When I’m with my clients, I want them to feel at ease and have fun.  I’m so tickled when they are laughing and having a good time.  This weekend, I got to shoot a lovely couple, Mike and Kristen.  I asked Ruth to be my partner with the Kristin and Mike shoots and that also added to the delight.

Here are some sneak peaks from Kristin and Mike’s engagement session.  The photos are from Jacksonville’s Five Points District and Friendship Park.  Congratulations to this beautiful couple who is getting married in March at the Saint John’s Country Club in Saint Augustine.

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Client Testimonal: I absolutely love these photos!! You and Ruth did an awesome job! I can’t wait for the wedding pics!!

In the heart of Five Points, is a great little hippie or “import” shop called Midnight Sun Imports.  I love the rich and vibrant colors of these dresses (pictured, right) that were outside on the sidewalk.  I love the smell of incense that resonates in the front of the store. Mmm Nap Champa…. take a moment.  Can you smell it too?

I knew it was *love* when I entered for the first time and they were playing acoustic rockstar god/musical looping genius Keller Williams on the store’s speakers.   I was a freaker right by the speaker yearning for double decker double-wides.

From their site,

Midnight Sun is a retail store that specializes in unique handmade gift items from around the world. We have been in business for over 11 years, and are located in a historical district known as Five Points – Jacksonville, Florida.

In our shop we sell a wide variety of Sterling silver and gemstone jewelry; clothing – skirts, dresses, shoes, sarongs, yoga ware, furniture, wall and floor coverings, picture frames, photo albums, lanterns, natural body care, music, and incense. We hand select our products which are handmade and imported from a variety of countries. Our silver – gemstone and deity jewelry, clothing, and accessories come from Nepal, India, and Thailand. Most of our home furnishings we import from Bali, Indonesia.

Okay, enough gushing.

So in a little bit, I’m heading down to Five Points to meet up with some new photographers who doing a project called Broken Places.  According to Jaxscene,  this project is about,

“heading a photography and art project that challenges several photographers to search out and photograph Jacksonville’s abandoned, lost, rare, eerie, broken, or drab places and things. Each can add their own touch and post processing Styles.

This project is about discovery. When looking for the unknown nooks we will be stumbling upon lots of history and some of the weirdest anomalies in Jacksonville.”

Later tonight, I’m meeting up with the Jax Field Trip shoot in San Marco.

And tomorrow… more photography.  I love it! <3