Brown Wedding

Nate has an infectious laugh and Amanda has a BRIGHT personality... I know that sounds painfully cliche.

But to say these bright, fun beach pictures fit them is an understatement. I photographed the Brown's wedding Saturday at the beach in Gulfport. Beautiful. And then the reception... more loveliness!

More photos will come later. :]

The Cherubs Pt. II

my niece and nephew are literally the coolest niece and nephew ever. brandy, my beautimous sister and exceptional mommy to these two cherubs, and ben my brother-in-law have seen the photos so here......... is the blog post... of... the photos. yes.

some of these are nottttt my style. they came out different than what i'd expected but ah well, that's a part of honing my style. it'll get there. but i will post them in spite of my personal preferences! :]

benjamin kept running behind alexis and giving her bunny ears... BROTHERS. GEEZ.



















can you say christmas card photo?







she's beautiful.















alexis' hair looks like a bob haha.





benjamin... OHHH benjamin!





check OUT this little stud...









i was done taking his solo portraits...















what better way to end such an arduous shoot than a quick roll down a sandhill...



a photo that defines sibling love.

desks & back thanksgiving

Here in my cave aka bedroom, I live most of my life. I homework, edit, read, and repeat. All sitting on the floor. Hunched over. Head in palm to give my neck a break. Or laying on my back, eventually falling asleep while books drop on my face. Or feet flat on the ground, legs bent, behind on the ankles. Dig?

Well I've been dreaming of the perfect desk. A black, real wood kind of desk. A small, lady kind of desk. Maybe old, possibly nicked up kind of desk. Because old is in riiiiiight?

Yesterday, I dragged my pitiable beau to a consignment shop and there it stood, in all of its small-black-old-ladyish-kind-of-desk glory. I likened it to approaching a dewey morning hill with bright mist everywhere, golden sun beaming, fresh air in your lungs kind of feeling. And on top of that dewey hill was this desk. Not at ALL exaggerating.

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And as if anyone even remotely cares, here she is.

My back says thanks.



It was only $60 and it included a chair with an awful checkerboard b&w seat cover that will be replaced.

That's my computer screen. And that's a wedding I'm working on. Which I CANNNOOOTTTT wait to post.


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a photo of a sunset never grows old to me

i took this while driving to worship practice last thursday. i shouldn't do that? no, i shouldn't... well. i did.



thank you God for beauty.

Weddings make me neeeervvvooouuuusss. I'm convinced that that feeling will never go away because I hear even experienced photographers say it. There's a billion things going on at once and the most preeminent fear is making any mistake and when you DO make those mistakes, sleepless nights WILL ensue and certain scenarios WILL replay incessantly in your head and WILL drive you ppppprretty crazy! Preparation is key and I can see my progress there which is a breath of fresh air. But let me tell you... it's worth it all. Weddings are a blast.

Yesterday I shot Will and Janell Goff's wedding. Um, way fun? Yesss! I already showed a few photos to Janell, so here they are. A bigger blog will come later. Yup.

Rushing Wedding

Lindsay and Jarred are pretty perfect for each other from what I observed. This wedding was sweet, intimate, and very meaningful. I loved that they used one of my favorite verses out of Ecclesiastes (I think it was 4:9-12). A cord of three strands is not easily broken. AMEN. They braided a rope with three strands in it to symbolize each of them and God... something I'd never seen before! Beautiful.


A photo memoir of their day:



































CANDY BUFFET!













awww I love moms.

















Lindsay was gorgeous...



















Lookin' sharp!!





















AND THEN IT STARTED GETTING CRAZY DARK... and then I started freaking out. But hey, gotta roll with it.















Byeee!