.:justin & elaine:.

So you know those times when you meet people and you just know that they're going to be uber interesting? The type of people you wish you were friends with in part just to say you had friends that were *that* cool. That's Justin and Elaine.

Justin went to MSA (a nerd camp where Brian and I met oh so many years ago) and continues to teach the geeks there in the summers. He plays who knows how many instruments and is some big head honcho in the True/False Film festival here in CoMo. Not to mention his bride-to-be, Elaine, has to be one of the most beautiful, kindest people ever. When I asked Justin over the phone what kind of people to look out for when we were meeting them for the first time he said, "I have a beard and Elaine is very pretty." I think he summed them up perfectly. Elaine paints beautiful artwork (you can see one of her quick pieces over the mantle in a latter photo that she painted that morning) but has gone back to school to get a more "useful" degree in nursing (albeit a degree that makes me a little more squeamish) so she can work in the burn unit. They met when they were both dating other people but after their subtle flirting over the Lakota counter where Justin was working, eventually they figured out there was something more.

It's so fun to spend time with other "creatives" so when Justin mentioned to Brian some rumblings about a pie fight for their engagement photos I knew we probably wouldn't be doing traditional shots. And, sure enough, Sunday night we all had a blast creating all kinds of different non-traditional engagement shots and working to capture this absolutely fun and simple couple.

Here we are. Justin and Elaine. No one can accuse these of being traditional (okay except for one or two of them... but other than those).

(There is an entire sequence of photos for the pie fight. I'll post a link at a later date.)