This is my 6th year doing my “top of the year” post. Every year I love this post as it gives me a chance to share some of my favorite moments of the year! Some of them are behind the scene moments and others are ones that you see on the blog already! I hope […]

One of my favorite times of the wedding day is the getting ready time. Laughter and smiles with mom and the ladies. Butterflies at the thought of getting married in a few hours. Anticipation of seeing your groom. There is so much fun and excited energy in the room. It’s also pretty chaotic with make-up and […]

Last week, I did a blog post on “When Your Day Doesn’t Go as Planned”. It ended up being a very successful blog post that got shared a lot by my brides. Many of them commented and shared some of their own stories. Betsy got married last year and after she read the blog post, […]

Last week, I saw a new story from the Today Show and the Rossen Reports on the wedding industry and how much more we charge. He compared a birthday party pricing to a wedding and called the price difference the “wedding mark up.” As I watched this video, I sat there shaking my head at […]

Most of us as photographers don’t have many weddings in December or January, so we find ourselves looking for different blog posts to keep our blog running during our “slow season” aka off-season. December is a great time to prep and prepare blog posts for the end of the year and early part of the […]

I just love my brides. My girls are so awesome. I love the relationships I build with them over the time it takes to plan their weddings. I love getting to spend their wedding day with them, capturing the behind-the-scenes pictures of the day, capturing those sweet moments of a First Look, and just celebrating […]

As a photographer, it is my job to create a picture that speaks to my clients and the people who view my work. The work I create should evoke emotion and make my clients happy. I am to see the venues and create a picture in my head and produce that on camera. Every photographer wants to […]