“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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to Him:  for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and His bride hath made herself ready.  And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white:  for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.” || Revelation 19:7-8 || I’ve started […]

I am going to be perfectly cliche here by saying 2014 has been a magical year.  How do I put into words what it was like to simultaneously plan my own wedding and then shoot three this spring…To be a bride myself, marry my  best friend and “person for life”, honeymoon with him, and settle […]

“Love of my life Look deep in my eyes… For better or worse Forever we’ll be… You’re my beloved lover I’m yours” || tenth avenue north – beloved || In a small country church, a cop and a chef exchanged vows and became Mr. and Mrs. Bradley. This is the wedding story of some of […]

Wake up to the sound of your fleeting heart Wake up to the sound of your fleeting heart When you go, what you leave is a work of art  || the paper kites – featherstone || Like anything in this life I believe the term, idea, and claim of being an “old soul” has become […]

I wanna love you forever, I doI wanna spend all of my days with you. I’ll carry your burdens and be the wind at your back.I wanna spend my forever – forever like that.|| ben rector – forever like that ||It was July 13,  my friend Greta was getting married to my friend William, and I […]