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Sam and Mike Wedding in Illinois

They stood at the end of the dock in the middle of the pouring rain and he kissed her forehead. It was their own kind of golden hour. The kind where the world fades away with the sound of rain drops on an umbrella. The kind where you link hands and remember every moment because it's just the two of you.

And it's always been just the two of you.

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How to create cover photos for your business

I handed cover photos over to Jenna at the beginning of May and she's blowing my mind with her creativity! It's fun to see how she pairs the images together and honestly it's helped me with my submissions. She doesn't come to weddings or shoots so it's really fascinating to...

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Isaac is joining the team for the summer!

Isaac has been working part-time as the missions pastor at our home church and part-time as a school teacher for two years now! It's crazy beautiful how much our lives have changed over the last 5 years.

In 2012, we moved to St Louis, I started my business officially, and Isaac started pursuing his doctorate in Biochemistry at Washington University. My man is smart. If you've had a conversation with him, it was probably obvious in the first...

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Photo Recipe: When you have 60 seconds to shoot

Hair and makeup was wrapping up in the hotel room and I was getting started with paper details in the Hotel Vandivort ballroom. I pulled had just pulled everything out of my styling bag when the hotel staff said they needed the hotel room.

That would normally count as perfect timing, but we had planned to shoot Madalyn and Conner in the Hotel V robes as part of the inspiration story. So I booked it downstairs...

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Post-wedding workflow: handling the images

Whew! You just tackled another wedding and you're feeling all the feels.

You definitely teared up during the vows and first dances and you're a little extra giddy about how good golden hour was. I mean... so good. And yes, you feel like you need an appointment with a masseuse and a chiropractor, but you're doing what you love and it's so worth it!

Where are those images you worked so hard to take? Where are the images the couple will hold on to forever?

If those two questions make you feel...

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Photo Recipe: shoot on the balcony

After a little mishap with her dress, Cassandra and James found themselves in a Ritz hotel room. He sang her a song while someone sewed her wedding dress. He order room service for her and the friends who had followed them to the room.

And when all was sewed and they were ready to head downstairs for couple photos, I asked them to enjoy a moment on the balcony. A moment to themselves to just be married and soak up their wedding day...

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