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“We were all heading for each other on a collision course, no matter what. Maybe some people are just meant to be in the same story.”
~ Jandy Nelson // I’ll Give You The Sun

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Not too long ago, I found myself walking through an old neighborhood that I had grown up in. It had been close to a decade since I had last visited and as I strolled along the sidewalk, each of my kids by my side, it felt like opening up a storybook and reading the pages […]

ANGELICA & DEVIN: ENGAGEMENT

July 3, 2023

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It’s not about what you do or what you have or what you know. It’s about who you are. Love…is about who you are. It’s about the lessons you’ve learned and the struggles you’ve overcome and the stories you’ve lived. It’s about letting someone else’s heart see all of your heart and then holding that […]

DANA & DAVE: ENGAGEMENT

February 21, 2020

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I never expected it to happen. When I first picked up a camera, ten years ago, I never expected it to happen. I never expected to fall in love. With the way light would fall across a room or the way two people could smile at each other or the way my soul expanded while […]

AMINA, DENI & ERNA: PORTRAITS

January 12, 2020

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Photographing someone’s wedding day is an oddly intimate relationship to share. You come into the quiet, the stillness, the lingering moments, and you hope to capture the space in between so that they can never be lost. You stand present for the tears, the anticipation, the immense joy, and you try to document the emotion […]

JAMIE & RON: WEDDING

September 14, 2019

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You know what’s funny about spending the majority of your time with couples?? You sometimes forget that they weren’t always a couple. You forget that they each have individual histories. You forget that they didn’t always know each other. You forget that their stories weren’t always one. Or were they? I often catch myself wondering […]

KATIE & RYAN: ENGAGEMENT

July 13, 2019

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This past May marked my tenth year of being a wedding photographer. That’s ten years of watching families come together. Ten years of emotional vows being exchanged. Ten years of friends and family raising a glass to the new life ahead. I’ve had the chance to learn a lot in my decade behind the camera. […]

STEPHANIE & CORY: WEDDING

June 23, 2019