Ali and Luke are such a sweet couple. I have really enjoyed working with them over the last year. Ali has worked so hard planning her big day and I have been so excited to see it all come together! From the moment I arrived at her bridal suite, I felt right at home with […]

Grace and Dane both grew up just miles apart and their families knew each other for years, but the two of them had never met. Dane’s father introduced them one night at The Anchor, a local bar in Carlinville, after Grace moved back to the area from Chicago. Dane proposed to Grace on Christmas Day […]

To date, this was one of my favorite dates every in my career. Besides genuinely telling the story of love, one of my favorite things about this business are the details and the collaboration of vendors to achieve them. I was honored to have gotten the opportunity to put together a styled shoot with Cassandra […]

Erin and Jon’s wedding was a very special one to me. I have known them both since kindergarten as we grew up in Chatham together. We experienced all of the joys of growing up in a small town together, we each had our awkward years and when Jon finally asked Erin to be his girlfriend […]

I was so excited to photograph Ashley and Branson’s wedding under an arbor covered in flowers in front of the pond at Sheedy Shores. Ashley had mentioned early on in the planning stages that she wanted lots of lush greenery and that’s just what she got with roses, peonies, and eucalyptus too. The scenery was […]

Where do I even begin with Jamie and Tommy? They are both such kind and sweet souls and fit absolutely perfectly together! These two do not know a stranger and it was so apparent on their wedding day based on the amount of love that surrounded them.  We had an enormous threat of rain during […]

Stephanie and Chris are one of the sweetest couples! They met when Stephanie’s mom hired Chris to work at her daycare, where Stephanie also worked. They fell in love very quickly and got engaged about two years later. The pair were married at Chatham Baptist Church; the church Stephanie grew up in. Stephanie and Chris […]

I have known Taylor since high school and she has always been a sweet, bubbly, blonde who befriends everyone. That hasn’t changed one bit and when she and Cameron started dating, I constantly running into them several times at weddings, events, and the occasional Target run. We have had so many conversations about their wedding […]

So you have chosen your venue, picked out the majority of the vendors for your special day–now it is time for the most important part–shopping for your dress! The dress that you will be wearing when your new husband twirls you around the dancefloor, the dress you’ll be looking at for years to come in […]

Lacey and Kyle first met in grade school. Lacey jokes that Kyle was her kindergarten crush, but it wasn’t until adulthood that these two lovebirds finally met again and fell in love. And well, as they say—the rest is history. Lacey and Kyle’s beautiful boho themed wedding included a stunning array of flowers from peonies […]