The circle of friends

This time last year, I swore I would never sign up for that silly thing called MySpace. I didn't understand everyone's fascination with it, not to mention I didn't have time to play on it. But then I kept hearing about how, like a blog, it was good for networking reasons for my company, so I gave in, swearing only for business networking purposes. Next thing I know, all these people from high school found me, and I have to admit, as much as I boycotted it, it's been great to reconnect with old friends.

One of those high school friends is Nicole. Even though we always knew who each other was, she and I never had a class together and never really hung out back then. But the past few months, we reconnected and have totally bonded over our love for photography. Nicole ended up marrying her high school sweetheart and now have two precious little kids, which of course, like any mom would, she became with obsessed with documenting her children's lives through the camera.

She now lives down in St. Augustine where I recently shot an engagement session for Debbine and Mike. So as an excuse to see her again after all these years, I invited her to lunch at my favorite restaurant, The Columbia, and to second shoot the session with me. We had so much fun going over old memories and shooting together! Nicole is just beginning her photography career, but she has an amazing eye for shots and I can't wait to see how her photography takes off more and more!

I thought it would be fun to post our senior pictures in the yearbook! While Nicole has always looked stunning as a blonde, I have no idea what I was thinking when I went bleach blonde during those years.



And here is a picture of us after the shoot enjoying some gelato after a long hot July day.



Thanks again Nicole for joining me!

Debbine and Mike's engagement pictures are coming next!