Ryley and Chrystal: Save the Date!

Got to spend an afternoon recently in beautiful St. Augustine with Ryley and Chrystal for their engagement session. I'll be photographing these two as they tie the knot by the beach this coming summer, and I'm so excited that I get to be with them.









Ryley and Chrystal were high school sweethearts, and they've managed to stick together through thick and thin, including Ryley's military career and the challenges of a long distance relationship. Even though I am just getting to know them, I can tell how very much in love they are. I married my high school sweetheart too, so anytime I meet a couple like them, it makes me so happy.









We spent a great afternoon in the Oldest City, and these two are troopers--it was an awful lot of walking, distance, and dodging tourists and school groups as we worked, and they looked beautiful and relaxed from the start to the finish of their session.









We're counting the days until Ryley and Chrystal say I do! Getting to photograph the wedding of a couple as cool, funny, kind, and gorgeous as these two is going to be a delight and an honor.

Congrats, Chrystal and Ryley...thank you for putting your trust in me to capture your engagement portraits and your wedding day!

Continually in Awe

...I find myself constantly gobsmacked, glad, and grateful that I am able to do what I love and that I'm able to be with people on their most important days. I am finishing up a wedding right now, loving the results, and feeling just so darn happy that I got to be with James and Valerie as they became Mr. and Mrs. Fadool in Tallahassee during their gorgeous winter wedding. Can't wait to share their full album with them; lovely, sweet, funny, silly, meaningful, and beautiful. I sometimes get mired and even bogged down in the planning, business, and technical sides of my job, but then just when I need it, the Universe lands in the middle of me and reminds me that I am truly a lucky lady to be able to get to say to people that, yes, this is what I do for a living. And for that, I am so thankful. I am thankful for every single little moment of my life and my work.

Setting up for a super busy spring, feeling glad to be able to do what a lot of people wish they could, counting my blessings, and enjoying a peaceful Friday after a really long week that tested me. Thank you to the new Mr. and Mrs. Fadool, and as always, thank you to all of my clients. Thanks for your continued faith, patronage, support, and love. You all are my world and I'm glad to know every single one of you.

Happy weekend to you all, friends!