of my life - photographing weddings. It sounds like a perfect vision but Sharon's wedding didn't go that smoothly - in fact, I remember that I had to ask guests for their film in order to photograph the wedding itself as the film that was purchased for the wedding was accidently left behind by the Groom (sorry Brad!!)..... It was the fact that the wedding day was so real and so spontaneous that I fell in love with wedding photography. Despite the fact that the film was borrowed from the guests, it was still a day filled with love and laughter, joy and surprise. In fact, to this day, we laugh about the "forgotten film". The friendship that I have with Sharon perfectly identifies with the entire vision of L'amour de Vie, which is photographing relationships and documenting emotional connections, whether between friends and lovers, husbands and wives, children and parents and every meaningful step in between during this great journey we call life. Here are a few photos from Sharon's wedding (YES, that IS a soft focus filter......I KNOW!).....and some recent photos of Sharon with her son and baby #2 on the way....
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