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Category Archives: published!

poptastic bride: I love you.

It’s no secret that I’ve got mad, MAD love for Poptastic Bride.  Cynthia’s writing style alone makes it well worth the (hours) you’ll spend wading through all the real weddings, indie song ideas, and inspiration posts.  But beyond just being an excellent writer, she just plain believes in what she’s doing.  She loves it, and…

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featured on Poptastic Bride!

I think I’ve already told you how much I love – and I mean LOVE – Poptastic Bride.   Cynthia features real weddings.  By that, I mean she features weddings that are real – with budgets that range from minuscule to unfathomable,  decor that ranges from nonexistent to over the top,  themes that range from…

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featured in Offbeat Mama!

Casey and Joseph’s portrait session was very special for me.  Witnessing such a calm, peaceful, and shamelessly loving duo as they laughed and romped and played together; watching them write thoughts, little one-word messages to one another; listening to their giggles and inside jokes; knowing that this kind of relationship only exists between moms and…

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featured x 3: Catherine and David

Well, this is probably as close to “viral” as I’ll ever get, social-media-wise… Cat and David’s wedding was featured on three different wedding blogs in the span of like two months.  I attribute that wedding’s popularity to Cat’s incredible taste, her wonderful color scheme (yellow and gray, so elegant), the stormy beach… I mean, it…

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catching up

It feels like I’m always playing catch-up these days… I let a day slip by here, an afternoon there, and before you know it I’m a month behind on blogging and I haven’t colored my hair since the fall. It’s not pretty, and I’m sorry! We’re fast approaching a crazy few months ahead… a bridal…

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featured on the ISPWP!

Remember Lindsay and Joe’s wedding, that I posted just a few short days ago?  Yeah, that wedding was selected as a Featured Real Wedding on the ISPWP website! What an incredible honor, really – the ISPWP is an organization of Professional Wedding Photographers that I am so proud to be part of, as the selection…

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