From the moment I sat down with Calen and Lori, I wanted so badly to photograph their wedding. They are beyond sweet, even more genuine, and love each other for all the right reasons. For their engagement photos, we spent a chilly afternoon in Rapid City. The day included  a cup of coffee at their […]

My first engagement session of 2013 took place last weekend, and had it been warmer, I would have walked around Sylvan Lake with these two all day long. (Although, had that been the case, I think Scott might have joined the fisherman out on the ice.) We chose a very windy day, but as we […]

It’s no secret that I love engagement sessions, and I’ve been so blessed this last year with easygoing, adorable,  head-over-heels-crazy-for-each-other couples.  To each and every one of you, my sincerest thanks for letting me be a part of this sweet time in your lives. In no particular order, here’s a few of my favorites from […]

Do you know what the best part of my job is? No, it isn’t the wedding cake (although it is a perk). It’s the time I get to spend with people who are absolutely crazy about one another—whose hearts are completely full because of where they are in their life. The instant I met Eric […]

Christina and Torey knew of one another in a past life—a life involving high school wrestling matches and what I can only assume was a very cute cheerleader. Not knowing much of anything about the other, there was never any thought  that they might cross paths again. As the future should have it, they met […]

Thanks to many blind phone conversations originally initiated by mutual friends, Matt and Nicole’s love for one another was in the making long before their first meeting. There was something brewing months before the question, “Do I go for the hug or the handshake?” arose.  By the time they were nervously approaching their first face-to-face […]

I emailed Makaley, who lived in Mississippi at the time, and told her if they were ever visiting the Black Hills, I would love to photograph her and her husband, Will. I went to high school with her, and had been creeping on admiring their marriage via Facebook ever since I’d seen their wedding photos. […]

I first met with Amanda and Dan last winter to talk about the possibility of photographing their wedding. I loved their laid-back nature and positive outlook, and was thrilled when they asked me to be a part of their story! They lived in Lincoln at that time, and had already done engagement photos, but we […]

They’d met before. Twice, actually. He’d taught her to dance, but Tucker still couldn’t remember her name. All it took was a single smile—one that happened in a split second, between lights and rides and hundereds of other people—for Tucker to know that he needed to find out more about the girl wearing that smile, […]

It started as a joke—you know the kind. When after meeting a friend’s kid sister, a guy gives his friend a hard time about how gorgeous she is. In Maryrose and Cole’s story, the younger sister couldn’t help but feel something in return. She mentioned this to her family along with another tiny detail—that she […]