Esther & Dave ::: Wedding

Two weeks ago I headed back to Chicago to shoot the incredible wedding of Esther and Dave. The day was absolutely perfect surrounded by crazy weather days the rest of the week. Couldn't be better! They were married at the same church that Dave's parents were married so many years before which made it even more memorable!! The ceremony was one of the most emotional I've ever documented. Barely any dry eyes in the crowd! Almost cried myself! So precious! I'm so excited for these two's future together! They compliment each other so beautifully!! Check out some of the favorite pics below and the **SLIDESHOW HERE**

Joy & Minsu ::: Engagements

This past week I flew out to Washington DC to shoot the amazing Joy & Minsu before their wedding in October! We spent the whol afternoon and evening seeing the very best parts of town with the most beautiful light and documenting the love between them. These two I could just talk with for hours...and we did! So super down to earth and so welcoming..was sad I didn't live there as I know we would hang out! The ONE request for the whole time besides driving to different location spots was that ice cream was a MUST. Ok. Easy enough. No complaints here! Hopped into a cute little ice cream parlour for some mint ice cream and to shoot them feeding each other ice cream and laughing hysterically. Perfect start to the day and that's pretty much how the rest of it went as well! Ending with one of THE best sushi meals I've ever had. Love these two so much and am sooo excited for their wedding! Check out the **SLIDESHOW** here or some of the favorites below!

Mat ::: Fashion ::: Smoke + Shadows

Here is the continuation from the last Bocce ball shoot with Mat. So excited about these...the overall feel we were trying to get was lots of shadows..and throwing in smoke here and there. We found an old building that was being reconstructed to shoot some of these dark shadow pics in! Love location scouting right during a shoot! You sometimes find THE best places!

Stephen ::: Fashion ::: Concrete & Stripes

One of my favorite fashion shoots to date. Stephen and I headed out to take some more editorial type shots around downtown Nashville last week to expand his portfolio... shot far too many but the end product I'm so happy with! I'm so excited to see his modeling career take off! He was just added to the Amax site and is already getting some sweet gigs! You'll see plenty more of him in the future.

Mat ::: Fashion ::: Bocce

Last week I shot Mat at the Werthan lofts here in Nashville! It ended up being one of the coldest days of course in Nashville this spring but the shoot turned so wonderful! Mat is a model for Amax and we were working on adding to his portfolio as well as mine. Everything came together so well... and thanks to Stephen for styling and setting up the shoot! Here is the first set of pics! More to come!

Stephen ::: Fashion ::: Grit Rock

Finishing up from the last post the second look that we tried was a very old rock, Marc Jacobs sort of feel. Absolutely LOVE how they turned out. I'm learning more and more about directing as well. With all other types of photography most of the emotion is there. But with this more editorial/fashion style where it could just be the photographer and model and some music you have to really create the emotion that is needed. A challenge but a good one that got me to think outside of the box so much more.