THE JOURNAL

My featured article in the local wedding guide has been published & circulated (also available online)! This years theme is “It’s Your Wedding, Do It Your Way – Advice from local business women on how to make your day extra special.” I did a short write-up from a photographer & DIY girl’s standpoint to help brides think […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

It’s 1 week into the wedding planning for Amanda, which means we are 3 weeks away from the big day. Whew! Planning a wedding  can be quite overwhelming to say the least but we are plowing thru it. For every challenge we have a victory & by having such great family and friends to pitch […]