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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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Earlier this summer Emily + Kevin went up to Glacier the night before their engagement photos in Many Glacier. The next morning half of Montana was covered in pouring rain and radar showed it was supposed to continue all day. We didn’t know what to do. We had a chat and thought we’d feel it […]

Emily and Kevin | Glacier NP

August 7, 2018

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Engagement

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It feels like forever since I wrote a blog post. Cause it’s basically been forever. Life has been AWESOME you guys! I’m going a hundred miles an hour at a steady pace so I’m not dying and I’m so stoked for all the projects I’m working on, new clients I’m working with and everything to […]

Lorissa and Derrick | Missoula Montana

April 24, 2018

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Couples

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After months of barely ever seeing the sun it finally started to come out from the clouds for a few days before Jacki + Justin’s engagement and I was sooooo excited!! The snow had started to melt and I couldn’t wait to finally do a session where it could possibly not look like winter. JUST […]

Jacki + Justin | Winter Missoula MT

March 20, 2018

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Engagement

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I’m so in love with the feel of the images from in-home sessions. You’re just so drawn in and can feel their love, comfort and emotion. I get so pumped when someone asks me to do one of these sessions and then the day of I kinda freak out! By kinda I mean have a […]

Ashley and Andy | Missoula MT In Home

January 18, 2018

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Engagement

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I swear every time a couple immediately tells me they need a lot of direction and are super awkward, they really aren’t. They think they are cause they don’t know what to do but give them something to do and they’ll rock the entire session like complete naturals. They laugh and cuddle. They think they’re […]

Lauren and Alex | Diablo Lake WA

December 18, 2017

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Engagement

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There was something about Katie + Jack from the moment they inquired. Before I even responded I knew I had to get to know these two and photograph them. HAD TO. They have so much zest and enthusiasm for life it comes out right away even in text. I immediately fell in love with them. […]

Katie and Jack | Lake Washington

November 29, 2017

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Engagement

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Ashley and Andy are total babes and amazing photographers themselves! A couple summers ago Ashley was one of my second shooters. She spent countless hours in my passenger seat listening to all of my music and my ramblings and all those hours together our relationships were topics that were often discussed. So even though I […]

Ashley and Andy | Missoula MT Ranch

November 7, 2017

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Engagement

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This last spring I hosted a workshop shoot and Annie + Mekel offered to model for it. Which I freaked out for cause they’re just gorgeous. I knew at the time there had been some discussion of an upcoming engagement and I secretly hoped Mekel would do it during the shoot! HA! But, only if […]

Annie and Mekel | Flathead Lake

October 26, 2017

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Engagement

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Every time a couple tells me their awkward I know right away this is gonna be good! Hahaha. Haley actually text me last night after I instagrammed some photos from this session about how she loved them and I had to give her shit and remind her how awkward they supposedly are 😉 This is […]

Haley and Jaris | Missoula Montana

October 13, 2017

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Engagement

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Tessa is so sweet and I totally fell in love with her over email when she was getting ready to book, and as soon as she told me Chris was her fiance I wrote back I KNOW HIM. But I don’t. I mean somehow I know of him, we have a million friends in common, […]

Tessa and Chris | Many Glacier

October 9, 2017

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Engagement

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