So, Ali and I go way back. She was one of the first people I met in the America. We were both in the same visual journalism class and spent many an assignment together doing some “drive by shooting” and later a lot of studio portrait assignments that I still have the evidence from, but will most likely never be seen unless I need some blackmail material!
Just before graduation in 2005 Ali and Brian met and have been together since then. Because they have been living in the San Diego area since then I have not had as many opportunities to hang out or get to know Brian, but I was really excited to hear that Brian had popped the question and even more so when I was asked to shoot their wedding on 9.10.11.
This was a great opportunity to shoot some very special images of Ali and Brian and to spend some time with them as a couple and not in a large group setting as it usually goes. Brian was an excellent model, taking direction very well, and was rather funny to boot. And Ali, well I must already have over 5000 images of Ali over the years, but these are by far my favorites!
I know that their September wedding is going to be gorgeous and am looking forward to Ali’s bachelorette party in 3 weeks as well!!! 🙂
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P.S Is that not the coolest ring?!? Ali had is specially made after her love of Calla Lilies.
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Awesome! Of all the times Nicola has photographed me, this was by far my favorite shoot. Love the images & can’t wait to see how she captures our wedding 🙂
Great shots guys!!!
[…] Here’s me & my fiance, Brian. The one, the only, the man I’ll be spending the rest of my life with. My good friend, who I met while attending Brooks Institute of Photography, Nicola Borland, took these fabulous photos for our engagement session. Naturally, she will also be taking photos at our wedding. And since I’m all about sharing more of my personal life with you all, you can definitely expect to see some of those images on the blog as well. To see more of our engagement photos, visit Nicola’s blog. […]