I met her before she met Jeff.  We nearly collided in a hallway at Gateway Church. Sarah, beautiful and joyous, is welcoming… I was new… and she made me feel at home. With her sincere love for people and Jesus, I knew it was only a matter of time before a man would win her […]

Sara. Beautiful, with baby bloom. Dressed in blue.  Appropriate for a boy Mom. I’ve photographed her for 7 years now. Through high school, falling in love, marriage, and now… her biggest adventure yet:  motherhood. We had totally different plans for Sara’s maternity session. But when dark clouds rolled in, we headed the opposite direction and […]

These are the grounds. Where they met.  Ran around as school aged kids. Carried books, laughed, went to basketball games. This is also where they worshipped and listened to their Father’s teach and preach. Holly’s Father, a Senior Pastor.  Austin’s Father, a Missionary. From the early days, these two shared faith, shared community and eventually… […]

My curser sits here blinking. Keys waiting for strokes. Screen for words. Ear buds in, I turn on The Lumineers’s song “Ho Hey.” I find myself still… disconnecting from the busy, beautiful life that surrounds me. I listen.  I get quiet and decide to keep it simple, for their story needs no telling.  Their images […]

It was our initial consult.  I was getting to know Bekah and learn how she and Mark fell in love.  She explained how he couldn’t join us, because her attorney fiance was back in school to get his MBA in New York. She’d always smile, when she spoke of him.  She admires his work ethic […]

My journey with this couple started 5 years ago… before they met. It started when I met Blythe’s family and photographed her older sister’s wedding. It was my first wedding as the primary photographer. I was terrified. The gravity of being responsible for creating a couple’s first heirloom – their wedding day images – kept […]