Coming home. | Eastern NC lifestyle photographer, Cynthia Rose Photography.

Posted on April 12, 2010

Being a new Marine wife when my husband deployed to Iraq last January, I decided I needed to set out on a quest to find other ladies going through what I was going through.  In June of ‘09 I met Daphne.  My husband had been gone for about five months, and her husband had also recently deployed - mine to Iraq, hers to Afghanistan.  She and I became friends VERY quickly, and we were able to support each other through the roller coaster of emotions that a deployment will inevitably put you on.  Several months ago I declared I would be there for her homecoming to be her photographer.  Homecomings are very special and emotional events to photograph.  You’ve probably seen photos of a military homecoming before.  What I love about them, really, is how the couple holds on to each other as if letting go would mean they’d be separated by thousands of miles again in an instant.  I’m already a pretty sappy person (hey, I’m a wedding photographer…it’s in my nature!), but watching someone I’m close to enjoy such a happy moment made it difficult for me not to get teary-eyed.  Luckily I maintained my composure and captured several wonderful photos of their “first embrace” after a year of separation.  Congratulations Daphne, and welcome home Matt!

Here are just a few of my favorites.