Remember how you looked at your spouse when you were first dating?  Or engaged or newly married?  When was the last time that you really stopped and looked at them like that?  For most of us, the answer is “I have no idea!”  I know it’s that way in our marriage – we are two busy professionals with two loud, demanding children!!  Romance?  What is that?  I first got the idea to do a couples shoot in my business when we were discussing going to Austin for vacation last year.  My friend Lyndsay of Life In Motion photography (fabulous photographer, check her out!) suggested we trade sessions with just our spouses and I loved the idea.  Sadly we didn’t get to go on the trip so I never got to do the sessions with her.  But it had piqued my interest and I wanted to try it on my own.  So I thought about it and even tried to recruit a couple but it fell through due to my busy schedule.  So when the new year came, I was determined to do it – a love session that focused on people who never focus on themselves anymore.  Something to remind a couple about why they got married in the first place – how gorgeous and special their spouse is, something to rekindle romance even if just for a few hours.

Thankfully when I put out some feelers again recently, Lauren emailed me within a few hours of my posting on the Fan Page.  So after several emails, they got a sitter and I met her and her husband Jay on Brown’s campus for some gorgeous evening light photos of the two of them.  I have to say that honestly, I don’t think I have ever had that much fun shooting a session.  I love my work, don’t get me wrong, I love love love working with kids.  But this session, shooting the way that I wanted, shooting the emotion that I love capturing with these two – it was just about photographer Heaven.  The scenery was to die for, the light was magical and Lauren and Jay have this chemistry still after almost six years of marriage and one child that I think we can all be envious of and that shone through repeatedly in their photos.

Engagements are great and fun.  But there is something about working with a couple who has been together.  It is a different kind of love that you are documenting.  And it is truly, truly wonderful.  I have two more couples lined up for these shoots so there will be more like these to come in the next few weeks.  In the meantime, enjoy Lauren and Jay.  And think about doing photos like these for yourselves at some point!!  I wish I could 🙂