Kristen Heptinstall spends much of her business and personal life online as a blogger, a writer for Walt Disney World for Grown-ups, and as Senior Producer at al.com.  I initially found Kristen through her personal blog, and we later connected through Twitter.  It is very fitting that social media brought us together because she is also the executive director for the new Alabama Social Media Association.

She needed some  new headshots to update her online profiles and pages, and I was happy to oblige.  She also asked if I minded snapping a  few casual photos of her, her dear husband, Brian (who is a chef and happens to be from the area that we just moved from), and their darling chocolate lab, Mango.  Would I mind?  OF COURSE NOT!!!… I LOVE animals, meeting new people, and food (pssst… I still need to convince Brian to cook one of his fabulous meals one day for me, hehe!).

We met at Railroad Park, in downtown Birmingham, on the day of the session.  The park is pet friendly, quite large, and it is much like Birmingham’s very own Central Park!  It is a very popular place on gorgeous weekends, so we did have to creatively maneuver around the plethora of other dog walkers, frisbee players, and picnickers.  Never-the-less, I think we got some great images and had a great time!

I have to say… I love social media!  It brings people together that may have never otherwise met!

If it wasn’t for Twitter, I wouldn’t have got to spend the afternoon with these two great people and their totally awesome dog!

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