the journal

Second shooting weddings always brings me so much joy. To be able to help bring someone’s wedding day to life through my lens. To be able to get a little creative without the whole wedding day on my own shoulders as a lead shooter. I love helping other photographers in bringing a beautiful gallery to […]

I always get SO excited to see how new parents decorate their babies nursery. Sometimes there is a theme, sometimes it just a color scheme. When Josh and Terry sent me a photo of their nursery for their new baby boy Owen, I almost fell over in delight. Their beautiful home that overlooks Piestewa Peak […]

Sometimes when you meet someone, the timing just isn’t right. But as fate has it, sometimes it brings you right back to where you belong. Stephanie and Matt have traveled all over the world together. To tropical places, sunny places, rainy places, and everything in between. They’re even spending their honeymoon in Ireland, attending someone […]

One of my favorite things to do is learn about my couples. Their story. They’re all so different and so beautiful in their own ways. Sometimes its a modern day love story of meeting on a dating app/online somehow. Sometimes they’ve been high school or college sweethearts. Sometimes, it’s the good old fashion way of […]

This sweet boy was prayed for and wanted for so long. The tiniest toes. The cutest little smile. Brandon was nothing but an angel for his newborn session. We even got the SWEETEST photos of him smiling; total daddy’s boy. This adorable baby boy was named after his dad’s twin brother, who unfortunately passed away […]

Is there truly a wedding day that doesn’t have something memorable happen, whether good or bad, did you even have a wedding?! Celeste and Shane’s wedding day started out beautiful and ended beautiful, with all of their friends and family surrounding them, loving them, praying over them. It truly was a magical day. These two […]