Ohh Sedona…this place is one that I had always dreamed of going and last week that dream finally came true! We were visiting our friends Amy and Jordan in Arizona and they had planned for us to make the two hour drive to Sedona…and that’s when Katelyn suggested we take portraits! I couldn’t say yes fast enough…and I think you’ll see why! Shooting in new places is always so inspiring for me, but especially when it’s a place with beautiful scenery like this! The light and colors were almost too perfect and we all had so much fun seeing the sights and shooting at so many incredible spots…some of these places literally took my breath away!

2014 brought more laughter and adventure than I ever dreamed possible…It’s amazing just to take life step by step and then look back at the journey and all of the beauty that there was in it! From visiting the Georgia coast, to New York City, to Paris, Venice, Scotland and Germany amongst other places…it’s definitely been a year I’ll never forget! Shooting in new places breathes new life and creativity into my work like nothing else, and I definitely attribute feeling like I nailed my style this year partially to that fact!

I loved adding Anniversary

When Michael contacted me about surprising his wife with a trip to New York City and a photo shoot for their ten year anniversary, I was so excited! We spent the next few months planning where to shoot and how we would make it memorable and a representation of their time in NYC and finally decided on the iconic Brooklyn Bridge…we met there just after sunrise on a cloudy morning and the light was so soft and pretty! We walked all the way across the bridge to the Brooklyn side and then hopped in a taxi and headed to the Greenwich Village area…I had never been, but fell in love with the

Steve and Dawn have been married for over 23 years and have walked through so much life together! I love my job because I get to capture the day when a marriage begins, but it was so inspiring and encouraging to capture this incredible couple in this season of life at the place where Ryan and I celebrated our wedding day in Richmond! I dream of Ryan and I being like Dawn and Steve in 20 years. They are incredible and I feel so honored to have gotten to meet and photograph them! Truly they are some of the kindest most joyful people I have ever met. I normally take a couples story and put it in my