the journal

Planning a wedding is stressful. Planning a wedding during a pandemic is even more stressful. However, Seath and Karla made it sound so effortless for their destination wedding in Cancun. All inclusive. Beautiful spot on the beach. Sounds picture perfect. During their engagement session that we doubled as a Christmas session for them in Cave […]

They say rain on a wedding day is a good omen for a long lasting marriage. It was a cloudy day at the Van Loan wedding but right before the ceremony it started pouring down. Many people had umbrellas but I saw an older lady, who happened to be Chelsea’s grandmother, didn’t even have a […]

Football Sunday. How dare I take photos on football Sunday. If you know me, you know I am not a huge football fan, however, my recent groom is! Tanner is a big football fan for his team the Greenbay Packers. Now, most guys are not thrilled to take engagement photos anyways, but Tanner definitely didn’t […]

Lights. Camera. Action. Those intimate moments that make a wedding so special, are the ones no one really knows about. The quite moments. The calmness of the crisp air in January ran through the trees. The beauty of the sunshine glistening throughout the meadow for this brunch style wedding. Allie sat in a chair, nestled […]

Nothing about this year has been easy. So much in the world has gone wrong. However, for brides who were supposed to celebrate the best day of their lives this year and had to move it (some more than once), all they want is to marry their best friend. Some haven’t wanted to wait and […]

Modern day. Social media. Online Dating. It’s the new era of meeting people. Who would have ever thought we would meet other people from all the world, let alone marry some of them?! Janika and Chris were one of these couples. (Fun fact, so are my husband and I!) These two met on Facebook’s dating […]