Today is my parent's anniversary.

36 years of marriage - today.

36 years of solid commitment - that has lasted through joy and pain.

Literally.

This weekend, I got to watch a marriage start.

The beautiful relationship started with a beautiful wedding.

And maybe I appreciated it more because I'm in a relationship myself...

But maybe it meant more to me because I know that soon.... sooner than I'd like... soon, I will watch a marriage end.

And that hurts.

It leaves me on my knees with my hands out.

But instead of staying there... I will rise to join my parents....

In lifting high the name of Jesus.

Jesus. Him whose marriage feast will never end.

One day soon.

Revelation 19:7

Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready.

At school, we got to do a fake wedding for class.

Trying hard to capture emotion and intimacy between two people that didn't know each other was hard.

I had to make it up.

And as much as I love creating moments...

If there's no connection... there's no real emotion.

Not necessarily to the viewer, but to the subject - the person being photographed.

My photography is more than just capturing great images... it's a way of creating moments you'll remember....

And pictures help.

(But working with models is fun... )  :)