One of the really great things about living in Pensacola, my 'hometown', is that I have the awesome opportunity to serve the community that nurtured me for so many years. As a photographer I've been able to give back through donating my time and talents to local arts and nonprofits in the area - and while that work is always personally rewarding, there is nothing quite as special to me as being asked to photograph the important times in the life of an old friend. It is the greatest honor and carries me long after the wedding day itself. I've been known to flip through Facebook galleries of weddings we shot for old high school friends years ago and get all gushy... don't judge. There's something new and wonderful about growing up and seeing parts of your past begin to come full circle. I imagine it must be what parents experience every day...
Well, you can imagine my complete exhilaration upon receiving this email about 10 weeks ago...
"Hi Meg,
It's Claire xxxxxx, and I just described you to my fiance as the girl who was Cinderella when Gary was Prince Charming :) I just got engaged about a week and a half ago, and we're planning the wedding for January xxxxx at xxxxxxx. I've had so much fun looking through your portfolio on your website, and we would love to talk to you about being our photographer for the wedding, if you're available. We're still talking about the possibility of engagement photos and whether we would want those done professionally... If you could just let me know how you usually do this, that would be great!
Thanks!
Claire"
As the note mentions, when I was 15 years old I played Cinderella opposite Claire's older brother Gary in a community theater production of Rodgers and Hammerstein s Cinderella**. Claire was a little girl then ... maybe 8 years old? ... and I remember her as being the sweetest little thing. At her engagement session she recalled us dancing together - waltzing, I believe - during some down time at rehearsals. The thought that in a few short months I will be photographing Claire dancing with her real life Prince Charming makes me a little teary eyed...
It's with a warm heart that I would like to introduce you to Claire and Zach. |
Claire + Zach
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Engagement Session
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April 23, 2011
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Pensacola, FL
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| This last photograph was taken in the same spot where Zach proposed to Claire. *love* |
| ** On a different note, we recently shot the wedding of another bride that was in that same production of Cinderella way back when... I think I just might have to pull a few production photos of the three of us from the depths of my high school closet and post on here. It's a small world, no? |
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