Just to give you a fair warning, this is a PG-13 post! This was one of my favorite shoots all year! It reminded me of the good old days back in college when I had a new project every week. My good friends Maria & Ashley were my faithful willing models and we were always going to crazy places to take pictures. Only back then, I was lugging around a huge 4×5 large format manual camera. Although I loved every minute of it, I must say I’m thankful that digital cameras have come so far. It was MUCH easier to climb around the bridge you will see below with my digital camera than it was with the large format.
Erin does some modeling on the side and when she asked me to take some shots of her for her portfolio, I was flattered and super excited. Although we had never met before the shoot, I knew a lot about her because she is engaged to my friend Aaron. Donny is actually going to be a groomsman in their wedding next Fall. To me, Erin is one of those people you feel like you’ve known forever after hanging out with her once. She was so nice and easy to get along with…and she’s not afraid to tell you what she thinks – I wish I could be more like that sometimes.
As you will probably tell from the images, Erin is a natural in front of the camera! We started at the railroad tracks and after getting yelled at & threatened by a mom who thought we were “completely inappropriate”, we moved on. Erin & I are convinced that they only way she could have even seen us is if she was following us and spying on us – oh well! She was not afraid to get down and dirty, and even though she was a little afraid to climb the bridge – she did it anyway. (And just as a side note, the bridge was completely secluded so there was no threat of anyone being offended by the bathing suit pictures).
Erin ~ you were awesome to work with and I look forward to getting to know you better! You are gorgeous and are going to be such a beautiful bride next year
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Erin & Aaron ~ engaged » Daphne Photo Studio - [...] though, they are very real, very fun, and very much in love. You may remember Erin from her modeling session I did last Summer…well now you get to meet her other half…Aaron the boy. Erin is very [...]
Jess (studio3z) - wowza!!! hot stuff! she is a beauty, and will be a gorgeous bride! my favorites are actually the first 2 shots. something about her hair/green sweater. awesome job Kelly!!
Erin Kelly - Kelly!!! So I just half woke up and sprang out of bed like “Ahhh! Kelly’s back and I think she blogged my pictures!!!” and seeing that not only was I right about that, but these are awesome!!! I had an absolute blast rolling around in that dirt and getting threatened by the soccer mom with you…you are the coolest chick and not to mention an incredible photog! These pictures are absolutely awesome! Can’t wait to see what you do for the wedding!