One of my best friends is graduating from NC State University with her Ph.D.  this coming weekend – that’s right people…I have smart friends! My friends and I have been calling her DOC for years, but she can now officially write Dr. before her name. Impressed? I am.  A few weeks ago, I sent her a note asking if she’d be up for a portrait session in full regalia – it’d be my gift to her (and a chance for me to work on my skills). Fortunately, she’d been thinking about asking me to do take a few photos for her anyways. Sweet!  We headed over to the...