June 8, 2025
This session was an unexpected one to say the least and wildly last minute. Sometimes as photographers we get hit with inspiration and will do anything to fuel it, this was one of those sessions for me. I randomly bumped into this adorable couple and tossed out, what us football fans refer to as a “Hail Mary” , It worked! The next morning we were all headed to the river!
The Rivanna River
Maddie and Jake took a chance and allowed a complete stranger to capture a small fraction of their sweet story. We had plans to meet pretty early in the morning down by the Rivanna River in the city of Charlottesville. Both J & M were ready to go, they said they wanted to feel like little kids again!
Leading up to the morning I was watching the weather like crazy, I knew I wanted the two of them to play in the river and have the best time. However, with a massive storm that randomly decided to make its way our direction the night before had me a bit nervous. The river will become super brown and gross after a huge storm and will flow even faster, resulting in not the safest of places to play around in.
Thankfully it all worked itself out, yes we had a storm, NO it wasn’t so bad that these two weren’t able to play around! It ended up being a perfect morning and what’s even crazier. As we were walking out to the rope swing spot Jake told me they had just stated dating 2 weeks ago. I froze and look at them like I was going crazy! 2 weeks and you agreed to model for a photoshoot?! That’s insane and I’m so hear for it!
I took this session on as if I was filming a movie. Focused on their connection with one another over anything else! I’m not lying when I mention the sparks that were flying were out of this world!
I loved doing a cinematic fun little session like that and would love to have the chance to do another, if you are would like to feel like stars of your own movie I’d love to chat!
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