We all want to look the best we’ve ever looked on our wedding day, and I think the true “Bridal Glow” comes from knowing that their cup runneth over with love and happiness. There is nothing more beautiful then a woman who is joyful and content. Here is some of the “Bridal Glows” I had [...]
I had the great pleasure of meeting Melanie Duerkopp’s family for the first time last month. Melanie is a wonderful friend from college and was roommates in New York with Justin and I. Her Grandma had come over from Germany for the holidays so Melanie thought it would be a great idea to get some [...]
A couple of weeks ago I attended a benefit for a friend who has survived cancer but is now battling the medical bills. There was a silent auction and a live auction and surprisingly enough I actually won something!! I won this amazing flower arrangement from Juniper Flowers with orchids and a Bromeliad plant. It [...]
A couple of weeks ago I blogged about the pregnancy shoot I did with the Farrell family and I promised a look at their new addition, baby Holden Liam. Holden was born in November and my family and I got to meet Holden over the Christmas holiday. Like I mentioned in the previous blog post [...]
Another one of my passions is food photography. I remember four years ago when I was graduating college I was so determined to move to NY and shoot for magazines, restaurants and cook books. Nothing could stop me….aw the feeling of determination of someone who had never been told no or let down before in [...]
“I’d rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.” ~Emma Goldman
Another one of my favorite details to shoot at a wedding is the bridal bouquet. Usually the bridal bouquet is very special and symbolic to the bride. It either contains flowers that are the colors of her wedding or she has chosen [...]
I have this bad habit of asking fellow wedding photographers if they remember their very first wedding they ever shot. I NEVER get a good response…..usually they cringe at the the memory of past mistakes made and the thought of all the information they didn’t know or utilize when photographing a wedding for the first [...]
Nothing brings me more joy then when I get to spend time with friends who I don’t get to see that often. Amanda is one of my best friends who I’ve known for over ten years, and every time I go home to Colorado I try to see her and her wonderful family. Over Christmas [...]
“The most dangerous food in the world is wedding cake!” -James Thurber
I know this quote could have a couple different meanings, but for me it’s quite simple. If I ate a piece of cake at every wedding I attended in a year I would have to be rolled out of the reception hall! People [...]
When I first moved to Seattle one of the first people I met in my industry was a wonderful woman named Sharlane Chase. We hit if off right away and quickly found out that we loved working together on weddings. I was lucky enough to second shoot some weddings with Miss Sharlane this past season, [...]