I’m a road trip lover with a penchant for tacos. I buy more books than I have time to read and though I don’t have space for any more house plants, I’ll probably buy two cacti next week.

My sweet husband with his lumber jack beard, our two cats who are equal parts jerks/lovebugs, our straight-out-of-a-Pixar-movie pup, and strong, strong coffee are the loves of my life. I’ve probably got dirt under my nails from my humble veggie garden and calluses on my palms thanks to my last lift at the gym. I’m a personality test nerd (9w1/ISFP for those playing along) and I’ll likely try to type you if you let me. I’m my absolute happiest while watching the sunrise from the top of a mountain but enjoying an old fashioned with friends by a fire is a very close second. And, ever since I was a little girl, photography has thrilled me.

On summer evenings I’d spend hours in my parents’ backyard with a disposable camera, trying to photograph my mom’s garden bed of marigolds at just the right angle. I knew that the heat would eventually wilt them, but thought if I could capture in a photo the way the red and yellow hues played together on their petals, maybe it would help the summer days last a little bit longer.

Fast forward 20 years and a few significant gear upgrades later, and I’m still enamored by how an image of a moment can tell a story, can freeze a memory. And while I may still photograph flowers every now and then, the real deal for me are the stories of two souls who have decided to wrap their roots together in marriage.

Wedding days are full of tiny blink-and-miss-it moments that share so much, and while photographing over 200 weddings in the past 10 years, I’ve learned that it’s these moments that make one wedding day so different and so precious from the next. It’s the sweetest honor to be able to preserve those small but mighty moments for you forever.