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Well, I won’t give up on us Even if the skies get rough I’m giving you all my love || i won’t give up – jason mraz ||  I’m not really sure how one should begin to write the story of capturing the wedding day of a dearest friend but I guess I’ll figure it […]

in which tom got to marry amanda after all :: kirksville, missouri wedding photographer

March 19, 2015

What would I do without your smart mouthDrawing me in, and you kicking me outYou got my head spinning, no kidding, I can’t pin you down My head’s underwaterBut I’m breathing fineYou’re crazy and I’m out of my mind ‘Cause all of meLoves all of you || all of you – john legend || Daniel […]

in which daniel & mary are wed in the chapel of the college where they fell in love :: grove city, pa wedding photographer

February 25, 2015

“You don’t have to say a word, to speak to me…I don’t have to hold your hand to feel you there. We don’t really have a plan, but I’m not scared. Maybe that’s the thing. Maybe that’s the thingThat’s the thing about us.“|| thing about us – steve moakler ||   To find this series at any time, […]

h o m e is wherever i’m with you : part eight

February 20, 2015

This marriage is a picture of the story Heaven tellsThat means this oneness can’t be severed, well very wellBy God’s grace I married well. I found a good thing.You’ll always be my love (oh my my my)You’ll always be my love (my oh my)I love you, I’ll never leave, I want it to beAlways you and […]

in which tairi + bianca found a good thing and praise God for wedding bells :: cedar hill, texas wedding photographer

February 17, 2015

Well, I don’t have many and I don’t have much In fact I don’t have any but I got enough ‘Cause I know those eyes and I know that touch I don’t have many and I don’t have much Oh darling my heart’s on fire For you || heart’s on fire – passenger || It’s […]

in which the intern married his mentor’s daughter (i.e. cody made sarah his wife) :: st. louis, missouri wedding photographer

January 28, 2015

“To photograph is to hold one’s breath when all faculties converge to capture fleeting reality.” || Henri Cartier Bresson || As 2013 closed I thought to myself, with three solo shot weddings under my belt and a handful of 2014 weddings booked in front of me, “It’ll be fun to grow in this area! That […]

in which the countdown ends with behind-the-scenes & thank yous

January 2, 2015

“How did it happen that their lips came together?  How does it happen that birds sing,  that snow melts, that the rose unfolds,  that the dawn whitens behind the stark shapes  of trees on the quivering summit of the hill?  A kiss — and all was said.” || Victor Hugo || Some of my couples […]

in which the countdown continues with post six – favorite kisses

December 30, 2014

“When you photograph people in color,  you photograph their clothes.  But when you photograph people in Black and white,  you photograph their souls!”  || Ted Grant ||  Though I am absolutely in love with color photographs and I rejoice, along with those who were around when it was first invented, that photography can now be […]

in which the countdown continues with post five – favorite “b&w”s

December 29, 2014

Families, engagements, seniors, bridals….it seems like I’ve only had a few of these in between all the weddings, but I still adore every bit of this kind of work that I was able to do! It was hard not to choose too many for this post cause I still want to do full blogposts of several […]

In Which the Countdown Continues with Post Four – Favorite Portraits

December 27, 2014

Tori + Colin – March 15: Tori’s big bundle of white tulips was stunning for her early spring wedding and the yellow and white arrangements just “popped” against the royal blue bridesmaid dresses. Abra + Brady – March 29: For their outdoor lakeside wedding, the abundance of baby’s breath with the addition of a few […]

in which the countdown continues with post three – The Flowers

December 24, 2014