THE JOURNAL

photos from vi.sualize. Congrats to the winners of the Katelyn James Photography Workshop giveway! I couldn’t begin to imagine the pressure and frustration to choose from so many great entries & deserving photographers but I know the winners deserve every bit of the awesome workshop she has to offer! I entered the contest myself earlier this […]

Back in December, right before Christmas I had the pleasure of 2nd shooting a wedding with Tasha Naomi in Reston, VA at Hidden Creek Country Club. The holiday nuptials were adorned with snowflakes, christmas ornament place cards, the cutest and first snowman cake topper I have ever seen, decadent cupcakes that looked like they were […]

I was naive. I’ll admit that when I decided to transition from resident “girl with a nice camera who photographs everything” into “photographer” I thought it was going to be a pretty smooth ride full of creativity, happy clients, beautiful smiling faces, a full schedule, sunshine, rainbow, glittery unicorns…all that jazz. I mean, I was […]

Wedding day details, especially the brides jewelry and accessories, always get my heart fluttering. Usually the jewelry includes a special piece, perhaps passed down from generation to generation, something borrowed from a family member, something new from the Mr., a carefully selected accessory that she splurged on to accentuate the wedding gown and showcase her […]

It’s 8 days until the “30 day wedding”!!! I wanted to share the inspiration behind the theme & style of the wedding ceremony and reception as well as some ideas I found to help create an inspiration board for us to work from (check out my Pinterest inspiration board that I created for Amanda). The […]