My favorite reason why I love to shoot on manual is aperture. This part of the manual mode “triangle” is the main reason why I am able to achieve a consistent style in my images. When I set my camera settings, most often, the first thing that I make sure I set is aperture. Then I make adjustments on the ISO and shutter…

Lauren and I met in econ class 3 years ago, but it seems like it was yesterday. We quickly bonded over that terrible subject and became close friends. I invited her to bible study, and it turned out that we had a lot more in common than we thought. Lauren quickly became the friend that I could share my heart with and… 

When I bought my camera two years ago, I honestly didn’t know much about it. All I really knew was that I could take the lenses off and that I felt like a million bucks with this big, black camera in my hands. Have you ever felt the same way? I thought that as long as I had a nice camera, then I would be able to take…

Bre, Ryan and I all went to high school together. These two are high school sweethearts and they’ve been together ever since. When Bre contacted me about photographing her wedding, she was so incredibly excited. She’s been following my blog since the beginning and has read every post. While we were at their…

This year’s fall has been way too good to us. We have gotten so lucky with the colorful leaves hanging onto the trees for weeks longer than I thought they would, the golden light flooding through the trees during golden hour, and the warmer temperatures to make outdoor pictures still bearable. And all of these things…