Here are Whitney Moyer and Matthew Harding!  We had a really great egagement shoot at the beach in Clearwater.  We're looking forward to their upcoming wedding at the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, DC this Fall!

Here's Leslie Hooker and Mike Wayson!!  I've known both of them since high school.  Leslie is my good friend Lauren's younger sister and she was even on my swim team!  She graduated from FSU and currently works in Tampa.  Tyson and I got to know Mike at UF during a spring break skiing trip.  He's currently getting his doctorate at UF in Medical Physics.  We had a blast shooting them!!  We can't wait for their wedding!!

OK - now this is Tyson taking over the writing of this post.  If you are reading this and you live in Malaysia, you might want to read this before you go any further: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_–_Florida_State_football_rivalry.

To some of you who live in or are familiar with the state of Florida, the above picture may be confusing.  How can a Gator and a Seminole look so happy together?  Well, let's just say there was some major "Photoshop" work done to the above picture.  It took Julia several hours to merge two photos into the one you see above. 

Once I convinced them that they should appear together in shots for their engagement photos, things got a little tense: Gator Chomp vs. Tomahawk Chop

Obviously, a clear winner.  I mean, what kind of college athletic team's hand gesture doesn't even have a dedicated Wikipedia page?  Please.

The Seminoles weren't too happy with this outcome, but they have learned to cope with disappointment (hmmm...is that too harsh?).  After I declared the winner of this non-contest, the opposing parties reluctantly agreed to put aside their differences for the sake of love.

However, try as they may, the reluctance continued until they later changed into less controversial outfits. As you can see in these next shots on a dirty, rotting, rat-infested couch, it is evident that Leslie is still a bit uncomfortable being embraced by a man in a Gator sweatshirt.

Congrats, Leslie and Mike on your engagement!!  Go Gators!!! ;)

I don't think we've ever had an engagement post this long!  I just couldn't decide on my favorite pictures.  I think this first one is close to the top though.

I went to middle school with Susan and think this is the first time I've seen her since!  Well, since then, she's met a wonderful guy - a Gator!  John actually works for the University of Florida Athletic Association, and part of his duties include traveling with and covering our Gator football team.  We shot them at Susan's family's awesome horse ranch.  Susan - you look great!  I was so excited to catch up with you!  We had a great time shooting you guys and look forward to your wedding!!

And if you're reading this and your name is Tim Tebow, then we're going to have to give John and Susan a big discount on their wedding pics... :)

Her ring...

Check out this awesome couple - Katherine Williamson and Paul Byra are two doctors.  Paul is in his third year of residency and Katherine is in her last year of med school.  Can doctors look this good?!!  Katherine and I ran track & cross-country together in high-school.  It was so good catching up with her and meeting her fiance!!  Congrats Katherine and Paul!!!  So happy for you!!

And on top of having smarts and good looks - they have no problem standing in the rain when getting their picture taken.  I know you can't see it - but it was raining a decent amount in the picture below and they're just being totally cool listing to Tyson's directions!