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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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I shared part of Jen + Jake’s story in my previous post, which if you haven’t seen or read, go check it out!!! Things took a drastic turn and her terminally ill father wasn’t going to be able to make it to this Belize wedding and they had a ceremony last minute so definitely go […]

Jen + Jake | Grand Caribe Belize

September 22, 2019

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Jen first contacted me about a winter wedding in a little winter village and during our first conversations I just fell in love with her. But it was the end of summer and life was busy and I realized I hadn’t heard from her in a while and reached out to touch base. Turns out […]

Jen + Jake | Gibson Mansion

September 15, 2019

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My heart is overflowing when it comes to these two! I photographed Kelsey + Nathan years ago outside Seattle for their engagement photos just before they moved to San Diego. And then a few days before their wedding I photographed them in San Diego, the place they now call home. Then they asked me to photograph their wedding at Serendipity Garden in the mountains outside Palm Springs.

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Kelsey + Nathan | Serendipity Garden Wedding

September 2, 2019

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They’re soooo chill + laid back. Jacki spent half the morning just sitting on the couches with her friends + family laughing + having drinks. Justin ran wild doing what boys do + then after getting ready broke the zipper on his pants + just said… whatever. Haha.

I love them + their chill vibe. They’re getting married + that’s all that matters babe!

Jacki + Justin | Riverview Ranch MT

August 20, 2019

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Sweetest souls on the planet these two. The speeches this night referrence their kind and generous hearts over and over. Quinn’s brother wanted to roast him as Quinn had to him at his wedding but his brother couldn’t come up with a single bad thing to say about Quinn. And Miss Maggie. She’s so incredibly loving and doctor nowwww!!! She knows what she wants but matches Quinn perfectly making them the sweetest souls on the planet.

Maggie + Quinn | Montana Snowbowl

July 25, 2019

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I love the spirit of these two. This carefree, going with the flow, create things as they come cause in the end they have each other and that is all that ultimately matters. The perfect mindset for a Jamaica Wedding! They planned so little before even getting to Jamaica. Once they were there they actually decided where the ceremony would be, the reception, all the timing, and details. Just days before really. How freeing is that?!?!

Katie and James | Jamaica Wedding

June 11, 2019

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I have a love affair with what we in the industry call intimate weddings. These small celebrations of the couple and their love. Just them and their family or really close friends. There’s just an energy about them. Sometimes they’re just as simple as gathering together in a location for a ceremony and then maybe […]

Kaitlyn and Chase | Glacier National Park MT

October 2, 2018

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I first met Alexis and Joshua for their engagement photos last summer in Glacier National Park. They were an hour late. Ha! And I had my kid along. But we had a freaking blast. I’ve been soooo excited and so nervous for their wedding since then! I’m nervous before every wedding. Amanda will tell you […]

Alexis and Joshua | Bar W Ranch Whitefish MT

August 22, 2018

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You don’t normally see me post any rehearsal dinner or welcome dinner images. Let’s be real it’s not rehearsal that we’re actually photographing cause we’re gonna get the real deal later. It’s the group photos with all the collections of friends and candids galore. So to the couple and their friends it’s awesome to see […]

Alexis and Joshua | Whitefish Lake Lodge

August 22, 2018

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These sweet babes first met in a bar in Minnesota. Talking all night Emily told Ryan she was leaving the next day for a wedding in Montana. Ryan asked her where in Montana to which she told him it was at this lodge in the tiniest town in Montana, he’d never know it. He laughed […]

Emily and Ryan | Holland Lake Lodge MT

August 19, 2018

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