Dallas Wedding Photography: What Does Love Look Like?

This is a bit of a personal post so you will have to indulge me just a little bit. Krista and I went camping over the long Labor Day weekend. We headed northwest from Dallas setting our eyes on the Palo Duro Canyon. I absolutely fell in love with the place, and I recommend everyone to go there even if you just drive through it.

Krista is, let's just say a city girl. I mean she grew up in Miami, FL so hiking and camping is just not her thing. Me....Boy Scout 100%. Give me a knife, some matches, and a bottle of water and I am good. But you know over the years Krista has gotten me to do a lot of new things. That is the real beauty of marriage. We each make the other person's life experience richer. So this time it was my turn.

We set up camp on the floor of the canyon. Then set out to grab some pictures as the sun went down. A note for all you aspiring shutterbugs. To get nice landscape shots shoot when the sun is low on the horizon. Either early morning or the last hour or so of daylight. Also if you under expose your image a little bit you get really saturated colors.

We headed back to camp, and I started a fire. We had some visitors. To which Krista did not like! But then again the stick bug was just resting on me...along with two praying mantis and some moths.....I tell you I am Dr. Doolittle even to bugs!

The next morning we were up, and hitting a four mile hike on the canyon floor. What an amazing place. A new post card around every bend. I took my Polaroid camera with me. You should have seen the looks I was getting as I was using it!

Krista did great on her first hike. I mean four miles in 95 degree heat is no joke. Lots and lots of water! But you know as wonderful as all of the new scenery was to me it would have been just a bunch of rocks and trees without someone special to share it with. I can say that after 13 years of marriage we are just now hitting our stride. It takes time, but the memories you make along the road of life together are just magical. We spent the whole weekend laughing about everything, joking about how we used to be. Remembering funny things, not so funny things then but funny now, and just enjoying still being in love with one another. My favorite part was our last night there. I took the cover off of the tent so we could just lay there and stare up at the stars together. We fell asleep under a blanket of stars that has seen many lovers do the same. So to me love looks like a starry night.

And to my wonderful wife.....I love you more now then yesterday, and the stars are witness to that.