Gabrielle - Portrait Sessions

One night, I was invited to the local bar & grill by a friend. While I was at home deciding whether to attend or not, my future soulmate would be sitting there waiting patiently! This portrait photographer from Chicago was staring at a stack of edits but was also making good time, so I grabbed my keys and made my way.

I chose a seat just two spots away from her, where the both of us would be locked in a moment of impact that felt eternal. It was love at first sight; not in a fairy tale sense, but in raw human emotion that was interconnected in ways I never knew existed. Fast forward over six wonderful years and here I am, sharing our story with you today!

Gabi and I had a connection much stronger than the norm. It only took 11 days for us to mutter those three infamous words; I love you (yes, I said it first).  We were fueled by art and a sense of purpose to create – taking us on one adventure after another from Chicago to the Great Smoky Mountains.

She had done some modeling in her teen years, but found a passion in writing that resonated deep within her soul. Her poetry has the ability to inflict emotion at a moment’s notice, taking the reader through the lightest and darkest corners of her mind (ig: @gabiwantswine). She rediscovered her love for modeling when we met and it became a form of communication between us. The more we shot together, the more she became interested in photography as well. After years of apprenticeship behind the camera, she is now my second photographer! My life is picture-perfect and I have these photographs for proof.

My muse, my heart, my life, my wife.