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There’s a movement going on in the photography industry called “front porch sessions.” It’s to provide people the opportunity to have photos taken during this very specific time in history, capturing the phase of life they’re in right now.  I love the idea.  It doesn’t REALLY fit my business model, as I’m generally far closer […]

Lauryn was another example of a bride I hit it off with right away. I think our first “meeting” was on the phone and still… fireworks. Not even close to the kind of fireworks between she and Jason. Which I got to witness at their engagement session. We wandered around and it rained and we drank […]

I’ll spare you all the explanations about why it’s been a hundred years since I blogged and just skip straight to it. I’m BACK!!!!!! I never actually went anywhere, just the blogging did. Back in December I got to photograph one of the most fun weddings for some of the most wonderful people. Anna Kathryn […]

I’ve read The Velveteen Rabbit a lot of times.  Or rather, I’ve had it read to me a lot of times.  But at Robina and John’s wedding, the pastor equated being “real” with being loved.  Once you know real love, being hurt isn’t the worst thing. Once you are loved, you can’t go back to being […]

Many years ago there was an adorable, really smart, engaging, sweet girl in my church youth group.  She was an assistant when I taught VBS and I always liked when she was around.  Fast forward a decade or so and I got an email from this same engaging, smart girl telling me she’s engaged and […]

You may have heard me talk about how much I love to photograph real moments… come to your house and follow you and your kids around.  Or your favorite park or even the beach.  But it has been a REALLY long time since I posted a family session, lifestyle or not, and even longer since […]

Amber and Mike’s wedding was a whole big family affair.  Everyone in the family cried happy tears the whole day.  And Amber was the picture of grace in the midst of so much activity. Each thoughtful detail was part of the emotion and I loved it. Amber wore the dress her grandmother, mother and aunt […]

When Bobbi called me to photograph her wedding, she made ME feel special. I’m pretty sure that’s my job.  To make the bride feel special.  But she chose her wedding details so carefully and wanted it all to be so specifically Bobbi and Emilio-esque that I just felt honored from the get-go that she would […]

Erin and Jon and I first met when we talked on the phone as she planned her Calera wedding from Texas. She had found me online and had great ideas about how she wanted her vineyard wedding to go.  As the day drew closer we spoke a few times and got to know each other […]

All of our growing up years my sister had only one girl friend.  There were gal pals and lots of acquaintances, but the friend that came on family trips and who was a constant in her life was Lyndsey.  Even as adults, Lyndsey was the only non-sister in my sister’s wedding.  And so, when she […]

What feels like a long time ago, I got a call from a girl who was going to get married.  I was laying in the sun as we spoke (remember the sun?  And warmth?  Seems like even longer ago) and she told me the best engagement story.  She is a vet and he a sheriff’s […]

It was a busy fall.  If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve seen glimpses of it.  But it’s high time I got some of these beautiful weddings on the blog to share with all of you! Today’s is the beautiful Camille and Jonathon. It was a very non-traditional wedding at Tannehill State Park.  I love […]

Michelle is another precious girl that I’ve known since she was a child.  We all knew her wedding would be fabulous (although there was lots of speculation that she would be in a bedazzled princess gown- did she ever shock us!!) and her wedding did not disappoint. What was even MORE fabulous was watching her […]

I look forward to all the weddings I’m privileged to be a part of.  But this wedding, Jane Anne and Kyle’s, was especially exciting.  Jane Anne is the daughter of some of our family’s oldest friends- my parents best friends from college and my dad’s best friend from childhood. My brother’s God parents. So, it […]

Fairly often I meet couples and families who make my job easy.  Of course just their general look and style factor in, as you’ll see in this wedding.  But even more is their comfort and chemistry with each other.  Anna and Matt enjoy each other.  I bet their blood pressures drop when they’re together just […]