Rewind to Fall of 2021. I was shooting one of my dear couples wedding…the gardens were gorgeous and the day was a sweet celebration. By the time the reception came around I settled into the rhythm of the final hours of coverage. Julie (pictured above) stood up to give her speech. What I wasn’t prepared […]

When everything else in the world changes, he remained constant, steady, secure. When plans fell through and what she thought would be postponed, he remained steadfast. And as it was all the days leading up to this one, so she knew he’d be the same all the days to come.Because that’s what time reveals–character. So […]

One Summer day the sun rose and with it the promise of their dreams come true. She would be his.And he would be hers.Forever.Till death did they part. An oversized white venue was situated between aged green trees and on top of the rolling knoll before them. Tulle layered around her flawless figure. Hair swept […]

It’s amazing watching someone I’ve known my whole life grow up–someone I played imaginary horses with in the basement until we got real ones to ride together in the barn–someone I looked up to, admired, dared to be like. Someone who would sneak into my room in the middle of the night. Who would knock softly on my door from the adjourning bathroom, […]

Recently I was trying to count up the number of photo shoots that I’ve gotten to take of Tom and Crystal. It’s the thing I tell people on the street who ask me what I do for a living. After we’ve hit the main points of “I’m a wedding and family photographer” they usually look […]

Brad and Anna are Michael’s aunt and uncle! Gosh, I don’t even know where to begin. So I’ll start wayyyy back. When you’re dating someone, meeting the extended family can be a little intimidating. (One day I’ll share the story of Michael’s experience with mine! Eek! Haha, if you guessed that it included fake country […]

Time. Steadily, quietly, in the midst of each breath we take, each beat of our heart–thump, thump, thump–unnoticed she works. I think deep down we know what’s expected of her. She knows it too. But then sometimes, sometimes her gentle crafting takes us by surprise. The days that slipped by when we were oblivious to her endeavors. Naive […]

If there were ever a family that was down to earth, real & what you see is what you get—it’s the Clapham’s! One of the first memories I have of them is from about a month or two after Michael and I got to Kansas City. The Clapham’s and another incredibly sweet family from our church invited us for dinner and games! One of my absolute…

Let’s rewind. I’m going to take you all the way back to 2009. Back to one of the very first shoots that I did (and yes, you guessed it! It was for Tom and Crystal). I had just graduated high school. Photography was just a passion. There were no aspirations for it becoming a business, no dreams of what it’d turn into—just me and a tiny flicker of life that burned when I had the camera in my hands…

It was cold. Frosty. Frozen. Beautiful. It was early. Sunrise to be precise. Slowly the rays began to wake up, to warm up. Slowly they began to emerge behind the bare trees that stood quiet. Leaves crunched, crisp beneath boots. Frozen–enough to see small ice crystals if you looked close enough. Delicate, light. Just enough to melt between two warm fingers. Two sisters enter the scene. Twins. One…