Tips for Brides

This is a blog post sponsored by Basic Invite ~ all views and opinions are mine!  // When I was planning my own wedding, I remember one of the most challenging pieces was putting together our wedding invitations. Where to get them? How to word them? What kind of paper to use? Include colors or […]

There is seemingly no end to the list of beautiful session locations in Austin, Texas. This area of the hill country is so unique and rich with truly stunning locations to shoot. Even if my couples don’t live in Austin, most of them always prefer to have their engagement sessions here because the backdrops are […]

First and foremost, every couple is different. So of course, every wedding day will be different! The one question each couple has to answer is, “Should I do a First Look on my wedding day?” And it’s true: First Looks won’t be right for everyone. But after years of shooting weddings for all different kinds […]

How to Plan Your Wedding During COVID 19 Here you are, planning a wedding in the middle of COVID19, and you could use all the tips to make it work. After all, this is not quite what you pictured for your season of engagement, right? Well guess what? I really believe that despite COVID19 affecting […]

  Hey friends – This is a trying time for so many. As a wedding photographer, I have a front row seat to how this pandemic has affected brides. It broke my heart to see some of my own brides and so many others dealing with how COVID 19 was impacting their wedding day and […]

It’s impossible to have a 100% flawless wedding day, but it IS possible to be fully prepared for whatever may happen! I think the most important thing is to have the mindset going into your wedding day that you’re going to have a great day no matter what goes right or what goes wrong. But […]

As a wedding photographer, I see a lot of wedding ceremonies. But aside from that, I’m also a pastor’s daughter. I have a lifetime experience of witnessing what works and what doesn’t in services. But in addition to that, I myself worked as a youth pastor for 3 years, and part of my job was […]

Your wedding day is such a whirlwind and planning it can feel just as crazy! There are so many big decisions to make with wedding planning that sometimes the little ones can get washed to the side. But I think it’s the little decisions that can actually add so much value and WHIMSY to your […]

I remember when I was engaged that the stress of planning our wedding made me (multiple times) want to call the whole thing off and just go to the courthouse and do the dang thing! There are just so many pressures that come with wedding planning, and after a while you can easily forget which […]

Have you seen ‘The Secret Life of Walter Mitty’? It’s our of my favorite movies. It’s so beautifully written and filmed. We put it on when we want something happy. The colors are vibrant and the message is really encouraging. The soundtrack is also incredible. Anyway, one of my favorite moments of the movie is […]