{Portraits} Dave & Savage the Horse

I contemplated calling this blog post "The Horse & His Man," as a tribute to C.S. Lewis and my love for all things Narnia.
But then I didn't think Dave would appreciate owned by a horse.

Anyway, Dave is longtime friend of the family. He lives in a beautiful stone house by a creek in Pennsylvania's Sugar Valley. (My favorite house in the whole state, but more on that later).

Dave has horses. I'm always up for a photographic adventure, so when Dave asked me for a portrait session including Savage the Horse, I jumped at the chance.
Figuratively jumped.
Not literally.
.... enough of my nonsense. Let's get on with this! ;)

Beautiful mountains I had to climb.

Hello there, deer.

Fields and fields of dandelions!





The many faces of Savage. Goofy!

Talking horse.

Nice. :)

Shy?



Surrounded by mountains.


Love it when the horse marches like this!




Enjoying the mountain views...


One last look.

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Dave & Tiffany {State College, PA Engagement Photography}

Dave + Tiffany.
They've been "together" for years. Since high school. And it's so obvious; this is the kind of love that lasts. Comfortable. Secure.

Love that gets each other's jokes.

Love that has those secret whispers. Love that still surprises.

Love that knows, the past has been good---the future will be better.


Circumstances kept preventing this particular engagement session. So when we *finally* were able to coordinate schedules and non-snowstorms on a lovely April Saturday morning, I felt like I had been looking forward to it for forever!! Dave & Tiffany are friends of friends & past clients, so we'd had introductions at Brian & Liz's winter wedding. It was so great to finally laugh & joke and spend some time with this funny/happy/pretty/handsome/super-fun couple!!


We wandered through Penn State's new arboretum.. beautiful in the springtime. And around Penn State campus.


Some black-and-white photo goodness... and I am convinced that I will never be able to write short blog posts. ;)


(Confession: I might have chased these cute lil ducklings for a minute). :)


Back to Dave & Tiffany... and my favorite photo series!!!

They're a little silly, too ;)

And really in-love. :)


Penn State's Old Main. Beautiful architecture... and then delightful pillars/shade.

He whispers to her, "You look really pretty today." Awwwwww.


Congratulations, Dave & Tiffany!! You were a delight to photograph, and I'm sure your wedding day will be just the same!! :)

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{Friday LOVE} Glory Clouds

I love these beautiful clouds. Every time I see them, I stop and think about Jesus. And His soon return. And I imagine that He may be coming on clouds such as these.



"Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory."
Mark 13:16

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