Philip and Sarah--two loving and caring people. My husband is a fellow seminarian with Philip, and they've found great friendship with each other in their first year of study. It just so happens that Sarah, too, found great friendship... and something more.

So naturally, as a wedding gift (and because seminarians are notoriously poor in pocket but wealthy in spirit), I'm giving them these photos for their engagement: a record of a romantic and goofy romp around Copley Square in Boston!

Tucking away in a little corner by a giant skyscraper can create an instant feeling of intimacy.

And the historic architecture around Boston is a gold mine of texture.

It began to rain while we photographed, but that didn't stop the fun.

We just took refuge under the awning at Trinity Church and made faces.

Finally, courtesy of a friend, we snuck in to the sanctuary. Although it was too dark to take natural light photos without a tripod, I sat the two of them down together against the black marble, and caught this shot with an off-camera flash. Mysterious, eh?