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WEDDING & LIFESTYLE PHOTOGRAPHY

The greatest stories, the stories that stick with our hearts the longest and transform our souls the most, are almost never the simplest stories. Great stories are made from the unexpected moments. The twists and the turns, the mountains and the valleys, or, for Tori and Will, the weather and the bus. Over 5 years […]

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Tori & Will

If you happen to be a gym go-er, then you know how important it is to find a great swolemate. Whether you need a little extra push to get through one last rep or a some accountability to make sure you’re putting in enough gym time, a swolemate is there through thick and thin. Lucky […]

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Lex & Rane

“It was always you.” Displayed prominently in the midst of a sea of photos that told the tales of their families’ long and storied loves, were these words. And I’m not sure if these four words have ever fit a pair more beautifully than they fit Val and Brian. When they were growing up down […]

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Valerie & Brian

We had plans. The best laid plans. But you know what they say about the best laid plans. Mice come and steal them away or something like that? I don’t know, I’m not great with adages. Steph and David are east coasters who are currently living the west coast dream. Meeting in school at Virginia Tech, […]

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Steph & David

Tori and Evan were the last couple in front of my lens in 2015, and I wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. At one point during our shoot, I asked Evan to look at Tori and give her his best flirty face, as if he’d just seen her across the room and was trying […]

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Tori & Evan

It was a cold one. In fact, arguably the first Saturday of the year with a decent chill in the air. But looking back at these images, and remembering the love that filled the Atrium at Meadowlark, all I can seem to remember is the warm joy that followed Liz and Jeff everywhere they went. I […]

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Liz & Jeff

I’m still not sure that this entire day wasn’t completely a dream. First, there’s the location: a wedding on Saint Simon’s Island, Georgia. It’s the place where Laura’s mother grew up and where Laura spent her summers as a child and now where Laura’s parents call home. I’m not sure if it’s possible to stand […]

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Laura & Cole

“Your eyes are green when you’re happy,” he began. “I love that I know that about you.” And then there was not one dry eye left in the crowd at Wendy and Tomer’s ceremony. The sun sparkled through the tall trees in that magical way it does right at the precipice of fall and their […]

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Wendy & Tomer

There are wedding days, and then there are wedding celebrations. For Kate and Morgan, it was never going to be anything less than a celebration. Over a decade in the making, for me to say that this day was held in anticipation for a lot of people would be just a slight, tiny understatement. Kate […]

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Kate & Morgan

“Over the summer I was on a flag football team and I truly met the person that completes me and the one I want to spend the rest of my life with. Her name is Juna.” It’s not every day that I get emails like this from soon-to-be-grooms. But then again, it’s not every day that you […]

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Juna & Matt