• The Beloved Movement

    Welcome to the Beloved Movement website! Beloved portrait sessions are about discovering and inviting the love that already exists ... within a person, a couple, or a relationship.

    It is the focus on and sharing of Beloved portrait sessions with established married couples by Jesh de Rox that has ignited this movement towards a new genre of photography.

    We hope you find this as unique and exciting as we do as it opens a whole new world of possibilities for photographers and especially of married couples.

    Please enjoy, and we invite you to participate...take a look around!
    Nicole Polk and Carolyn Wells, Website Founders

Bethany & Steve – Beloved by Rachel Moore

Photographer: RPM Photography & Cinematography (Rachel Moore)

Location: Lee’s Summit, Missouri

Bethany and Steve live in Arizona but are having their wedding in Kansas City. We shot their session out at Lone Summit Ranch, a historic plantation in Lees Summit Missouri. Bethany’s best friend’s family owns the property and so she spent much of her childhood playing on the property. The theme of their wedding will tie in vintage elements and so we styled their session with soft light and vintage textures to be able to compliment that theme.

Kathy & Bryan – Beloved by Glen Cooper

Photographer:  Glen Cooper – DMPJ

Location:  Boston, Massachusetts

Kathy and Bryan had some ideas where they wanted to go for this Engagement session, and right before the session she emailed saying… “As unattractive as it may sound, Bryan and I thought it might be neat to use the last half hour to go get some wings somewhere – it’s something that is very us. Do you think that’s something we could make work or is it just too messy?”

Well, I think she did a very good job of finishing those wings off, and still look pretty. Love our couples- always an edge to them.

In the words of the couple:

When Kathy and I confirmed our Spring wedding, we realized our
engagement/love shoot with Glen would likely take place on a cold,
winter day in Boston.  We booked the day and crossed our fingers for
‘decent’ weather.  When the day came, there was a perfect layer of
white snow and a bright blue sky.  The only thing more naturally
beautiful that day was my fiancee, Kathy.  She is such a natural
beauty that our engagement shoot, actually, was only the 4th time I
had seen Kathy wear make-up in our 3+ years together!  The whole day
made me feel even more lucky to have someone that I love so much, and
who loves me back equally in return.  Even though we were nervous to
capture our love on camera, it felt very natural – just as it has from
the day I met Kathy.    –Bryan

Suvi & Timo – Beloved by Harri Rauhanummi

Photographer: Harri Rauhanummi, Linnan Juhlakuva

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Suvi and Timo didn’t take engagement photos when they got engaged. Later Suvi regretted their decision not to have engagement photos. Luckily there is Beloved movement and we had a great love shoot session together. Suvi & Timo liked the session and photos so much that they decided to book me as their wedding photographer in January 2011.

Kimberly & Darren – Beloved by Ashley & David Hawkes

Photographer: Jada Love Photography (Ashley & David Hawkes)

Location: Antelope Island, UT

Kim & Darren just celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary and this session was our gift to them. It was really cold and rainy the entire session, which made getting into “the mood” a little bit more difficult. Despite the weather, we were very blessed to witness this couple sharing a few moments together in front of our lens.

Emma & Kurt – Beloved by James Day

Photographer: Three Words by James Day

Location: Manly Beach, Sydney, Australia

There’s a connection that speaks louder than words shared amongst two people in love. Out of this connection can grow more love & connection. The connection between Emma & Kurt is nothing less than extraordinary, but it is also rather ordinary. How so? We were created to live in a state of connection with other souls & this is fully realised in Emma & Kurt’s love.

Mindy & Barry – Beloved by Jocelyn Mathewes

Photographer: Jocelyn Mathewes, Studio Mathewes

Location: Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD

Barry and Mindy have known each other for a long, long time. The kind of long, long time that gets you really acquainted with each others’ quirks, strengths, and weaknesses. They feed off each other and share a love of architecture, design, and style; the session became an excuse to be stylish and giggly and goofy. It was simply a delight!

Aaron & Brooke – Beloved by Andi Grant

Photographer: Andi Grant Photography

Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Aaron has a typical Navy Seal tough guy persona, and I enjoyed seeing this tender and loving side of him surface when he was snuggling Brooke.

Sona & Nico – Beloved by Holly Steen

Photographer: Holly Steen, Cakes and Kisses Wedding Photography

Location: Downtown Los Angeles Union Station, CA

This couple is under the influence of love and passion. Everything they do is with love in their hearts and passionate breath. Captured by each others’ spirit and led by the will of adventure, they explore the world.

From Sona’s poetry blog:

“what’s next love?”
“how about the world.”
“the world? how will we do that?”
“how we do everything in our lives…blindly and boldly.”

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