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Yah! This wedding has been delivered and they love their photos! And I have to say, we do too! When we met Steph and John, we just knew that they would be one of those couples that would have an awesome wedding day, be excited for the full experience of the day, but also trust us to do what we love and are good at. The whole day was wonderful. These two opted not to do a first look which allowed us to do a lot of their separates on the front end of the day. Steph shared a really sweet reveal with her dad. John gave Stephanie a photo album… like a custom one and it was so sentimental. One of my favorite details from their day was including their dog on socks as well as signature drinks. Oh, and Steph wore cowboy boots!

Referrals are so incredible. I can’t even think what life would look like not to have a relationship with people. Ashley and Joe are one of those couples. They found us through one of our past couples Abby and Eric, one of our 2016 couples. Ashley and Joe are wonderful people. And their families are also so sweet. We met Ashley and Joe in person at their engagement shoot and what was probably one of the hottest engagement sessions of the entire year, maybe even two years. Joe had just returned from Kuwait from deployment so we were so pumped to be able to spend some time with him pre-wedding day and get to know them at dinner.

We love when friends from other seasons of life come to us to document their wedding. This story is fun because Patrick and Ashley go back to the Chapelgate days in highschool (I think that’s right, maybe even younger!). Fast forward to a few years ago, we were doing an event at Turf Valley. Ms. Kim, what we call her, is Ashley’s mom and she was on staff at Turf Valley and a huge part of the famous Wedding Extravaganza event planning team. We loved our meetings with Kim and team, and soon after re-met Ashley. Fast forward to last year, Ashley invited us and hired us to document the unity of her and Jimmy and their beautiful family. Dang, do they have the sweetest and prettiest kids!

Aww yah! Okay, so I’m just going to be straight to the point. I love this session for a lot of reasons.

1. They have a little guy named Quinn who I could just eat up he’s so sweet and cute! I love when couples include their babies and or furbabies!

2. Dinner afterwards was awesome… thanks Keegan for bearing with us as we navigated options! LOVED the thai food we got.

3. It was coooollllddd. Like not kidding, like we could not feel our fingers or hands. We had to all take thaw breaks. I didn’t love that…BUT what I LOVED was that the two sucked it up, did they session and looked sexy even in the cold. And baby Quinn, didn’t even cry.., what!!? What a champion baby!

4. And lastly, the outfits. I loved what outfits they choose!

Kathryn and Keegan, thanks for trusting us, with the day, your son, and even meeting your parents was so awesome! We can’t wait for your day!

I’ll never forget when Michelle called me, emailed me and texted me. I was soo excited to be able to shoot for such a wonderful woman, her soon to be husband and her kids.

I’m so thankful that we made the decision back in 2020 during the pandemic to launch Beloved Weddings… a wedding option for under 5 hours and under 50 people. It allowed us to give people incredible photos documenting their love story, without the high expense for our couples simply wanting documentation for smaller event.

What is the Wedding Boom!? How does it affect your business? As a bride or couple, what does it entail? Today we are diving into what the wedding boom is, and why it’s happening and some tips for what to do if you’re a couple planning their wedding or if you’re a vendor booking weddings this year and next.

What a cold session but Hannah and Nick did awesome! And so did their dog!

We met Hannah and Nick at Centennial Park about two hours before sunset. We knew where we wanted to take them and knew we were chasing daylight. The park had a lot of construction so our normal route had to be ditched and these two had to trust us as we drove throughout the park. Hannah and Nick, you guys did awesome! We are so excited to get to know you more and can’t wait for your wedding!

The super bowl is over Someone won. Someone loss. Someone somewhere questions the win, if it was fair, if it was deserved. Regardless of how we felt at the end of the game, you know what all the teams are doing right now. They are strategizing their next season.

Teams across the nation are starting all over in their prep, to prep for the next season. They are hustling and working sooo hard in preparation for what’s to come. It’s kinda like photography and running a business. Now is the time to strategize your year, to team up, to partner with the best, to figure out the ad campaigns you will run, how you’ll recruit more sales. At least that’s what we are doing over here. Today I’m sharing very simple tools we use to strategize the day, week, and year that don’t break the bank!

If you’re a photographer, it’s your off season. That doesn’t mean you’re not working, shooting, or catching up from your 2021 year. Today I’m sharing a handful of thing that you should be doing to bring life back to yourself, your business and to get ready for the 2022 year ahead!

Dang, this is a bittersweet wedding for me. Not because of the couple, but because of the memories associated with this couple and their families. I met Christina back in 2017 at her sisters wedding. Amanda and Rob were the first couple to get married. Amanda is one of 3 sisters. Christina is the oldest, followed by Amanda and then Melissa. Melissa and Jon got married 2 years later, and we were asked again by this family to photograph their wedding day. We of course were honored and didn’t hesitate. Then 2 years later, Christina and Jeremy. How freakin’ awesome.