Mallory & Joey // Irwin, PA Engagement Photographer

It’s funny how two lives can travel such close & similar paths and yet never intersect until just the right time. In Mallory & Joey’s case – their paths included the same highschool, same teachers, same hallways, same small town, and the same friends. And yet, life wouldn’t bring them together until years later.

But when their paths did intersect, nothing could stop them from staying together. It all started with a simple Facebook message: Joey decided to message Mallory, completely out of the blue, “Hey, whatsup?” She was sitting on her couch, on her computer, when the chat box appeared. Who is this guy? she wondered. Curious, she messaged him back, “Not too much, you?” and thus it started.

Facebook messages turned into long conversations that unveiled a whole list of similar interests, mutual friends, and identical passions. How could two people have walked such closely related paths & never met each other? And in their small town, it seemed even stranger that their paths had never crossed before.

Those long conversations then turned into a date at Applebee’s and a little over a year later, they made it official that they wanted to continue to walk the same path for the rest of their lives.

Late last fall, we hiked all over Mallory’s family’s property for their engagement photos! We had such a fabulous time and enjoyed some of the prettiest golden hour sunset light that I’ve ever seen! A fun sidenote, if you’ve followed along with my business for a little while, Mallory might look a tiny bit familiar. That’s because I photographed her brother’s wedding in 2015 (see Liz & Mike’s wedding highlights here!) I am so excited that 2017 is bringing me back to work with 3 incredible families that I’ve previously photographed! Seriously, it truly doesn’t get much better than that! I have the more amazing job!

We kicked off our afternoon with football jerseys! If you can’t tell, they are huge football fans, but they both have different favorite teams! Every house should have a good rivalry I think!