Last February I was attending my very first photography convention, WPPI in Las Vegas. I was enjoying the trade show & after parties so much to the point that I wanted to have some more fun so I decided to crash a “workshop after party” at Rouge inside the MGM Grand. Little did I know at the time it was hosted by Scarlett Lillian.
We briefly talked with each other, and later on that night I added her on facebook. It wasn’t until this recently when I noticed she twittered something about her faith & responded. This opened up the door for the two of us to start communicating via email. In these emails were stories of our commonly shared faith in Jesus Christ, favorite music… we both love Jeremy Camp and dare I say N*Sync! Through our long emails, which stretched past 5 paragraphs every-time, our fingers grew tired from typing and this led to video chat for weeks followed by texting throughout the day.
After all of our communication, Scarlett informed me that she was making a trip to Nor-Cal to shoot a wedding and she was coming to San Diego to shoot an engagement session! What started with just hanging out as friends then turned into a few fun “date nights” followed by a few amazing shoots around San Diego & Orange County. Through our time together, we realized we had so much more in common!
Our trip first started when I picked Scarlett up from the airport. The amazing thing about our relationship is we have Christ as our center. The very first thing we did was worship Jesus at church together. The last thing we did before she went home that next Sunday was worship Jesus together. I knew that our connection to each other was something more than personal love could ever control and it’s a feeling between two people that can only be felt when you have Jesus in the middle of “everything”. As we heard the words of “From The Inside Out” being played, we opened our eyes, looked at each other and with tears running down both of our faces we knew that it was God’s love that brought us to be together.
I was lucky enough to take a few portraits of Scarlett during her visit to San Diego. I am so excited to have the opportunity to share them with you!
by Stephen
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