After almost 15 years, the categories of photography in which I've earned experience points are almost too many to list.

Hey, let's try, though: Wedding, concert, event, sports, newborn, maternity, family, engagements, proposals, product, lifestyle, landscape, pets, corporate head shots, food, senior portraits, and real estate.

Then of course there's the newer categories like dating profile portraits and social media brand photography. But one of my favorites that I rarely get the chance to shoot is the elusive "best friend shoot."

The first time the idea was posed to me, I asked for clarification. I met Laura and her best friend at the National Zoo in DC, followed them around for an hour and documented what they did, with a few posed shots sprinkled in.

Fast-forward a few years to my time in Austin, and the friends shoots have kept coming, but this time set against the backdrop of Ladybird Johnson Lake, South Congress, and the East 6th Street Murals.