This past Sunday marked 10 years to the day that Ryan first asked me to be his girlfriend back in high school. (That’s right, high school sweethearts – you can all say “awww” now.) So we’ve officially been a couple for a DECADE. How crazy is that? It sounds like a really long time, doesn’t it? To me it really doesn’t feel like it’s been that long at all! All the memories of the early days of our relationship still seem so fresh. Our first real “date” took place on Valentine’s day, 1998. We hung out at Ryan’s house and watched Air Force One, starring Harrison Ford. And we held hands . . . how cute are we?
Our “dates” these days have taken on a new and interesting twist – we bring along our cameras! We started our day together on Sunday with lunch at Dilly’s Deli (a long time favorite of ours), and then we headed out to Tempe Town Lake to take some fun photos.
I decided to play around a little with the sun glare in the background for this one:
Then it was Ryan’s turn.
Then we headed down to Mill Avenue for a little variety:
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While I was shooting this . . .
Ryan was shooting this . . .
In this business, sometimes you’ve gotta get down and dirty to get the shot!
Probably two of my favorite shots of the day:
Once we ran out of light, I had to resort to window shopping :-) I totally love this shot that Ryan took of a shoe display in one of the windows! Can you say “product shot”?
We finished off our night with dinner at Z-tejas (yummy!) It was a great day! We don’t have a lot of weekends off to spend together so it was really fun to have the whole day for just the two of us!
And of course, I can’t write a post about our decade anniversary, without at least one blast from the past . . .
This was our first high school prom :-) Actually, it’s kinda of strange, but I know the exact date this photo was taken – April 25th, 1998. Exactly six years later, on April 25th, 2004, we became man and wife.
It’s been ten years and we’re still just a couple of crazy kids in love! My prayer for all of you is that you may be as blessed in love as we have been these past ten years :-)
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Denise:
Your photos are very creative. You have to use your tripod more often in order to shoot a smaller f/stop to get greater depth of field for when you shooting up close.
General rule: Always use a tripod.
Thanks for the tips Bob! I certainly agree, however a tripod is not often convenient for my shooting style. I love having the freedom to move around :-)
WOW has it really been ten years?? I remeber so clearly that ride to Winter Camp on the bus with you two, you were the cute “new couple” of the group… I guess that means now you’re the cute OLD couple! ;)
I remember that too! Doesn’t seem like it’s been THAT long! What can I say, I guess we’re just OLD!!!