Time flies way too fast sometimes. With way too much to blog about, I will be biased and give you a sneak peek of a photo shoot I did recently that resulted in me getting an awesome pair of mittens.
This story begins in the year 2004 when for the first time I met someone entirely off of the Internet; my friend Isabel (check out her blog, she knits and crochets http://wwwisabelandbenson.wordpress.com/2011/10/02/my-friend-stefan-is-a-talented-photographer/ where she kindly enough wrote about this portrait session that you will shortly see images from).
That summer I went to visit my relatives in Romania for a couple of weeks. According to Murphy’s law, the very day I left for Romania, Isabel, a fellow artist whom I met on deviantART, flew down to Kitchener (from her home in Mexico city) to visit her grandmother and cousins here in town. Luckily, by the time I returned she had not yet left for home. I am so glad we managed to meet up and spend the next three days exploring all of Kitchener, Waterloo and Cambridge by bicycle and rollerblades.
Years later, Isabel decided to pursue the mathematics program at the University of Waterloo, from which she graduated, not only with a lovely masters’ but also her boyfriend Ben! And this is where our story gets richer in photography. I met up with them a little while ago and we did a photo session. I really wanted to meet this Mr. Wonderful since every time I would talk to Isabel she would mention him, in a way, something along the lines of, “…oh and did I tell you about Ben? he is SO beautiful!”.
They were a little shy at first…
…but in no time we had tons of fun!
Isabel really seems to have a thing for Ben’s beard. She wouldn’t let go of it!
Love that defies gravity. It takes two people (both with a masters’ degree in mathematics …and), in love, to figure out how to get that one done.
We also went down to the railway tracks where Isabel got to try her hand at portrait photography. I’d say she has quite a promising talent and I am glad she decided to attend my Photographing Consciously Workshop.
Isabel taking pictures of us.
A very well composed portrait of me by Isabel.
Then when the two became somewhat adventurous and I had to fear for their well being I decided to call it a day and to drive us to the closest Starbucks and fill up on caffeine.
Such an awesome couple! Now that I shared this with you I can go finish my preparations for tomorrow’s workshop class.
