this is a long one but just bare with me, i promise the end is worth it. last night i was laying on my bed, ready to write as i usually am at around 10:40pm. i was looking through some old notes i had, and i came across the graduation speech i gave as the […]

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: […]

The afternoon started early with lunch, an INCREDIBLE lunch. brendan made some sort of out-of-this-world Thai-soup that was to die for. It was like they knew me, Thai-soup is probably one of my absolutely FAVORITE things to eat on the planet, so awesome! I felt so lucky to have been invited into their home for […]