Nadia… oh Nadia, what more can I say about Nadia?  Nadia is my most cherished best friend – she is my core, my one out of four sisters (I actually don’t have any real sisters), she is my idol, my beloved, my awesomeness.  She’s the brainchild of the brain – she’s currently at MIT getting her PhD in Mechanical Engineering and she’s building… robots?!  On her spare time, she makes us unbelievable jewelry.  I have so much to say about Nadia, even that when I do get married, she’ll be up at the altar with me, by my side.

You may have recognized her in my previous posts when I visited Boston:

• On my way to Boston
• My Boston “in a nutshell” post – http://www.michellenicoleblog.com/2011/11/boston-2/
• Ballet in Boston! – http://www.michellenicoleblog.com/2011/12/nadia-ballet/

This visit in Boston was the first time I met her boyfriend, Max.  Honestly, I knew that her and Max had been together for 5+ years already, and I’ve just heard about him through Nadia.  When I finally met him, my guard was up making sure that he was THE ONE for her.  Max, I know you’re reading this right now – but the moment I met you, I knew nobody else could have been better for my Nadia.  You treat her like the biggest diamond ever and you make her complete.  When you finally get your company up and running, please consider moving to the Bay Area so we can see you more often?  🙂

It is sometimes incredibly hard to photograph our friends and family because our imagery is a reflection of how we see them.  In addition, I was trying new things with my post processing.  I wanted a more romantic, sultry look for the two.  I can definitely say that I had a ton of fun photographing my friends, and post processing their imagery was giving me a new life to reinventing my imagery.  So here’s… Nadia and Max!

And here’s just a few fun photos of Nadia + Max!