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I'm Jackie

Traveling wedding photographer + photography/small biz educator.

Mesmerized by the way two people love each other, each so uniquely.  I always leave room for dessert. Believe swear words are just sentence embellishers. Think indulgences are necessary in this life. 

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Love stories in all forms without the white dress... or maybe they wore white, it happens.

Just my little thoughts on different topics of planning your wedding day big party or just you two.

Stories of two lovers making it all about them, as they should.

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In May I took a little vacation to Vancouver, BC to enjoy some downtime before my summer season went wild. At one point I laid on a suspension bridge 160 feet above the canyon floor just laughing and breathing in the mountain air. And in that moment it hit me….. life doesn’t wait. It doesn’t. […]

Life Doesn’t Wait

September 30, 2014

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As they said their vows to one another Dylan teared up and Anna let the tears fall in one of the most touching ceremonies I’ve ever witnessed. Anna and I first met each other at a brewery. Need a say more? All they wanted for the day was to spend it together, with the people […]

Anna + Dylan | Double Arrow Resort Seeley Lake MT Wedding Photographer

September 4, 2014

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Weddings

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Just before summer I hosted a small workshop. During the workshop we discussed the power of having a blog. But, if you were going to blog you needed to do it consistently. Then I shared my goal for the year to blog 3x a week. I shared it with them thinking if I told a […]

Seeing a Failure as a Success

August 29, 2014

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Kelli began her walk from the chairlift down to the ceremony. Jacob watched her walk. And as she came closer he gave everything to not let a tear fall down his face. As he was about to let it go the ring bearer and flower boy stepped into the aisle and stopped. Then began giving […]

Kelli + Jacob | Schweitzer Mountain Sandpoint ID Wedding Photographer

August 25, 2014

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I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot on a season of intimate weddings. There is something SOOOOO special about a “destination” wedding with just your family and your absolute closest friends. A day spent just… together. A small and short ceremony. Laughter and celebratory champagne toasts with these people you love so dearly. Followed by […]

Kassy and Landis | Schweitzer Mountain Sandpoint ID Wedding Photographer

July 10, 2014

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It started out as I was gonna drive up to Helena MT to Sarah’s parents property. Check it out, as it’s the wedding venue. And then we’d head out to a pass and do their engagement photos. I arrived to gifts of mini bottles of Malibu Rum. Instant best friends. Lunch. And, mimosas. We sat […]

Sarah + Nick | Helena MT Hauser Lake Engagement Photographer

July 9, 2014

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Impulsive

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It’s here!! Wedding season has arrived! It’s about to be ca-ray-ha-zayyyyyyy this year with back to back wedding weekends for months. And the marathon starts tomorrow. I’m so pumped. To prepare myself for the amazingness to come I’ve spent the last couple weeks kinda laying low. Taking a little vacation to North Vancouver. Spending time […]

Wedding Season is HERE!

June 6, 2014

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Last week I had a photoshoot in Leavenworth, Washington. It’s secret sauce so I can’t share it with you. BUMMER cause it rocked. Leavenworth is AMAZING!  Rather than driving home after the session, I drove to my second home. Vancouver. I was closer to it anyway, it only makes sense! I’ve been spending time in […]

Vancouver. My second home.

April 29, 2014

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12 hours after arriving in Santa Barbara, California for the UNITED 2014 Conference I ran into Kevin Sturm. He’s such an amazing guy who heads up planning UNITED. He comes to me and says “Hey! So did you talk to Meg? Cause I’m wondering if you two can move your talk up to Monday at […]

Living with Purpose in Life and Business

March 17, 2014

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Impulsive

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I’m home!  For now…. 😉 The last few weeks have been INSANE with travel. I’ll be sharing more of that in the days to come. There is so much I want to share. And I’m so excited to share it I haven’t been able to sit still long enough to even collect all of the […]

Adventure Happens Every Day

March 11, 2014

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