I have known Annie for as long as I can remember.  We grew up on the same street together and our families were friends.  We carpooled together, we borrowed text books from each other when one of us forgot ours at school, we played sports together, and we went to the same grade school and high school together.  When I was about 5 years old until I was probably about 8 (really, it was just an embarrassing amount of time in retrospect), I would go down to Annie’s house in my little blue jacket to see if she could come out and play.  The running joke between us is that she will always remember me in my little blue jacket.  I told her I might just show up to her wedding wearing a blue jacket ;)  When Annie asked me to shoot her wedding, I was thrilled!  

Annie is a pretty awesome person and she and her future husband, Brian, are both in the business of repairing musical instruments.  And I don’t just mean a kid’s flute they’ve beat up.  They’re working on big time things that cost tens of thousands of dollars.  Annie isn’t one to gloat but I pried enough and found out she is actually one of the top in the industry and she keeps getting bigger and bigger clients seeking her out to repair their instruments.  I’ve always been a bit jealous of her musical inclination, because guys, I can’t even read music, let alone play anything OR for that matter keep any sort of beat.  It’s pathetic.  Anyway, Brian and Annie both share their love of musical instruments and that’s actually how they met!  

There’s a bit of a height deficit between Annie and Brian.  He’s over 6 feet tall and Annie is just over 5 feet tall.  She chose to wear some wedge heels for the shoot to make an attempt at being *slightly* taller. Ha!  The best part is that they were Annie’s sister’s shoes.  Annie’s sister, Katie, passed away just over 3 years ago and I know she misses her dearly.  I have to say the way Annie speaks so highly of her sister and is able to laugh about the good times and the funny things like “stealing” your sister’s shoes is the best.  There’s so many ways to remember our loved ones who have passed and I think she handles the day in and day out with such grace.  

Brian is a romantic and Annie’s engagement ring is actually a family heirloom.  It is so fitting and true to Annie’s personality and style.  I couldn’t even picture her with a different type of ring!  I love the thought that went into that decision!  I can’t wait to photograph their wedding this Spring with all the details and funky awesome elements they’re incorporating to suit their style!