Sometimes, when you meet people, you feel instantly comfortable. Like you've known them your whole life and can swap life stories as easily as a pair of heels. I'm a size eight, you're a size seven, but I can squeeze. Your lives couldn't be more different, yet more similar, and you can switch from laughing over something as silly as embarrassing stories, to cry over some serious hurts and life changes. They're the kind of people who get you, the real you, and love you for who they are, while pushing you to be better.
Olivia is one of those people. We've been friends for a few years in the blogging world but became real life friends at Jessica's Summer Adventure Internship. Early monday afternoon, we picked her up at the airport with a homemade sign welcoming her and hugged and laughed and sang in the backseat. The whole week was spent that way. Tuesday afternoon, we floated on tubes in the lazy river and spilled stories like glasses of milk, except these weren't the kind you cried over. I can't remember laughing so hard in my life.
The very last day, Madeline, Olivia, and I stood in the airport with our suitcases in hand, wearing a slight sunburn, and feeling excited and nostalgic and sad and happy all at once. My flight left a few hours before Madeline's and Olivia's departed, and it was one of the hardest things to say goodbye to them. We snapped one more phone picture, hugged and said goodbye, and I watched them head to their separate terminals to wait. The best thing about blogging is meeting people from all over. The worst thing about blogging is meeting people from all over. Having to say goodbye to two of my best friends and not knowing when you'll see them next, except over fuzzy Skype calls with funky audio is hard.
That's when I love having pictures to remember. We took some portraits Monday night and I wish all ten of us girls at the internship could back and do it all over again. Olivia, I love you and miss you and can't wait to see you again. Come visit me in Minnesota? I'll buy y'all a baeg and we'll drink our Caribou coffee and laugh about inside jokes like what y'all are sending me for Christmas.
So, to cut a ramble short, some portraits of one of my best friends. Enjoy. :)
Olivia is one of those people. We've been friends for a few years in the blogging world but became real life friends at Jessica's Summer Adventure Internship. Early monday afternoon, we picked her up at the airport with a homemade sign welcoming her and hugged and laughed and sang in the backseat. The whole week was spent that way. Tuesday afternoon, we floated on tubes in the lazy river and spilled stories like glasses of milk, except these weren't the kind you cried over. I can't remember laughing so hard in my life.
The very last day, Madeline, Olivia, and I stood in the airport with our suitcases in hand, wearing a slight sunburn, and feeling excited and nostalgic and sad and happy all at once. My flight left a few hours before Madeline's and Olivia's departed, and it was one of the hardest things to say goodbye to them. We snapped one more phone picture, hugged and said goodbye, and I watched them head to their separate terminals to wait. The best thing about blogging is meeting people from all over. The worst thing about blogging is meeting people from all over. Having to say goodbye to two of my best friends and not knowing when you'll see them next, except over fuzzy Skype calls with funky audio is hard.
That's when I love having pictures to remember. We took some portraits Monday night and I wish all ten of us girls at the internship could back and do it all over again. Olivia, I love you and miss you and can't wait to see you again. Come visit me in Minnesota? I'll buy y'all a baeg and we'll drink our Caribou coffee and laugh about inside jokes like what y'all are sending me for Christmas.
So, to cut a ramble short, some portraits of one of my best friends. Enjoy. :)
gorgeous. love these, hannah! she's gorgeous! I wish we could all meet each other and take pictures and live in the same neighborhood and be a huge family. that would be amazing.
ReplyDelete♥ kailyn
asdlosdlfkj. that's all I can say.
ReplyDeleteso first off: what you wrote is so true and so lovely. friendships are the best. and secondly: OLIVIA. you are STUNNING. these are beyond gorgeous! seriously so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThese are so pretty! She's got such a great smile, too.
ReplyDelete-Gabby
I love you Hannah. And I miss you like crazy. Anndd, this post made me cry. ;)
ReplyDeleteThanks for these pictures. You know I love them. :)
Olivia, I love you and you're so gorgeous. Hannah, these are sooo amazing. I love the story they tell, honestly, they just remind me OF HER. so real.
ReplyDeleteso, so beautiful. so in love. this girl is gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethese are amazing! so gorgeous!
ReplyDeletethese are so simple, hannah! loving your work & style. so close to tangeable...i can feel the wind in my hair and the water on my skin. amaaaazing what you do, girl.
ReplyDeleteoh, olivia, you are stunning. :)
ReplyDeletemy favs?
2, 3, 6, 7, and allllll the smiling/laughing ones. basically.. this whole post. :)
she is lovely.
ReplyDeleteadoring this post. :)
Ah, so gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHannah, your portraits are my faves! She is so lovely.
ReplyDeleteI love all of these, but I think the black and white ones are my favorite - especially the 3rd one. I actually know a girl who looks a lot like Olivia - very pretty. :)
ReplyDelete~bree
Olivia is gorgeous! Hannah, these pictures are beautiful. I just love the backdrop of the water. (:
ReplyDeletethese are beautiful. OLIVIA YOU ARE SO GORGEOUS. and Hannah, you're just perfect, that's all.
ReplyDeleteI love your words and she is gorgeous and your images are just breathtaking. I love this. :)
ReplyDeleteshe is so cute.. shesh. lovely photos hannah :)
ReplyDeleteHANNA I LOVE,LOVE,LOVE THE PICS ARE SO CUTE AND I ADMIRE YOUR WORK!!!!! I LOVE IT!!!!
ReplyDeleteWOW. I love these! :) Honestly, I don't think I'll ever get over how gorgeous, and stunning, and beautiful Olivia is. And....to tell the truth, when I first read her blog, I thought, "I wish she lived closer to me so we could be real life friends." <3 AMAZING job Hannah! =D
ReplyDeletechhhello. these are gorgeous. fantabulous job.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures :)
ReplyDeletel.o.v.e.
Lovely.
ReplyDeleteOhhhhh i love this story and these pictures!! LOVE ♥. I espesh adore the 2nd to last one, and the b&w ones. These are so beautiful Hannah!
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that you can feel that way about someone. I've had that experience multiple times and each time I feel surprised and delighted. You can tell that she's comfortable and at ease with you through these pictures.
ReplyDeleteshesh Olivia's gorgeous :) I love you and her so much! oh and we have your Christmas present all planned its gonna be awesome boom ba da boom :)
ReplyDeleteYes ma'am. It's pretty sweet... :)
Deletegoodness, these are awesome! I love the location you picked for the shoot - it is totally amazing!
ReplyDeleteeve @ essence of eve
I love finding people like that--who get you and totally understand who you are.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, you're photos are a.maz.ing!!
So lovely!
ReplyDeleteI love the secluded-ness of the first several, and the beautiful magnificence of the rest. She's so gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty. <3
ReplyDeleteI've noticed that you really like taking pictures of people with their eyes closed...
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Lovely. lovely. lovely. <3
ReplyDeleteOlivia is so crazy cute and adorable.
ReplyDeletethese are so gorgeous!! i especially love the ones with the log. and the first one is very expressive & wonderful. and the first paragraph is really super sweet. :)
ReplyDeleteabbie // xoxox
Hey Hannah, I got a photography questions for ya. :)
ReplyDeleteDo you shoot RAW, or JPEG? I'm guessing RAW, but I just wanted to ask anyways. THANKS! =) <3
Hi Emma! I shoot completely in RAW. :)
DeleteThank you! :) I used to just shoot JPEG, but I'm going to buy Lightroom 4 soon so I think RAW will be much better for editing the way I want too. Got any advice for me? =)
Deleteumm, I like these a lot. olivia rooocks the soulful/wanderlust look. I miss her. and you. and wish I could have packed up everyone from the internship in my baeg and brought you home with me. monday's evening shoot in tx was just all around epicness...
ReplyDeleteThese are powerful
ReplyDeletegahhh these are so beautiful!! And Olivia is gorgeous! :)
ReplyDeletewonderful portraits, Hannah!
ReplyDeletehope you can see each other again soon! :)
stella xo
Love her smile and big brown eyes. :)
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about just clicking with certain people, and feeling instantly comfortable.
One time we invited a family over, and they have mostly boys who are older than me. I thought it would be terribly awkward, but it wasn't. They're basically like extra big brothers now. We laugh a ridiculous amount, but are still able to talk about serious things.
Sometimes you make friends with the most unlikely people, and I love it. :)
Olivia is so pretty! The pics are awesome too! I like the B&W ones the best.
ReplyDeleteThese portraits are gorgeous! Olivia is a beautiful woman. (I often wear an outfit identical to hers! So cute and comfortable!)
ReplyDeletegreat portraits. such an inspiration♥
ReplyDeleteInteresting blog, I really enjoyed browsing it :)
Blog: Oh it's Juno
holy moly, she's a beauty. incredible photos (always), you.
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ReplyDeleteGood heavens...this girl is GORGEOUS....Hannah...i don't know how you do this...but you take and edit pictures that are BEAUTIFUL...and not obnoxious..I LOVE THAT!! Subtle beauty is the best! (IMHO) #16 and #34 are my favs...sooooodropdeadgorgeous!! Great job!
ReplyDeleteOH SHE IS GORGEOUS
ReplyDeletecan I just say this? Olivia is so beautiful.
ReplyDeletexx.
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