I've met a ton of people in the past few weeks, but Stephanie is something else. This girl is moving overseas and getting ready to start a bold new chapter of life. Partially for her family back home and to document the change, we did a little mini session here in Richmond during a particularly beautiful evening. When I say mini, I mean, like, five minutes. This girl is beautiful!
RICHMOND, VA
Each morning for the past week I've had to remind myself it's still summer. I wear pants and sweaters and it's glorious. For some reason Richmond seems to think it's fall. I'm staying about thirty minutes outside the city, and the isolation is wonderful. Internet connections (that work well) are hard to come by out here, so I've just been studying, designing and taking in the beauty around me, both people-wise and naturally.
This is my first time to Richmond, and when looking for things to do in a new place, I usually start with food. Since I've been orienting and working a good bit, it's been difficult to find time to get to the city to explore. So far the highlights are simple: a food truck night in Short Pump, and a walk around Belle Isle, a beautiful island park. Driving the streets definitely had me hungry to explore more of this old city.
My favorite part about going through orientation with all these beautiful people is getting to know their hearts. Each person here has a love for the nations like nothing I've seen and it's a joy to get to work and praise God with them as a family. Sorry, not sorry for the tattoo picture.
BOILING SPRINGS, SC
This past weekend I road-tripped hard. Not far, but hard. Starting in Cary, I tripped down to Charlotte, across to Greenville, skipped over to Clemson, then landed in Boiling Springs. I headed back through Charlotte the following day to get back home to Raleigh. The weekend's premise was video work for a wedding, where I happened to take a few shots of the beautiful bride and some other details. It was a beautiful, emotional day, and I know I'll probably cry when I edit all the footage this week. It really was a very full weekend. I'm sad that I didn't take more pictures as it was the last time I was able to see several friends. Nonetheless, here's a little peak into the weekend.
