she was spinning almost out of control, her red dress catching pieces of the water with every wave. she laughed loudly and he never took his eyes off of her, smiling. she spun closer to him and then further away until he finally reached out for her hand. he kept twirling her and they laughed. she […]

it’s rare these days that i take all of my camera gear to the beach. every time i bring it along i think… “i need to take more personal photos with my good camera”, but for some reason i never do. i am absolutely obsessed with taking photographs with my iphone (as you can see […]

I started going through photographs weeks ago so I could put together a 2014 recap blog post with some of my favorite images from this past season. I finally went through all of my 2014 weddings and sessions, opened the folder where I had been collecting my favorites and realized I had saved over 100 […]

“If we deny our happiness, resist our satisfaction we lessen the importance of deprivation. We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world…we must admit there will be music despite everything.” ~ Jack Gilbert: […]

we were sitting on the beach with family and friends, enjoying happy hour and yet another incredible sunset. it was our last day, actually we were flying out that night, and i was feeling like i hadn’t taken enough photographs with my real camera throughout our trip, i actually hadn’t even brought it with me […]

october definitely presented it’s challenges in my life, but if i have learned anything through it all, it’s that you can’t appreciate the highs in life without going through a few lows. something always comes out of everything. after what seemed like an impossible few weeks, kauai happened and i was so grateful. i forgot […]