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Thank you to my primaries

It’s been a crazy, fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants, balls-to-the-wall, non-stop year. I’ve grown immensely as a photographer and as a business owner and things just keep getting better and better. I really can’t express how grateful I am to the photographic community at large and the wedding photography community specifically for being so open, helpful and generally fantastic all the time. I have so so much to be thankful for and I haven’t even stopped talking about my business yet.

But even more specifically, I want to take this opportunity to dedicate my Thanksgiving to the amazing primary photographers I have worked with this year who have shared their knowledge, time and lenses.  I had the great pleasure of seconding for some amazing people this year and wanted to take a minute to say thank you.

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That one time at Dino

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this, but I’m a foodie.  I eat.  I eat a lot, that’s true, but more than eating quantity, I want to eat variety.  Give me a tasting menu any day.  If it’s weird, I want to try it.  I’m not the girl that gets the caesar salad everywhere to “compare”.  No, I want the broiled squid or the oxtail or something with the word “reduction” in it.  I’m rarely so happy as when I am tasting.

This one time, my husband and I were supping at Dino, a delightful little Italian restaurant in Cleveland Park.  David (my best friend) and I had a killer dinner there during Restaurant Week and I was hoping to recreate it with the hubs.  And the truth is, I have no idea what I ordered or what George ordered.  I have this vision in my mind of very crusty bread and a generous dish of olive oil to dip in but everything else from our plates is gone.  (If you go, you must search out the white anchovies – absolutely divine but absent from the menu on this occasion).

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Boston Lighthouse

I think I’ve probably done enough talking about all my travels, but wanted to share this image I took as my plane landed in Boston.  I didn’t even realize what was on the rocks down there when I was taking it – just liked the starkness of the scenery.  As we passed it, I realized it was a lighthouse and got kind of excited about the frame.  It’s interesting how different the world looks from up high.

boston lighthouse

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