It’s that time again. It’s time to look back at some of the best photos from 2018. Everyday we’ll be taking a look at a new category. Voting is open till 8am tomorrow and the winners will be announced Monday. The winning entry will each receive a 16×20 print.

Today’s category: Wedding Rings

I love trying to capture what is unique about a couple and work that into a photo of their wedding rings. Here are some of my favorites from this past year.

Take a look at the entries then vote at the bottom of this post.

1: Wood

2: NES


3: Dirt


4: Bling


5: Horn


6: Nature


7: 60/40


8: Scrabble


9: Hogwarts


10: Money

If I had to describe Alissa & Michael’s relationship in one word the one I would use is Respect.  Instantly I saw how much they value and respect each other’s opinions and thoughts.  I love when I meet couples who can’t wait to let the OTHER person share a story or point of view.  These two are a delight.  Also, shoutout to Houston for the skyline.

So I asked them if they were ok sitting at this cool little corner spot. It was early in the morning and we had just had so much rain, part of it was still damp.  Of course they were game and hopped right down.  As it turns out, that’s not rain.  It was dog pee.  Because of course I asked my couple to sit in dog urine 10 minutes into our session.

These two met on Bumble and I adore what each of them and to say about each other. Alissa liked how all of Michael’s profile pics were of him out an about “going places”.  “It looked like he liked to travel, and I wanted to travel.” (So good.)

Michael told me that she didn’t have any selfies on her profile so he took that as a good sign.

Lesson:  It’s all about the profile pic.
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They told me about their cat named Oscar who is constantly staring at them.  So while a bit stupid, this photo is a perfect representation of their life.

Thank you two for being amazing.  See you in a few months.

It’s that time again. It’s time to look back at some of the best photos from 2017. Everyday we’ll be taking a look at a new category. Voting is open till 6pm Sunday evening. ALL the contest winners will be announced Monday at 10:00am. The winning entries will each receive a 16×20 print.

Today’s category: Wedding

All the other stuff is great, but really, when you get to the bottom of it, weddings are all about two people getting married. I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of photographing couples on their day. Here are a few of my favorites form the past year.

1. Toast:

2. Walk

3. Wall

4. Laughter

5. Rain

6. Mountains

7. Boots

8. Swing

9. Van

10. Kiss

It’s that time again. It’s time to look back at some of the best photos from 2017. Everyday we’ll be taking a look at a new category. Voting is open till 8am tomorrow and the winners will be announced Monday. The winning entries will each receive a 16×20 print.

Today’s category: Wedding Rings

I love trying to capture what is unique about a couple and work that into a photo of their wedding rings. Here are some of my favorites from this past year.

Take a look at the entries then vote at the bottom of this post.

1. Chalk

2. Hands

3. Rope

4. Candy

5. Light

6. Water

7. Adventure

8. Gummy

9. Boots

10. Dance

OK. It’s time again for that killer blog series: My Favorite Part of A Wedding.

Today’s topic: Bouquet Toss

Ah, yes. That moment in every wedding, where single ladies either get way too excited about it or vomit at the shear thought of it.

Quick history lesson:
Tossing the bouquet is a tradition that stems from England. Women used to try to rip pieces of the bride’s dress and flowers in order to obtain some of her good luck. To escape from the crowd, the bride would toss her bouquet and run away.

First of all, this sounds AMAZING! More like this please.

Somehow, the toss has evolved into this thing that now guarantees that the lucky lady who catches it will be the next one married. Because you know… magic.

So even though it’s a bit corny, I do love this little moment when your girlfriends get a chance to go all Hunger Games during your reception.

I love when there are literally dozens of competitors.

I love when they stretch their arms like NFL wide receivers.

I love when the girl that does NOT catch it is more excited than the girl that does.

I love when the girl you think is going to catch it does not.

I love the taunting that is often performed by the victor.

I love when the girls trip over themselves trying to catch it.

I love it most of all, when a girl falls to the floor, and a bride is willing to meet her down there for their photo together.

I also love when a lady has so much swag and confidence, that she knows she can jump, hold her red solo cup in one hand, and snag the bouquet with the other.

But seriously. Here is the key that I have found after shooting hundreds of weddings: some people love it, some people don’t. But you know your girls better than most. If you think they will enjoy it, then by all means, go for it. If you know they hate the idea… punt it. Sure it’s your wedding, but these are your closest friends. The goal isn’t to embarrass or shame them because they haven’t found someone to file taxes with jointly.

And, sure it’s a glorious moment for the winning lady, but it’s not like catching your flowers actually empowers the girl with the ability to become the next one married.

Or does it?

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