July, 24th, 2024
It was love at first sight for Taryn Delanie Smith and her husband, Alec Castillo. The former Miss New York pageant star met Castillo, a personal trainer, when she walked into his Seattle gym at age 19.
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When I asked about their love story, Tuan told me, “For some it is love at first sight. For us it was love at second sight.” They met initially at a Vietnamese leadership conference in 2011. When the conference was over, they went their separate ways. By chance, they crossed paths again in 2013 in […]



Any day now these two will become PARENTS! Photographing Krisanna and Nick for these last special photos together before they become a family of three was such an incredible honor. Krisanna and I met years ago online. We quickly forged an ‘internet’ friendship that made me realize the incredible role social media can play in […]

