Okay okay I’m not even sure where to begin with the sweetness. When Don reached out to me saying he wanted an anniversary photo session for him and his wife, I literally thought it was a scam.

It was just too sweet to be true!!!

But I decided to see where it went and responded to him. I was very quickly I was satisfied that he was not, indeed, a scam, but a genuine person who loves his wife very much and wanted to bless her with a date night experience with us.

Wow.

Don chose The Grand Hotel for their anniversary photo session and a darling house in downtown Mount Vernon that we had access to shoot at for the two locations. We were super excited to shoot at both of them because, I mean, just LOOK… but also because it was our first time getting to shoot in both places formally!

We started out taking photos at the Grand Hotel, and wow let me tell you it is a neat place!! Ian and I wandered through there around Christmas time and almost stayed there on our honeymoon. Everything is kept up so beautifully and it’s a place that kind of makes your mouth drop when you first visit. We definitely made use of the place, that’s for sure!

Don had told me that their favorite love song is, “Does Your Mother Know?” by Abba. Ian and I learned it by heart in preparation for the shoot and were inspired to do some of the poses off of lyrics from the song. 🙂

“Well I can dance with you honey

If you think it’s funny

Does your mother know that you’re out?

And I can chat with you baby,

Flirt a little maybe

Does your mother know that you’re out?”

I also embraced a lot of nostalgia when editing these and had a lot of fun. One of the most exciting things about this job is getting inspired by our clients.

One last funny thing – Don mentioned that he usually has a hard time smiling for pictures, but I don’t know what in the world he’s talking about. Give him his wife and let him focus on her and he’s grinning from ear to ear. Don & Gayle, thank you so much for choosing us and trusting us with your experience and photos! We hope these are a treasure to your family. We could tell that you both truly adore each other and it was an absolute delight working with you!

May God bless you!