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-Buy a bike.

It was on her to-do list. She was moving to a strange new town, and she promised herself she’d make an effort to get out and explore it.

She knew exactly what she wanted as she stepped through the doors of the local bike shop, eyeing the first row of wheels and rubber. And then he walked over to help her out, and she wasn’t so sure it was the bike she wanted anymore.

A test ride was in order, so she returned the next week. On a rainy day. While the water poured outside, their conversation flowed beyond spokes and pedals in the shop.

On April 5th, 2008 they took their first ride together. On April 5th, 2009, they took another bike ride–one of many they’d taken–and James asked Lindsay to be his wife.

I had so much fun last night with Lindsay and James taking their engagement photos in downtown Pittsburgh. I LOVED hearing their story of how they met, and I thought it was awesome that they brought their bikes along for the shoot. Although it was my first time to meet them, we actually have a connection through Lindsay’s brother, Eric. He’s the dad of these two cuties and a good friend of ours.

One of my favorites.

James really liked a photo he had seen that I had taken here before. I love the cobblestones, too.

Funny story behind the bare feet. Lindsay and James both live in Virginia. On their way up to Pittsburgh they realized they’d left their cycling cleats at home. Oh well, I actually like the bare foot look!

James owns and run Black Dog Bikes. They joked they should now change it to Barefoot Bikes.

Can’t wait to see you two again in November!

It was girl’s night out for Jen, a Pittsburgh girl living in Virigina. And it was guy’s night out for Zeb when he looked across the bar and spotted her.

Fast forward a couple of years. Zeb steered his boat to a special spot–the place he and Jen had their first date on his boat. She wondered why he was stopping. And what was he digging for? What was he doing? She couldn’t hardly believe it–he was asking her to be his wife. The answer, obviously,was “YES!”

Last Thursday I met Jen and Zeb on Mount Washington to take some engagement photos. Their wedding was actually this past Saturday, so more to come from them.

Jen chose Mt. Washington because her parents were married at St. Mary of the Mount.

Nothing wrong with a man holding his lady’s purse.

After a while into the shoot, Zeb spotted a wall of rain heading our way. So, we had to cut things a bit short.