This is where the stories live. From real wedding days to planning advice, this space is here to help you feel informed, inspired and fully present as you step into your wedding day. My hope is that you not only find inspiration here, but feel more confident, calm, and excited about your own day. I'm so glad you're here.

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Melanie and Josh’s family and friends showed up ready to party. Loud music, everyone on the dance floor, with the kind of energy that fills up a whole room. And right in the middle of all of it were Melanie and Josh. Ready to party, but also with the constant energy of something quiet and […]

Jessica and Kurt talked to every single person who came to their wedding. Not a quick hello and on to the next thing. Real conversations, real time, with everyone there. That’s who these two are. Down to earth, easy to be around, and so clearly sweet on each other. They met right as he was […]

Cassidy’s twin brother officiated their wedding. Someone who has known her literally her whole life stood up in front of everyone and talked about the love she and Ian have built together. That doesn’t happen at every wedding, and I felt lucky to be standing there with a camera for it. Cassidy and Ian have […]

Nakoa wanted his groom portraits taken while he was actually fishing. Not posed with a rod as a prop, actually fishing, actually waiting for something to bite, camera just along for the ride. That’s Nakoa in one sentence: easy, unbothered, exactly himself. Lucy told me she’d been calling Nakoa her husband long before the wedding […]

This wedding was full of the people Ella and Zander loved, woven in the details and very fabric of their day. Ella’s cousin officiated the ceremony. He wove in quotes from both The Princess Bride and Toy Story and then, right at the end, added one line to their vows that wasn’t in any script: […]

Jacob kissed Madison’s hand all through the wedding day. Not for the camera. Just quietly, every time he got the chance. That’s who they are together. They’re goofy and they tease each other. And underneath all of that, there’s this quiet love that shows up in the in-between moments of a day, you just have […]