14 Tips for Planning and Enjoying Your Wedding
While making plans for one of the biggest days of your life is super exciting, it can also be quite overwhelming. There are so many details to plan and you’re the one making all the decisions! Yikes!!!
After completely planning and falling in love with my own wedding, I wrote down a few tips and ideas that were extremely helpful in the process. Hopefully a few of these will prove beneficial to you as well!
THE Most Important Piece of Advice For Future Brides
There are so many tips, tricks, and pieces of advice thrown at you as you plan for your big day. But there is one piece of advice that I think is the most important to keep in mind throughout the entire process.
Are you ready for it? Here it is…
To Center or Not? (Spot the Difference)
To center the subject or not? Good question! Whether you literally center the subject in the frame or just point to them with their surroundings, it depends on the circumstance. But keeping the subject the metaphorical center of the photo is something I keep in mind every time I edit. Here’s how I do it. See if you can spot the difference!
Three Things God Taught me in College
It’s okay not to bear everyone else’s burdens. I tend to listen well to people, which is a good thing, but that means I often internalize other people’s problems or frustrations and try to take them on as my own. And that can become unhealthy quite fast. There was a season that I was trying to juggle 5+ people’s tough situations and, at one point, I broke down crying on the phone with my mom because I couldn’t take it…
Four Steps to Prepare for Your Photo Session
You’ve scheduled your photo session and the day is here. Now what do you need to prepare in the hours leading up to meeting your photographer? Here are a few things to think through.
Tip for Wearing Heels at Your Photo Session
I am always down for dressing up those classy outfits with some statement heels. I mean, they make you feel good too, don’t they?! But, after walking around with me for an hour during our session together, you might regret those heels. So here’s a tip that you’ll thank me later for.
What to do with Your Engagement Ring During the Wedding Ceremony
You’ve been planning for this day. Everything has been decorated. Hair and makeup are done. Your dad is waiting with his arm ready for you lean on. But, wait! What do you do with your engagement ring during the ceremony? Do you keep it on? Take it off? Switch hands?!
Don’t sweat it! Here’s what you do…
How and Why I Pray for My Clients
After witnessing so many beautiful families, couples, weddings and then experiencing my own wedding, the gravity of the wedding ceremony and all relationships in life being filled with the love of Christ has become so important to me.
One Hour Session or Mini Session?
I offer 20 minute and one hour session options and one of the most common questions I get from prospective clients is… Which option should I book???
Here are a few things to consider…
Why Book a Bridal Session?
What is a bridal session? What are the benefits of booking one? And is it worth it?
A bridal session is time set aside within a month or two before your wedding where we spend about an hour of time together capturing you in all your wedding day regalia! You know, the outfit you’ve been planning, buying, and working on for months?! Here’s why you want a bridal session before your wedding day.
7 Tips for Travel Photography
I have a dream to visit every continent in the world and every state in the U.S. in my lifetime. So far, I’ve visited 4 out of the 7 continents! And I’ve stepped foot in 45 of the 50 states. So yes, I love traveling. Photographing each place I visit is one of my favorite things. Not only to document the time spent there but also to challenge myself to see things I might have never noticed. When I hold my camera, I view my surroundings differently as I look for ways to capture what I see in unique ways. And then, I have a beautiful story in photos of my time away. I love it!
So here are some pieces of travel photography wisdom I have gathered over the years…
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