Ultimately you have to truly feel what is right for you and what is right for your partner and that may not be 100% the same. So you can’t look at choosing your wedding photographer or any other vendor for that matter as checking off boxes when it really should be more a sense of filling your cup.

I don’t know what people mean when they say “God’s country”, I’m not a very religious man. If I had to take a stab at it I would say that southern Utah is what they had in mind. I have compiled a list of my top five reasons you should elope in southern Utah, and spoiler alert - photos don’t even make the list!

Iceland is one of the most beautiful landscapes in the world. It’s magical, awe-inspiring, and there is never enough time to see it all. So where do you start? What should you do? Who should you bring? I can help you with that.

At its most basic function, shadows slow you down as your brain puts together what it is seeing. And slowing down is what we’re after when we jump on social media, open an album, go to a museum, hold a print in our hands or go to see a movie is all about, isn’t it? We are taking a break from the repetitive go-go-go of our lives in order to connect more deeply with what we need and love.

While I love being a Raleigh wedding photographer, if you know me you know that the mountains are my true home. So having this set right into the mountains outside of Boone was such a treat and to do so with such a rad group of people made it even better.

In the city, my head is on a swivel as I try to take in everything around me (except when I am in New York, only because I know I'll look like such a kook of a tourist so I try to be sly as I pick my sights). But in the mountains, it's just simple beauty. Nothing more than what you see in front of you because you don't need anything more.

The twists, because what's a good competition without a few twists, were that you had an assigned theme (bohemian, sweet and romantic and high drama) and that you had 20 minutes to style the table with provided materials and then 10 minutes to style models around the table.

Until this session, I had never shot for another photographer. Sure, I have had couples where one of them enjoyed photography or fancied themselves a hobbyist. But never a legit, full time photographer with a beautiful portfolio and full time gig.