I’m not sure if I’ll get the opportunity to post this entire session and because I have people wanting to see more, I thought sharing the full sneak peek might be satisfying. 🙂

I shared one image from Peggy and Gene’s 50th anniversary session sneak peek on my JFP Facebook page yesterday and it received 106 likes, reached over 3800 people, and comments like “I’m tearing up” and “great gift idea” and “this is a portrait of true love.” I don’t normally get this kind of reaction from my images, so I think the words and the image (plus others) that I did post are worth sharing again in a blog post…

Peggy’s advice for making a 50-year marriage: “Don’t give up.”

Yesterday’s session was a first for me. Peggy and Gene celebrated 50 years of marriage in March and their daughter gifted them a portrait session to capture who they are as a couple now. We walked in the field below their house, picked up sticks in their front yard (need to make the land safe for mowing!), looked through their wedding album and pictures of their grandkids, and Peggy worked on a quilt (for her granddaughter). We did all the things they enjoy doing. And while I found myself a little nervous because this was such a new thing for me, I was immediately comforted by Peggy and Gene’s happiness in the simple things. Just the two of them living in the home they built together, continuing to enjoy each other and keeping family a priority.