the journal

“Who gives this woman to be married to this man?” ; Laughter breaks out among the guests. “I do!” says Taneal’s dad. Little did you know though, he was the one who also asked the first question. Something so special was happening at this wedding that I had not seen before. Taneal’s dad was marrying […]

Family is one of the most important things on a wedding day. Of course it is about the bride and the groom, but its about a union of two families together. Little girls dream of their dad walking them down the aisle and giving them away to the man who stole their heart. The week […]

Sometimes one of the hardest things about being in the creative/artistic industry is truly finding what sparks joy in your life. What keeps your imagination going. Being creative is hard because you want to have consistent work that your clients will love, but at the same time you want to continually change, progress, and better […]

Most love stories nowadays start online, which is totally okay since we’re in the digital age. However, some still end up starting in a more traditional way outside of the internet. Cody and Saralyn’s started out the latter. Cody and Saralyn met when he walked into her workplace to get a haircut. Little did she […]

The butterflies and nerves that hit you on your wedding day. It’s like your first love all over again. You get weak in the knees. Tears fill your eyes when you think of how much you just love your soon to be husband/wife, your best friend, your person. After waiting 7 months due to the […]

Traditions. Almost all weddings have them in some sort of way, whether it be the typical music a bride walks down the aisle to, sand or candle lighting at the ceremony, or even the games played at a wedding reception. However, the one I’ve loved SO much in all my years of photographing weddings was […]