Story time, Kyle is one of three people that I have slept with, overnight in a tarp, “taco style”, during a rainstorm on the Pacific Crest Trail. Our buddy who was a pilot misread the weather forecast, and a night under the stars changed into a night with three doods folded into a blue tarp on Mt Hood. Certainly not my best night of sleep, but such a fun memory for me. I met Kyle during college in western Oregon, and I loved him instantly, he is just himself and such a caring and awesome person. Fast forward some years, and when we moved to Boise, I knew I already had one great friend here, and it was Kyle, which if you’re only going to have one for sure friend, he is an excellent start.
Given this background, I was so excited when I found out that Kyle and his wife Hillary (I photographed their wedding in California too, you can see it here) were expecting. Kyle and I meet up for coffee every other week, like old guys from a time long passed, and I always look forward to our time together, actually I look forward to it so much that I planned it to be every other Friday, so I can finish my week up looking forward to meeting up over a cup of coffee with Kyle.
Being a dad myself now, of kids that are a little bit older (Wellington is 9 and Pearl is 7), I’m so excited for our friends to have babies and to be able to help out and love on and have my kids love on their kids. I’m still a little bit scared of kids, but I’m more comfortable with them than ever before in my life, so I’m really excited to have relationships with kids where I’m not the parent.
Anyways, that was probably way more than you wanted to know, but I’m so excited for Kyle and Hillary, and I was really grateful that they asked me to take some maternity photos. Being that it was during Coronavirus, we kept our space, but downtown Boise was basically empty, look at the photo of them standing in the middle of the street in downtown. I could count all the people we saw during our time together on one hand. It was eerie in a way, but also a cool and unique perspective.
Alright now for the photos, I loved the rainbow bike background, I had wanted to use that for a photo for a long time, and we got some really beautiful and cool light. And I’m looking forward to coffee Friday morning with Kyle, unfortunately we can’t hit up our usual coffee shop, but we’ll wander down the road near his home and catch up.
Thanks so much for hiring me to do this Hillary and Kyle! Cannot wait to meet baby Buster!
Bryan