One of the best parts about my business is watching families grow up and celebrating many special and significant moments with them.

I've gotten to watch Brock grow up in front of my camera from the Little Brother at his sister's wedding, to his high school graduation, now falling in love, and soon becoming a husband! Having that opportunity is such an honor to me.

Brock and his lovely Bride-to-be were so much fun to work with. They were willing to go for it with all my ideas, let me drag them around to several locations and didn't even mock me (too much) when I told them my age and was off by a solid 10 years (it how old you feel right?).


Camille told me during our consult that she dislikes having her picture taken. This is something that I hear all the time, and also totally relate to. Getting in front of the camera can feel hard. Body image for women, especially in this day and age is hard! However, Camille rocked her session beautifully - like model level! Seriously, how cute is she?

I adore engagement sessions. Young love is so beautiful, natural, and affection happens so organically. Watching the gentleness, kindness and tenderness between a couple is good for my soul.


I also love engagement session from a strictly business point of view. Having a "trial run" before the wedding has so many benefits. From a photographer's side, it gives me an opportunity to get to know you, what makes you smile, how to help you relax in front of the camera, your "best" side, if you blink a lot, etc. All those little things I am watching for during engagement pictures helps so much on the Big Day. A potential downside is that you might already know all my cheesy jokes on the wedding day, but that's a risk I'm willing to take ("Two guys walk into a bar. The third guy....")

One of the joys of my job is how it connects me to people I wouldn't have met otherwise. Beautiful people like Bri!

As we went through our initial consultation in preparation for their engagement session, Bri told me that she loved the rustic beauty of the country. We talked about what she and Mark love to do together, where they are most comfortable, then we settled on heading to Mark's childhood home for our photos.

Mark's childhood home was one beautiful surprise after another! Bri had never been  upstairs in the barn, and as we walked up it took our breath away! What a beautiful piece of history. I loved hearing Mark talk about how as children they would play basketball up here.









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A couple more for you....

There's nothing quite like young love. Can you believe my baby brother is in love? He came down with his super sweet girl and took pics today. Here are a few of my favorites.