It's the first day of the month that celebrates love all around the globe. Today is exactly 14 days till the 14th of February.

So we thought it's the perfect time to launch our 'Partners in Crime' project dedicated to couples in photography business. They are capturing passion, tenderness, intimacy, happiness — the most precious memories, telling stories of people in love.

In return, we would like to share their stories. Who are the people behind the lenses? Is it hard to work with your other half? How did they get to work together? What can we learn from them?

I (Jodi) was working at a small boutique in Fargo, ND and one evening we were hosting an event (sighhhh pre-Covid life). Zach walked in with a camera and asked if he could take a few photos of the space. I obliged and we started chatting about travel. Once we both realized that our love for new experiences, food, and cultures rivaled one another’s an easy and fun friendship began that turned into love!

Zach wrangled me into second shooting for him once he started his own business. I hadn’t ever shot anything but disposable cameras before then but I quickly found that being able to pause time and create art in this medium was so much fun. Then when we moved, I took over the marketing piece of the business and we really became a team from there.

Sometimes we have different taste or different goals and we’re both extremely stubborn opinionated people (hah).

Usually long conversations — we’re not big fighters and we respect each other so one person is usually able to make a more compelling argument. But at the end of the day, the business comes second.

Having someone to support you in your dreams. Owning your own business can be incredibly lonely and cause doubts but having someone else who is invested not only in the business but you is incredibly empowering and helps both Zach and I be our best.

• Don’t always talk about work.
• Find separation between work and your identities as people.
• Put parameters on when you are working versus enjoying the world and each other.
• Set boundaries because your emotions for the business can bleed into your emotions towards each other.

Whether or not you’re killing it has no bearing on whether or not you’re good photographers or a great couple. It’s easy to base your self worth on how well the business is doing as an individual, it’s also easy to do the same thing as a couple. Your relationship is more than your business or your success.

Can we say both?! We love skiing and climbing mountains, but we just learned how to surf last year and we’re looking forward to surfing in Mexico later this year!