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November 1, 2017

Does anyone else feel like they blinked and summer passed? It seems like just a few days ago that I was celebrating the Fourth of July and scalloping in the Crystal River with my BFF’s… but this morning when I woke up, the calendar read November 1st. Really, where did the time go? I will […]

Truly nothing makes me happier as a photographer than when people trust me to capture multiple milestones in their lives. Jon and Brandi are no strangers to the pages of this website. In fact, the first photo on my homepage is from their wedding! Almost two years after I photographed the day they said I […]

These two are special to me. I have had the great privilege of documenting Brock’s proposal, their engagement, and their wedding. It has been a joy getting to know them better and witnessing their very evident love and care for one another! Brock and Bergen were married in historic St. Augustine at The White Room. […]

What a beautiful thing it is to photograph human life. Aly and Zach have prayed for an Adelline for many years now. This year, the Lord decided to give her to them. I am honored to have documented this miraculous gift, and to have made some new friends in the process!

I tend to reach for my film camera in particularly weighty seasons. The permanence of it seems the only appropriate way to shepherd my sentimental heart. Like a journal, film records my emotions and stores them up for sunny and rainy days alike. A woman twice my age, who grew up with 35mm film, once […]