the journal of love stories

Neither of them had any expectations on that balmy night in July as they attended the 10th anniversary party for mutual friends of theirs.  They met for the first time and, somehow, all either of them remember from that night was that there was something different about each other. Different enough that it was as […]

A few weeks ago I met up with Julie and Stephen very early on a sunny Monday morning for a sunrise anniversary session. Stephen and Julie are missionaries to Africa that were heading out of town a few days after our shoot, and a sunrise shoot was the only time that worked for both of us. But as […]

She moved to Liberia to work with the United Nations and one night while dancing her friends introduced her to “the sweetest guy in Liberia”, which she would jokingly refer to him as every time she ran into him after that. Yaniv was also working in Liberia after leaving his home town in Tel-Aviv. Although […]

It was a day to remember, of that there is no doubt. With unforeseen circumstances and challenges that could not have been planned for or predicted, Jen finally made her way down the sunny aisle an hour and a half later than she was originally supposed to. Stress levels were high all morning but as […]

The rain fell slowly and steadily, trying it’s best to dampen the mood of their day but as Alex put on her veil and final touches, she was all smiles. She may not have been able to say her vows outside atop a high hill, as she had hoped, but she knew that the only […]