Caitlyn and Jasmine joined us at the NC Botanical Gardens in Chapel Hill for their engagement session, which was 90% getting bit by mosquitos, 8% asking them a lot of questions about their awesome tattoos, and 2% admiring Jasmine’s fabulous British accent. Jasmine grew up in England, but soon moved to California where she met Caitlyn. They lived on the same street since they were in middle school, where Caitlyn was pleasantly surprised to learn that Jasmine and her family did indeed take breaks during the day for tea. They are well traveled, having been to many different countries separately and together. Jasmine just got back from completing her master’s in Iceland, and Caitlyn travels all over as a photographer for the army (which sounds super interesting!). Together they make a fantastic, fun-loving and easy-going couple who proved to us via various lifts and Dirty Dancing-style jumps that they could have a long and promising career in Cirque du Soleil if they choose. Fans of: cheese, reading/writing, cooking, birds (Caitlyn), and bunnies (Jasmine). Not fans of: mosquitos, ebola, butterflies (Jasmine). Both great at: pretending the floor is lava. So happy to have had the opportunity to meet this beautiful couple and work with them on their engagement session! Also to introduce them to Locopops, which is important.
Category: Couples
Kristina and Chris found us online, scooped us up, and away we went to Jordan Lake for their engagement session where they ran around in the woods and in the water and didn’t complain about the mosquitos that were eating us all alive. Probably because they are adorable together and very clearly adore each other and it is the most wonderful thing in the world to hear them talk about their relationship despite me not being a particularly gooey-love-story sort of person. The way they tell it, they’ve been best friends since they were eleven, living in upstate New York. And they always liked each other, but they were still always in the friend zone, and always dating other people. But still secretly liking each other. But still not doing anything about it. Kristina went to college in South Dakota, and Chris went to college in New York City but ::insert dramatic romantic movie music here:: they never forgot about each other, reconnected after college, and the rest is adorable history. They are both super outgoing, friendly, cooperative, hilarious people who were the best subjects! We had a great time working with them and dodging the incredibly huge turkey vultures that were definitely stalking us in the woods.
It’s always the people who warn us repeatedly how awkward they’re going to be in front of the camera who are always the least awkward people in front of the camera. Elizabeth and Catherine are two pretty amazing people who are not at all awkward in front of the camera even though they insist that they are. They met playing rugby, and who now enjoy T-Rexes (is that the appropriate plural of T-Rex?) and narwhals and brewing their own beer. They listed off different types of beer they enjoy brewing and they all sounded complicated and involved, but also tasty (I don’t know what coffee oatmeal porter is but I like oatmeal). And considering that they’re going a hops plant in their garden, I think it’s safe to say that it’s serious past time. And you know what they say! Those who homebrew together stay together. If that’s not what they say, it really doesn’t matter, because Elizabeth and Catherine are getting married so now I’m making it a legit saying. This land that they’re on in this shoot has been in Elizabeth’s family since the 40s, and is full of gorgeous fields and also probably snakes but we didn’t see any of those (yay!). Elizabeth and Catherine are fantastic and hilarious people, and we’re super excited to have them as our wedding clients in December!