kiss the girl.

kiss the girl., originally uploaded by mjkimmel.

Taken at Stow Lake in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, Ca.

Taken with my new wireless shutter release remote.

My husband bought me one before I arrived :)

I haven't really taken very many portraits of myself, I haven't taken any pictures of couples.

So i suppose you should know, this was my first time. My first time to attempt at any type of couple portrait photography.

Taken for my own wedding.

I was a lot of work, which was ok, because it was an elopement.

There wasn't any pressure to please anyone other than ourselves.

The only pressure was that of avoiding rain and unexpected cold weather. It was rather romantic to set up tripod and browse through shots with the hubby.

It was endearing watching matthew learn how to 'frame a shot' aka compose the frame before shooting.

giving him a basic rundown of what to look for in the window.

all in all. I am pretty pleased with how my photographs turned out, I can say in confidence that Matthew and I took our own wedding photos.

We are moving across many states from Kansas to California and I am excited and ready for this new adventure.