“you ready”? he said as he squeezed my hand. i had been ready for months, i was shaking with excitement and nerves of breaking the news to our friends and family that we had secretly gotten married 3 months prior in bali. i took a few clumsy steps on my taped ankle in the air […]

6 years ago yesterday i photographed my first wedding. i was so nervous i couldn’t eat, sleep, or barely think straight until i got to the brides hotel. if you would have asked me that day where i’d be in 6 years, i would have never imagined it would be this place. i’m currently sitting […]

i’ve been dreaming of writing this blog post for…well if we’re being honest… years actually. i don’t know why i have been so scared to put it out there, maybe a fear that if i say it out loud and it never happens that it would be an epic fail, but the truth is, especially […]

the struggle… sometimes as a photographer, it’s hard to balance between what people think we do, and what we really do. i guess i can only speak for myself when i write this, but i thought i would give you all a glimpse into the reality of my reality. i wish i could say my […]

I am enough. i’m not good enough. i’m not interesting enough. i’m not original enough. friends don’t stick around. people get bored of me and disappear. i’m toxic. the painful thoughts that somehow find their way into my head. we all have them, the gremlins that keep us from doing and saying and being. everyone […]

i feel like i have been running a marathon… not that i know what that feels like, but if I had to imagine it would be this. the last month has been so full and amazing, but today it really hit me. i am constantly running and i’m exhausted. 3 elopements in 3 days. it […]