10 reasons to hire this WNC wedding/elopement photographer.

1. I show up authentically. (I believe in love).

2. I don’t try to fit your wedding day into my agenda (No one is my stock photo project)

3. I photograph your love AND the love surrounding you. (You don’t have to choose).

4. I am flexible if things go off schedule, and I can also bring things back to schedule if something awesome happens, with no stress. (Just let me know what you’re needing and it can change!)

5. I want to capture every minute of your day. (I want the bare maximum)

6. I will cry and laugh and dance. (No awkward, creepy photographer in the corner).

7. Weather helps tell the story and it doesn’t scare me. (What if it rains on my wedding day? Then we will make beautiful photos!)

8. I will mostly capture photo documentary with some classic portraiture thrown in. (Everyone needs a little of both)

9. I can help manage family. (I am no stranger to family dynamics and am happy to navigate all of it).

10. I want your photos to show how things FELT not just looked.

Charlotte NC | get your family portraits made and support Western North Carolina hurricane victims

WNC photographer here.

I’m finding myself at what should be the height of my busy season for family portraits, watching my neighbors and community picking up the pieces of their lives (both metaphorically and literally). The forest, waterfalls, and golden tree groves I’ve photographed families in for the past 20 years are inaccessible. It is not the time to advertise here and yet I have to keep working both financially and for my own heart-which is fulfilled when I make beautiful portraits of people.

So I’m coming to Charlotte for half sessions October 26th and 27th at Big Rock Nature Preserve

For every session purchased I will be gifting a session for hurricane victims in my area.

These gifted sessions will be offered and can be used for up to a year, giving people the ability to get back on their feet and put photos on the walls of their rebuilt homes.

Sessions are $350 and will include 25 minutes of photography and edited digital photos for download and professional print options.

My sessions are low stress and I capture both classic portraits and candid/movement shots.

Text or call 828-329-3969 to reserve your spot.

Check out my work HERE

The moments you don’t see | Documenting ALL the love on your wedding day

When I first started wedding photography all the attention was focused on getting the best shots of the couple. 30 minutes after the ceremony was allotted to posing and positioning them just so while the party started without them. A few years later I started being more choosey with my couples and only did a few weddings a year where people just wanted to have their day captured—not have a kick ass blog post.

It was then I started realizing that the wedding day is a great big love story, and a thousand other love stories woven in the tapestry of that day. The love of parents, the friends that have seen you through every single valley, the nieces checking out the cake, the grandparents tearing up.

Something I love surprising my couples with is the behind the scenes photos of all the love. Their people enjoying the day that was so carefully planned and executed. Let’s be real, wedding days are so often a blur and it’s hard to take it all in. I love providing my couples with the photos of their love and a bunch of the surrounding love as a bonus.