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Melanie & Rory’s Lakeside Elopement // Lake Mineral Wells State Park

Melanie & Rory’s Lakeside Elopement // Lake Mineral Wells State Park

I have many special skills, and apparently one of them is getting people married in less than a week. You might recognize Melanie from past appearances on the blog–I photographed her senior portraits and her older sister Chelsea’s fiesta inspired wedding. So I was thrilled to see her announce her engagement to her childhood sweetheart […]

Looking Back at 2023

Looking Back at 2023

Managed to make this not meandering ordeal so I actually completed it before the year’s end! So let’s get to it shall we? Trip to Savannah The year started off with Colton and I celebrating TEN years of marriage. We marked the event with a slightly delayed excursion to Savannah (thank you 4 year old […]

Jessica and Steven’s Rustic Christmas Wedding // Diamond H3 Ranch, Weatherford TX

Jessica and Steven’s Rustic Christmas Wedding // Diamond H3 Ranch, Weatherford TX

What is not to love about a Christmas wedding?! Jessica chose Diamond H3 Ranch as their venue for the beautiful open air chapel, but the barn was made to have Christmas trees. Probably one of my absolute favorite details of the day was their invitation from Truly Inspired Paper Co. It was a tri-fold design […]

Savannah Day 3

Savannah Day 3

Our last day on a trip always turns  into some random semi-unplanned jaunts about. We left the inn early to get coffee from Mate Factor–a coffee shop we selected purely based off reviews and its Hobbit vibes. For being one of the coziest places I have visited, the baristas were not enthused and definitely in […]

Lauren’s Glamorous Downtown Maternity Session // Sol Studios

Lauren’s Glamorous Downtown Maternity Session // Sol Studios

When you’re friends with me, a pro–or you might consider it a con–of creating portraits together is I get much more opinionated about the styling. So when Lauren was toying with maternity portraits before she has her baby boy, I told her if we’re doing this we’re going big. She brought the dress, I brought […]