First impressions.

I’ve known Amy for a couple of years now through the online wedding photographers’ community. I didn’t know much about her aside from her thoughtful posts and intelligent responses in community discussions.

Over the course of 2008 I got to know Amy a lot better. I met her in person for the first time one day before our wedding. Amy flew alone all the way from Wisconsin to San Francisco to hang out with a bunch of people she had never met and celebrate our wedding. I was impressed with her boldness, generosity, and willingness to take a chance. She was also fantastic to fill in with Marina when we had some family photo chaos during the Sofreh Aghd section of our wedding

As a former professional dancer, Amy was totally at home crazy dancing with all of our Persian family. Everyone loved her and wanted to set her up with their sons even though she is happily living the American Dream, complete with handsome husband and cute son. (I think they actually have a white picket fence in their yard.)

Amy and I are very different. Our professional work is pretty much opposite. When I tend to be painfully direct and unfashionably inclined, she is a graceful, stylish, classically tempered beauty. When we work together shooting a wedding, it’s really interesting to see how each of us complement the other person’s work and how we challenge the other to consider an alternate viewpoint.

I’ve really enjoyed getting to know Amy G and I am looking forward to spending some reflective time together having adventures and refreshing after a year of growth and change in our personal and professional lives.

This is Amy. She’s fantastic.