Nathan and Mary Martha kept each other laughing during their engagement session in beautiful Pine Lake, Georgia. Before the session, Mary Martha told me, “We are both goofy, especially Nathan, and it tends to be infectious!”

Fun, laughter, love … yep, infectious all of them.

I have a complicated relationship to photography contests. On the one hand, it’s nice to win an award or two here or there. On the other, it’s a very bad idea to let you ego get caught up in what other photographers (they’re always the judges) think of your work.