I met up with Julie and Patrick on Monday with this grand idea of taking them to a secret waterfall in Glacier National Park for their engagement photos. In theory it was brilliant. And just a couple minutes into making our way I mentioned to them that we’ll just keep an eye out is there is a bear sighted roaming this general area, not specifically where we were going but nearby. We reached the creek and I looked up seeing piles of snow everywhere with water running under them. So I started devising a new plan when my little sister (who came along for fun) said to look up the hill. There she was. A huge mama grizzly and her cub making their way down to the creek and from there all of our plans changed haha.

Julie & Patrick didn’t seem bothered at all. Just whatever, they were along for the ride! I had such a blast with them. They were up for anything. Took my little direction on where to go and idea to “get into position” but really it was like this was their world and I was watching from the outside. Which is really how I want it to feel during a shoot. It’s so amazing to sit back and let people just be themselves and me capture them simply as they are without outside opinion or direction. I just think they are so beautiful.

And at the end they ran through freezing ice melt water rolling off the cliff side of the weeping wall. Holding hands and laughing the whole way. Afterwards Julie told me this was the most fun she’d had in a long time. But to me this really looked like every day for them 😉 They’re connection is undeniable and I could hang and photograph them all day, errrrr day.

XOXO

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