It's a gorgeous Friday afternoon and I just had to share some of my excitement for the weekend! I've got a few family sessions and a rehearsal dinner tonight that I'm very much looking forward to, but the thing that has butterflies in my belly is the fact that tomorrow I'll be shooting a wedding alongside Tamara Lackey -- ahhhh! She is a photographer who I have admired for a long time now! Yes, its true. I'm still befuddled how the whole thing came about and the fact that she would even consider a little newbie like me! Most of the thanks goes her her associate photographer Rachel Garrison (also an incredibly talented photographer), who just so happens to be an old team mate of mine from the UNC crew team. We reconnected via Facebook, then finally over lunch a few weeks ago and it was awesome seeing that both of us had been lead to find/pursue our passion for photography since leaving Carolina. On top of all that I've got the huge-mongo 70-200mm/f 2.8 lens in my hands for the next few days, so it will be interesting to see how it is to work with such a monster of a zoom lens since I primarily shoot prime (50mm/35mm/28mm). So all that being said, HAPPY Friday... HAPPY weekend.... and as if that's not enough to be happy about, the photo below should do the trick :)