love matters
When Patrice contacted me about a couples photography session for her girlfriend Tish, she knew she wanted the photographs to be made around Atlanta. And she knew she wanted them to look like they just happened to be in post card scenes. So we planned multiple spots around Atlanta, from gardens downtown to the rainbow…
Read MoreSome time after Katy + Nick hired me to document their wedding day at Mountain Park in Roswell and before they got married, they moved to Tampa. And since I absolutely love seeing my couples reactions to their wedding day photographs…a trip to Tampa was 100% necessary. I can’t not see how my couples react to all…
Read MoreThis was likely the last summer with their boys home. Cale graduated from high school last year and has been attending KSU. Soon, he’ll be leaving for international studies program in Europe. Camden will graduate from Woodstock High School this coming spring and then be off to college. Anita and Brent wanted family photographs that…
Read MoreThere’s so much excitement around a birthday. If you’re turning three, you’re starting to get a handle on what exactly this means. Presents. Cake. Friends. And grandparents. And in Walker’s case, it meant the gift of a baby brother. Yes, his brother arrived a few days early and his mom was still in the hospital…
Read MoreBrinkley’s senior session started at Roswell Mill last month and then ended on Panama City Beach one week later. In the middle of our time on the beach, we pulled her parents in and made family photographs. These sweet people haven’t had family portraits made in years. And years. They were overdue. And over the…
Read MoreThe people you’re about to see may seem like normal humans. But they are my people. They are filled with hopes, and dreams, and love for each other. They are present. They are strong. They value time spent with the ones they love, so much that it permeates the rooms and beaches and fields and…
Read MoreSometimes your local dating pools are tainted. You know everyone in the pool. You’ve either dated them or a friend has and it’s. just. tainted. Sometimes love is found in the middle of an out-of-state work conference when elbows bump. It leads to a date and then another. And in the middle of earning a…
Read Moredestiny – [des-tuh-nee] 1. something that is to happen or has happened to a particular person or thing; lot or fortune.2. the predetermined, usually inevitable or irresistible, course of events.3. the power or agency that determines the course of events. When two high school sweethearts sit down with me at a local craft brewery and tell me they know all the lines from Rhinestone and the Princess Bride, it feels a little like destiny to me. It was further solidified when these first few lines were spoken during their wedding ceremony in Mountain Park. While torrential rains poured…
Read MoreI first met Meredith + Ryan almost two years ago when I made their engagement photographs. It was then that they shared with me how much they wanted to become parents. Even before they were married, Meredith was changing her lifestyle to eat healthier (she went all vegan!) and be more physically fit in order…
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