je vois photography

A few years ago I ran across a wedding photographer out of Detroit whose work was perfect. My favorite instagram follow for sure. Niki Marie Photo. And then this fall she announced a workshop right near me in beautiful Charleston. It was chock full of learning and beauty and pampering and photo opportunities. So much […]

Kellie & Brandon have such an interesting story and some really beautiful and unique details thrown into their wedding day. They were stationed together in Alaska with the Army where they got to know each other. They weren’t allowed to date, so when they returned to Alabama everything really got going. Aren’t just those two […]

One of my most favorite things is to photograph multiple events in the life of a family. At least a decade ago I photographed Jenny and Peyton’s wedding and last year I met and photographed their beautiful daughter at her infant session (porch session as it was during the quarantine.) Last month I got to […]

Meg’s wedding combined with her personality was fun and unique. She wanted to marry Josh. She wanted it to be beautiful. And she hired people to make it so. Then she just enjoyed the day. The wedding had 5-star vendors, beautiful details and planning. With a laid-back bride. Stuff of DREAMS!!!!! We started out at […]

In November I shot the most beautiful wedding. I should have known. Nicole is an artist. Art director, graphic designer, etc. She was beautiful and everything she chose and organized was beautiful. But my favorite part of the day was the emotion. As soon as she started walking down the aisle the tears were flowing. […]

I talked to Jennifer more during the quarantine than any other bride. Her care for her family and guests in making plans for her wedding day was more thoughtful than any I’ve seen. She made sure to follow the ever-changing rules and protect those she loved most. And despite or maybe because of that it […]

Long, long ago I taught Sunday school to an extremely bright group of 4th-6th graders at our church, Altadena Valley Presbyterian Church. Some of them went to schools that taught Bible, some were the daughters of brilliant theologians and all had been at our church since birth and had so much spiritual knowledge in their […]

Several months ago, I had the honor of singing back-up in a Leonard Cohen tribute band in Atlanta.  Sometimes I could hear someone singing behind me.  And during set breaks, two of the musicians would just have the best time playing old familiar rifs or things they had been working on.  One of these, and […]

My sweet friend Lisa started glowing a little less than a year ago.  You never saw her without a smile.  She was planning a wedding.  Her own.  She had known Dennis for years and always just as friends.  And how many couples do you know that said they had never considered their friend as anything […]

I love the connections between people.  While I hadn’t met Abby, my husband and her brother went to high school together.  Her fiancé, Eric, and my husband also coached soccer at the same club for many years.  When Abby and I spoke on the phone for the first time, I felt like we were already […]

I was so excited to be asked to shoot Laura and Eric’s wedding as soon as she asked me.  I had seen her dance with the teachers in our elementary school talent show (hot!!!) and I’d seen him walking to school to get his sons (also hot!!!) And their story was just so sweet.   […]

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 […]

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 […]