Julie & David {An Engagement Session}

There is something in the way that Julie and David look at each other - it's as if the whole world fades away, and all they see is each other.

Morgan & Tim {An Engagement Session}

Love was measured in smiles for Morgan and Tim during their recent engagement session.  They had such a loving and easy going demeanor to them that laughter was the order of the day. The simple act of being together on a beautiful fall morning, brought out a radiance in them rivaled the warm autumn sun.

Ashley {Senior Portrait}

Seriously had a blast working with Ashley for her senior portraits. And despite the threat of rain, we got some amazing shots.

Kerry + Brian {Sneak Peak}

The last kiss of the summer’s warm sun bathed the idyllic country landscape in soft golden light.  Rustic farmhouses and old weathered barns were the backdrops against which love wrote her timeless story. 

The long and meandering drive led guests across covered bridges and babbling creeks to the ceremony beneath the shade of an old maple tree.  The reception, held in a converted century barn, was the perfect mix of rustic simplicity and ageless romantic elegance.  Every detail was perfect, right down to the handwritten board sharing their love story.

And in the quiet of the night, as the sounds of laughter faded through the open doors to the darkening sky, they danced; alone and in love, under the light spectacled rafters.  

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A Quick Favorite

Just a quick favorite from Kerry & Brian's wedding this past Saturday.

{Stories} The Story Behind The Moment - The Bride

The setting was a beautiful, old manor house. The ceremony was to take place in the garden amid the late summer splendor - the soft canopy of the surrounding trees caught in the transition from deep summer greens to the warm shades of autumn.  It was picturesque.

I can only image what a bride feels planning her wedding - all the details, vendors and little things that require her attention.  The morning of is surely a rush of last minute details, misplaced items, nerves and adrenaline. Surrounded by her closest family and friends the bride can lose herself to the rhythm of the chaos.  But there comes a time, when alone and surrounded by nothing but beating of her heart in her ears, she realizes that she is the bride, and this is her wedding.  

Of all the photos I took that day, this was the truest expression of the bride before her wedding that I had seen. Finally alone, the momentousness of what was about to unfold washed over her.  The months of planning and preparation were about to come together, their destiny finally realized.  It was in this stillness, on our way to take a few pre-ceremony photographs, that I turned to find my bride lost in thought and awash in the light from the window – being for the first time, not the bride that everything centered around, but the bride that was about to begin her journey through life with her soon-to-be husband.