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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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A southern belle and the ultimate gentleman. Ashley and Nathan are some of the most kind hearted people. Ashley messaged me about photographing her and Nathan’s elopement in Glacier Park and asked for recommendations on where to which I said well do you want to go on an adventure?! This girl was in. Cover as […]

Ashley and Nathan | Glacier Park MT

September 8, 2017

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Elopement

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I was sitting in the car when I got this text that Eden, my dear friend Taylor’s younger sister, has decided to elope in a week in their dad’s yard and was I available to photograph it. Things are just meant to be cause I was and Eden and her man, Ryan, are like my […]

Eden & Ryan | Hamilton MT

August 8, 2017

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Elopement

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Laurie and Ash are soooo much fun! They live in Washington where Ash is stationed in the Army and Laurie went there for work. They met, they fell in love, and the eloped! Laurie is from western Montana and Glacier is like a playground to her so they didn’t do photos when they eloped and […]

Laurie and Ash | Glacier National Park

August 3, 2017

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Couples

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I’m not sure how every wedding can feel like a dream especially with as much as I’ve been shooting, but my gosh every wedding is a D.R.E.A.M. Leslie and Tim came from Louisiana without ever have visiting Glacier park, or even Montana for that matter! They just love the outdoors and wanted to experience somewhere […]

Leslie and Tim | Glacier Park

July 24, 2017

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Elopement

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Katrina & Mike are so freakin’ cool. They came to Glacier National Park to elope but really wanted to spend their day adventuring and see and experience as much of the park as they could. They seriously covered so much area that day and the photos at each place are incredible.  By the time we […]

Katrina and Mike | Glacier

July 19, 2017

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Elopement

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We’re not totally sure how this idea of eloping in Northern Ireland came to be. Pretty sure my sister, Amanda, and her guy, Galen, had a few drinks or more than a few and it just came out of what if they went to Northern Ireland to get married. And it stuck. And Dunluce Castle […]

Amanda and Galen | Dunluce Castle Northern Ireland

June 30, 2017

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Elopement

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Cailey and Montana traveled to Ninepipes Lodge outside of St Ignatius MT a year and a half ago and just knew that it was the perfect place for them to elope and they immediately started making plans. I was so excited when she asked me to photograph it! I hadn’t actually been to Ninepipes in […]

Cailey and Montana | St Ignatius MT

May 24, 2017

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Weddings

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  Last year Alysha asked me to photograph her & Jake’s engagement session. We had worked together several times as she’s a hair stylist so I was STOKED she wanted me out of everyone she works with to photograph them. During that shoot we actually discovered that we are indeed cousins! More on that HERE! […]

Alysha and Jake | Daytona Beach FL Elopement Photographer

April 5, 2017

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Weddings

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“Being in love is temporary madness. It erupts like volcanoes and then it subsides. Love, is what is left behind.” These were some of the words the priest spoke to Brooklyn & Austin in this tiny little church in a lava field on the west side of Iceland. Reminding us of not just what really […]

Brooklyn and Austin | Iceland Elopement Photographer

March 15, 2017

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Weddings

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  Britta & Luke are the happiest married couple EVER. Two minutes into photographing them I realized how easy that day was going to be cause they’re so in love and so giddy happy there was no direction needed from me. Do your thang you two and I promise the photos will be so good! […]

Britta and Luke | Suncadia Resort WA Elopement Photographer

March 1, 2017

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Weddings

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