TALK ABOUT BEING BLESSED...A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS JUST STARTING PHOTOGRAPHY, I WOULD ALWAYS LOOK AT OTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS WORK AND HOPE TO ONE DAY BECOME AS TALENTED AS SOME OF THE OTHERS. ONE OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHERS WORK THAT CAUGHT MY EYE WAS BENE'S. FROM THE DREAMY BLUR, TO THE VIBRANT, CONTRAST COLORS, I LOVED IT ALL. FROM THEN ON I FOLLOWED HER WORK,  AND WATCHED HER SHOOT AT WEDDINGS I ATTENDED, BUT WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT THAT WE WOULD BECOME GREAT FRIENDS.

TAKING PHOTOS FOR ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHER CAN BE FUN, BUT SCARY. "FUN" BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU'LL HAVE A GREAT TIME CHATTING ABOUT CAMERAS, LENSES, ISO, SHUTTER SPEEDS, AND ALL THAT OTHER PHOTOGRAPHY STUFF. YET, ITS "SCARY" BECAUSE EACH PHOTOGRAPHER IS DIFFERENT AND HOPING YOUR "STANDARD" MEETS THEIR "STANDARD". 

I WAS ABSOLUTELY HONORED TO BE ABLE TO SHOOT THIS SESSION FOR HER BIRTHDAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BENE!! THANKS FOR BEING SUCH A GREAT PERSON, AND MOST OF ALL A WONDERFUL FRIEND!!!