I had been acquaintances with Justine, a fellow Maine wedding and portrait photographer, for a year or so until I noticed her Christmas card photo that she had created for her 2013 Christmas cards. She had just attended a Star Trek convention (for those who don't know, I'm a huge Star Trek: TNG fan), and she had her photo taken with various cast members. I just about lost it when I saw her Photoshop "retouching" of her photo with Patrick Stewart:
When I saw the ugly Christmas sweaters she had Photoshopped onto her and Patrick Stewart's chest, I knew-- I had to become friends with this girl. I started to Facebook message her all the time. I hoped I wasn't being annoying, but I couldn't help it-- I had a friend crush on her, and it wasn't going anywhere. Luckily... the feeling was mutual. I can't say enough awesome things about this gal, and I'm pretty excited to be joining her next month to photograph a wedding in New York City. I've got to say, that sounds like more like fun than work to me!
We spent an afternoon together before a session I had in southern Maine, and we figured we should hit the town and play a bit with our cameras. It's rather easy to photograph Justine, as her personality is rather... large, in charge, and delightful-- all great things in my book! We laughed, frolicked, and took photos of one another in the Portland Old Port. It was, of course, a good time.
Here are a few of my favorites from that lovely afternoon. By the way, you can see some of the photos she took of me here!
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