The story of how Sami Jo & I met is different from any of the other clients I’ve had so far…

I do music photography (it’s actually how I started out with photography), and one of the bands that I often shoot and have built up a relationship with is a band out of Minneapolis called Quietdrive. I shoot their live sets whenever I can, and have done three promo sessions with them. They’re great guys, you should check them out. Anyway. Sami Jo is a friend and fan of Quietdrive as well, so for several years, Sami Jo has seen my work through Quietdrive. We’ve chatted online, but never met, since Sam lives in Des Moines, and I’m in Chicago.

Then one day, we realized that she was getting married soon, and while she already had a wedding photographer, she didn’t have anyone to take engagement photos. We quickly plotted that engagement photos should be taken, and what better way to do it than to plan it around a Quietdrive show? Luckily (it was fate!) there was an upcoming Quietdrive show that was in the middle-ish of our locations, so we met up a bit before the show and rocked it.

These are the result. (more…)