Romantic Goth Autumn Engagement in Coastal Maine

Em and Jack, in the cemetery, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes…twitter mutuals?
Then comes marriage,
Then comes the kitty in the kitty carriage!

Sorry, I had to be corny. Also, things are a little out of order here. But yes, Em and Jack are a twitter love story. Back in 2019, a chance interaction amidst strangers in Maine turned into a happily-goth-baddies-ever-after. They met and sparks just flew, and the rest is history. They survived the pandemic together, and now live with their gorgeous black fluffy kitty cat in Maine, surrounded by horror movie paraphernalia, anime waifu figures, skulls, and Disney trinkets. Truly, they’re living the dream.

Obsessed with the occult and goth aesthetics, you’d think these two might be intimidating… but no, they’re absolute sweethearts, and I adore them.

Em and I go a little further back, though. We met as cosplay photographers in 2018, and it’s been really cool to kind of just…watch us both spread our wings and fly out of that niche and into other passions and careers. But Em was a creative force in the North American cosplay community. She ran a monthly cosplay magazine, digital and in-print, with monthly features, lengthy articles and interviews, and overall just building a phenomenal resource that celebrated cosplayers and photographers. Em worked her BUTT off on it, with late nights designing layouts and interviewing artists.

In 2019, my photo was on the cover of their Female Photographer Issue. I had not yet discovered my gender identity back then, and even so, I still have that issue and look at it from time to time very fondly. It’s a time capsule of a different era of our lives, and despite the changes we’ve undergone since then, we’re still friends and we’re still rooting for each other…and that means the world to me.

Em is now a corporate goth baddie, slaying the 9-5 in style; Jack is a marketing specialist and graphic designer for a sustainable apparel/lifestyle company based in Portland.

And one thing I love about Jack? He is gung-ho about everything Em likes and wants. The ideal man! He loves dressing up with her, sharing her love for Disney and horror and anime, and getting that instagrammable pic of them both to stunt on their grids. A guy like Jack is rare and I’m so glad he saw the gem Em was and went after her :)

Naturally, these two aesthetically-driven people wanted the idyllic goth-baddie-enagement-dream: a shoot in a cemetery. Til Death Do They Part… afterwards, we went to Fort Williams Park for some romantasy vibes.

I just love these photos of them in the autumnal Maine foliage…! Sensual, romantic, dark and alluring…THEY’VE GOT IT ALL!

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