Liberio Fun

A few weeks ago, in church, one of the pastors was trying to make a point. He said, "Friendships take time to build. You're never just instantly friends with someone."

Ashley Liberio and I looked at each other and laughed because, for us, that was exactly how it happened. By the current girlfriend code, I was required to hate all ex-girlfriends of my then-boyfriend, which I did an excellent job of (even criticizing her choice in tank top one night at church, only to get home and realise that I owned the same one). When the boyfriend and I broke up, I still had to hate her, because it's a rule.

Then, just before Thanksgiving, I came in to church, sat down at the kitchen table where Ashley happened to be, and I couldn't tell you how it happened, but we had a conversation about the chocolate crumb cheesecakes I was going to cover in raspberry pinot noir sauce for dessert over the holiday, and BOOM! We were friends. Like that. In an instant.

Since then, it has twice been my pleasure to photograph my lovely friend. Here are the grad photos I did for her and her brother AJ in early April. Ashley's boyfriend, Ryan, also tagged along.






The thing about Ashley is that she's always the centre of attention. Not in a bad way at all. But when you're trying to get decent photos of other people, too, it can get a little challenging!











I would have LOVED to have been a fly on the wall in the Liberio household...















I really wish I could tell you what was going on here... but that would just spoil it.