Lew & Kat Meet

Wedding Day 2014 - Photo Carol Miller Photography

What started this crazy thing was a bouldering competition.

Lew, who has never liked competing was at his home gym for the second leg of a trifecta comp event. I, on the other hand, LOVE a bouldering competition and was loving every second of it.

The way we each tell the story is a bit different. My recollection is as soon as I saw him, I wanted to get to know him. Photos were taken yet I was unusually shy. But he made my heart race right out of the gate. He, on the other hand, says that I was a straight up bitch. He learned differently. :)

Over the course of the next few weeks we officially met. Even then he was funny making others around him laugh at every turn. Today he tells some of the same stories, but they will always be funny to me. That night we exchanged email addresses. Since I had taken SO MANY photos of him during the comp, I mentioned I would be sending him a few.

Most men probably care very little of getting photos of themselves. A ploy to get my contact for certain. The shots from down below gave me the opportunity to compliment his ass, which of course he will never allow us to forget.

Our first date we met in New Paltz, NY at the Shawangunk’s, i.e., the Gunks. His text message to me on the way up, as I was trying desperately to safely drive in the fog was “Good Morning, Sunshine”. At that very moment, I knew I was a goner. Whatever he asked, pretty much, I was willing to do. My heart was his forever more.

From that moment on our adventure grew into climbing trips, buying a house, moving all over, and then getting married. Within all of these adventures he began to dial in his photographic skills to create the photo art you see today.