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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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My summer wedding season really could not have started any better than it did! Brittany + Duane were my first couple of the summer and they are some of the sweetest people there ever was. Duane got ready and was so calm. In the cabin next door Brittany nervously rambled about all the strangest thoughts […]

Brittany and Duane | Lake McDonald Glacier

June 12, 2018

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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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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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This session and experience with Kaitlin + Steve is one I’ll just never forget. I had planned this mini vacation away with my daughter, a last hoorah before she started school. As I planned everything I decided last minute to leave a day later than I had planned. I didn’t know why just had a […]

Kaitlin and Steve | Glacier MT Sunset

September 1, 2017

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Engagement

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Stephanie started following me on instagram, randomly, one day. I noticed her notification saying she’d followed and I looked at her feed thinking daaaayuuummm this Florida girl is pretty! I always wonder how people even find me on instagram. How did they get to my profile and what about it made them click follow. And […]

Stephanie and Kyle | Glacier National Park

August 30, 2017

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Couples

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I first met Andrea when she asked me to photograph a boudoir session for her. It was early on in my career and she had booked a wedding photographer way before but asked if I’d do the boudoir session. She was just the sweetest. That was FIVE years ago!!!! A couple weeks ago I met […]

Andrea and David | Glacier

August 21, 2017

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Couples

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Alexis and Joshua came all the way from New York to do engagement photos way up in the Many Glacier area of Glacier National Park. Well ok actually Joshua’s family has a house nearby in Whitefish and they’re getting married up there next summer so they wanted to have engagement photos in the park this […]

Alexis and Joshua | Many Glacier MT

August 14, 2017

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Engagement

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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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I always say that it’s a true testament to a couple’s love, appreciation and characters to have guests at their wedding. Says even more about them when they all have to travel to your wedding. And in this case I think it might even say just a little bit more about Chelsey and Christina that […]

Chelsey and Christina | Glacier National Park

July 20, 2017

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