Wedding and Engagement Photography based in Lexington, KY
“I found my forever partner already, so I knew what to look for” Nicole tells me this over coffee at our neighborhood coffee shop. She glances towards Bleik, sitting next to her, and squeezes his hand. They just finished telling me the story of how they came to be, how a series of tragic and …
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Writing your own vows is one of the best ways to make a traditional wedding ceremony personal. It’s also one of the best ways to ensure a nearly total lack of dry eyes in the room. Stephanie and Andrew were married at the beautiful Thoroughbred Center in Lexington, a world-class training center for thoroughbreds and …
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It was just the two of them, locked in embrace and slowly swaying in the middle of the otherwise empty dance floor. There were no guests circled around recording this moment. No proud parents. No smiling friends or cousins. No fidgety children. Just them, ensuring that in the middle of the wedding chaos that they …
Continue reading "Brittany and Nathan’s Northern Kentucky Wedding"
I promise to love you even when you feel unlovable. There were so many powerful moments on Brittany and Bryan’s wedding day. During Brittany’s first look with her dad, Keith, before he turned around for the reveal, I asked her to tell him about her favorite memory with him. Brittany’s voice shook a little. Holding …
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Cinnamon. Pumpkins. Cider. Apples. I often suggest that couples choose locations that are meaningful to them, not simply ones that are a pretty backdrop. Part of crafting a successful engagement session is just as much about what you feel as how you look. This is one of the reasons I mix a lot of prompts …
Continue reading "Steph and Andrew’s Nostalgic Fall Engagement Session"
When it’s that quiet on the water everything you say glides quickly across the surface. Sometimes it comes back. You can hear every small splash, every swoosh your hand makes in the water, and occasionally individual drops. You naturally reduce your voice in a reflexive response to the quiet. It makes everything seem just that …
Continue reading "Elizabeth and Dustin’s Lake Cumberland Engagement Session"
I look over at Macy’s bridesmaids and they are all tears. Seven gorgeous ladies all dressed in beautiful blush dresses that look amazing on every single one of them with hair and makeup on point… and they are crying.
The ceremony hasn’t even started yet. It’s early afternoon and we’re all sitting in Macy’s hotel suite.
Oh, and I’m crying, too.
