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A Year of New | Louisiana Wedding Photographer

The New Year is always a time of reflection, and right now we have a lot to reflect on! In 2018 we found out we were having a baby (and welcomed him into the world!), changed jobs, and moved states. Benjamin was born three weeks ago, and between that adjustment and moving three months ago,...

Jordan + Sam | Southwest Louisiana Wedding Photography

Southwest Louisiana Wedding Photography This is my last wedding from NC this fall! It feels good to be getting to the end of the long, long line of editing, but it also feels like the end of an era, and it’s a little sad. This was a great one to end on though. The sunset...

Zach + Andrea | Louisiana Wedding Photographer

Louisiana Wedding Photographer These two got married the weekend AFTER Hurricane Florence came through, and you would never have known that a huge storm had just happened. It was a bright and sunny (though definitely HOT) day, so we were able to do all the portraits outside just as we planned. There were some beautiful...

Dusty Blue Country Club Wedding

Dusty Blue Country Club Wedding On Monday it didn’t look good for Allie and Camden’s wedding. On Tuesday it didn’t look any better. I talked with the coordinator, and she said they were still planning to proceed as planned, but in my head I’m thinking, “if this hurricane does what they’re saying it’s going to...

We’re moving to Louisiana!! (and other announcements and goals)

Southwest Louisiana Wedding Photographer I’m re-reading that headline still not really believing that it’s true. But it is! I’m about to be a Southwest Louisiana wedding photographer. Stephen accepted a job as an associate pastor at a church, and we will be moving in the middle of October!! Friends, that is SO fast. It’s only...

Virginia State Park Wedding | Jessica + Bryce

Virginia State Park Wedding Jessica and Bryce crossed paths in college, but really met in a small group at church. Five months into dating, Jess got accepted at BU and Bryce decided to follow her to Massachusetts. They both moved to Boston at the start of the fall semester last year, and on president’s day...

Blush Country Club Wedding | Hannah + Taylor

Blush Country Club Wedding I love morning weddings. Sure you have to wake up early, but by the time you’re leaving the reception you still have a full afternoon and evening to rest, relax and enjoy each other’s company. There’s not pressure to be anywhere or do anything. Stephen and I had an early afternoon...

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