Caity and Will // In Love

I’m still steamrolling through all my Tennessee sessions, and next up on the list are my cousins Caity and Will. LOVE them. Love, love, love them. Caity emailed me when she found out I would be in TN to set up an “anytime” session for her and Will. Even though she loves her wedding photographs, she wishes that not every nice photo of the two of them that they have in their house involved tuxedos and a veil. (As a side note: Don’t stop investing in good photography after your wedding! Sometimes the small and simple parts of life are the most beautiful and memorable.) So, we worked out a trade. She works for a graphic design company, which works with artists and businesses to create products and protect copyrights and things like that. I think. Hmm. I do know that Caity won a paper plate design contest for Target- how cool is that?! You can go see her portfolio here. So anyway, in exchange, she’s going to design some sweet thank you notes for me. It pays to have talented family members. :)

Growing up, my brother and I loved spending time with Will and his sister Ellen. Ellen is 4 years older than I am, and Will is my age but 3 years older than Seth, so we always looked up to them so much. When we went to Nashville for Christmas, we would beg our parents to let us stay at their house for a few days. We felt so grownup, especially once Ellen could drive, shopping and going to movies and playing games and everything else. I wanted to dress like Ellen, and Seth wanted to listen to Will’s music and learn to play guitar. I miss those days.

But what I love is that now that we’re all grown up, some things may have changed, but my love and admiration for the Shinnick family has not. And just when I didn’t think it could be better, Caity joined our family. Before I ever met her, Aunt Paula and Ellen would go on and on about how much she reminded them of me. How we had such similar interests and style and personalities. And they were right! I knew we were meant to be cousins when we bonded over Harry Potter. When we met them for the shoot, Caity and I both showed up wearing yellow and gray striped sweaters from Target, jeans, and gray Converse. Because great minds think alike. Duh. I do wish we lived closer to Caity and Will. Jamie and I love hanging out with them so much. They’re just so fun and laid back and genuine. And it’s so evident how much they love each other. Between that and the fact that they’re ridiculously good-looking, photographing them was easy breezy. Because they both grew up in Franklin, we decided to shoot mostly in the historic downtown area, which is where Caity works and where the Shinnicks’ church is and…. well, it’s pretty much the place to be. :)

We love you guys…. and enjoy your photographs!

First we stopped in Caity’s favorite bakery, Meridee’s. So cozy and cute.

Connected to the bakery was this amazing Mexican restaurant, Sol. The colors were delicious. Thanks, bartender, for letting us use your space!

Love, love, LOVE.

Caity, you’re killing me. Stop being so beautiful.

p.s. To all future clients: Don’t forget to drink your coffee before your session! :)

And, as always, don’t forget to CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SLIDESHOW!

featuring one of my favorite Iron & Wine songs, “Love and Some Verses”