Tristan | Eastern Idaho Portrait Photographer

When I started taking photos years ago, I had no idea what relationships would be formed by taking photos. I had heard other photographers talk about making life-long friends just by taking their photos. I always seemed to shake my head. How was that possible? How in just a short time can you become good enough friends with someone to keep in touch? Maybe even become friends? 

Well, now I know.

This is Tristan. We grew up literally twenty minutes away from each other and are the same age. I had never met her, but she discovered me on Instagram and asked if I would take her mission photos, and I was instantly so excited! 

All I knew about Tristan was that she was gorgeous!

We decided to take her photos at Temple Square. It was right before conference, so the grounds were going to be gorgeous. Then, it came time to head to Salt Lake. I left an hour and a half before the shoot was suppose to start so that we would for sure have enough time to shoot and I would make it there one time. 

Then, everything went wrong. There were two accidents and traffic was at a standstill. 

It took 2 hours to arrive in Salt Lake. By the time I got there, we only had about 45 minutes to get shooting time in before the sun went down. We scrambled, but the photos turned out gorgeous. 

I knew I was coming to Idaho the next weekend, so I told her we could get back together to take more photos to make up for the time I missed. 

So, I headed to Idaho to make it to her shoot on time. My little sister had a cross country meet, and my mom talked me into going, promising that I would make it back in time for Tristan. Then, we got stuck in Rexburg, and I finally realized that I would not make it back anywhere near time that I could take photos. 

Once again, the worst scenario happened. I felt like such a horrible photographer! But, we rescheduled for the next day. 

The weather was perfect for photos, and Tristan's home was stunning. The location was gorgeous. 

Everything lined up, and the shoot was perfect. I am absolutely in love with all of the photos that I took. I ended up with over 300 photos edited, so you can imagine how hard it was to narrow down which ones to put on my blog!

Buuuuuut, back to my original point. I know now what it is like to meet someone and in just a few short hours, you can become friends. I literally love this girl! and I feel so cheated that I didn't know her in high school! I wish we could have met and hung out! But, I sure am glad we were able to meet through me taking her mission photos.I definitely have a forever friend!