fayetteville {exploring}

so tonight i was bored enough to drive around town and try to find some good photoshoot locations around town. i checked out a few different areas, and there are a LOT of really pretty places in this town! downtown is just to die for, and the fayetteville technical community college campus is beautiful as well. i'm convinced every corner of this city has a fountain in it. they're everywhere! i'm a big fan of sunlight {thanks to katie} and in texas it wasn't very hard to get good sunlight, seeing as there weren't many trees around...well, here, there are trees alllllll over the place, and they're TALL too. so the sun is a little harder to get in the photo. and it's pretty much always cloudy here too so that puts a damper on sunlight. i'll live! 

as i get more familiar with the area i'm sure i'll find more locations, but for now this was a lot of fun and a learning experience for me. i only got lost once! :)

FTCC

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churchill rd.

downtown

fayetteville linear park

downtown

-mel

romeo + anissa + sophia {family}

this was my first shoot here in fayetteville and it was a lot of fun :) it took a while for sophia to open up and smile for me, but when she did it lit up the world. their puppy was ADORABLE too! i need one in my life. 

-mel

a send-off {military}

this day was bittersweet to me - my husband left for afghanistan for too many months for my taste...but it was my first chance to capture military moments on my camera, and i loved it. it was heart-wrenching seeing a man say goodbye to his newborn child, and knowing how many of these brave men were leaving their children at home and their wives behind. it's sad, but at the same time, you can't help but be so proud...so proud that a lot of these men do this because they want to...they like their responsibility. and that's what makes our country the best <3

i'll miss you, sergeant harshbarger <3

andrew was the only guy who didn't make a ridiculous face when i took his picture alone.

i love this.

mine, liz's and october's brave husbands "modeling"

my next goal is to photograph a homecoming. i can't wait to capture all that emotion and love on camera. just the thought of it makes me so excited! there's one coming up sometime this month, so i'm going to try my hardest to make it there, and hopefully make some new clients while i'm at it :)

-mel