I get asked a lot if I ever get tired of weddings…if the repetitive nature of attending them every weekend wears on me after awhile. And the honest truth is that weddings simply aren’t what they used to be.  Weddings aren’t necessarily conventional or standard or traditional anymore…so it’s hard to get tired of something […]

I’m a pretty sentimental person at the best of times.  Just show me an outfit that one of my kids wore as a baby and I’m a complete mess!  But one thing I never anticipated when becoming a wedding photographer, was how attached I would get to my couples.  While running a relational business has […]

Every time I drive home after shooting a wedding, I always end up reflecting on the day as a whole.  For me, this is the first time I have met most of these people.  It may only have been the second or third time that I have met the couple.  But all the while, I’ve […]

I think a lot of the time, we just forget. We forget that a wedding isn’t just two people starting out a new life together.  It isn’t just different families suddenly intertwining as one.  It isn’t just a day to mark the future that lies ahead. A wedding isn’t just the beginning of a story…it’s […]

Throughout all of history, water has brought us together. We build cities along its coasts so we can be tied to one another.  We use it’s passages to link us in ways that nothing else can.  And we use its direction to carry us home. Water brings people together. And it was along the shores […]

A few months ago, I was sitting in a room amid downtown Tacoma, Washington.  A group of absolutely amazing women sat in rows on wooden fold out chairs.  With all of their eyes looking intently upon me…I uttered four words that surprised even myself… “Art saved my life” I can remember being taken aback as […]