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Last week I traveled all over the South documenting some of the sweetest people and then I realized that my sister didn’t have any maternity portraits! Wait, what?! How did that manage to slip our minds! We headed out last Thursday night right as the sun was setting and we had the best time. She’s expecting their first […]

Five months ago I headed out to Langwood Plantation to photograph Whitney and Will’s gorgeous Southern wedding. They’d been planning to have an outdoor ceremony and reception, but wouldn’t you know the weather had other plans! It poured and poured and thankfully they were able to host their ceremony and reception in a beautiful barn on […]

Kayla and Kevin have the kindest hearts! I’m always so thankful for the opportunity to spend time with my couples before their wedding day and the joy that these two share is contagious! Every time I took a step back and I could tell that these two were talking to each other and laughing together. To […]

It’s still wild to me that I have the opportunity to document this time in our friends lives. I remember taking a portrait of Jordan on my little film camera for an assignment in my photography 101 course. It was black and white, she was beautiful as usual, but my technique needed a little work. She was […]

I remember meeting Lindsey in her dorm room our freshmen year of college, we said our hello’s and as soon as I was back in the hallway I remember thinking that she would make an amazing television anchor. I wasn’t sure what it was about her that made me think that, the more time that I […]

It’s been a dream of mine to attend WPPI for the last several years and when Annamarie emailed to see if I was going I knew I had to join them! Before the timing was never right, I had a wedding the weekend before or after, I didn’t know who I would room with and […]