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A couple enjoys dinner on the Rhine River in Strasbourg, France.

What Travel Has Taught Me: 5 Lessons I’ve Learned on the Road

Travel was part of my raising, adventure is in my blood and exploration is #1 in our family manifesto. I could write a book just on little lessons learned while traveling. Actually, I plan to. Here are five things I’ve learned catching flights, ducking down side streets, getting off the beaten path and treating every […]

August 3, 2018

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This couple eloped in a valley of the French Alps, complete with mountains, alpine lakes and old world churches.

Enchanted French Alps Elopement Shoot | Colorado Elopement Photographer | Destination Wedding Photographer

Adventure Elopment in the French Alps Relationships matter. People matter. Real life matters. This shoot is a product of relationships forged online and built in person. The stars aligned when I met Laure of Laure Lalliard Design and encountered her creative genius. After a couple months of dreamin’ and schemin,’ I found myself here: Nestled […]

June 28, 2018

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Blayke peeks back at his beautiful bride, laughing, as they make their way through a meadow.

Intimate Wedding | Mountain Elopement | Colorado Wedding Photographer

More than just photos: An Intimate Wedding Experience “This is awesome! It’s like a whole experience, instead of just wedding photos!” he said. I couldn’t agree more. Skyler’s dad uttered those words while we were at the trailhead for Skyler and Blayke’s epic mountain portraits. He got it. And so did everyone else. I’ve been stoked […]

June 13, 2018

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Anne and Caleb scrambled up a rock outcropping at the foothills of Colorado's Rockies at sunrise for their adventure elopement.

Adventure Elopement Session – Colorado Elopement Photographer

Elopement, n. — No longer shotgun weddings or secretive nuptials, elopements are not defined by their last-minute runaway stereotype anymore. Instead, they’re fueled by intimacy, personality and intentionality. Anne and Caleb traveled across the country from their home in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina to snag some adventure portraits in the foothills of […]

April 17, 2018

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Half Dome gleams with fiery sunlight as the sun sets on Ryan and Kim's adventure elopement session in the Yosemite Valley.

Ryan & Kim – Yosemite Elopement – Colorado Elopement Photographer

Adventure Elopement Session – Yosemite Valley – Colorado Adventure Wedding Photographer Winter in Yosemite can be all kinds of unpredictable, from sunny days and warm temps to flash snowstorms and tire chain requirements. But on this particular February day, ol’ Yosemite was at its finest for Ryan and Kim’s adventure elopement session. Not a cloud […]

February 26, 2018

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Greg + Jackie | Dreamy Atlanta Engagement | Atlanta Engagement Photographer

I have come to love my little pocket of this city, the little world that we’ve explored and crafted to be all our own. Pair that with the wonderful people who I’ve been lucky to call my clients and we’ve got some magical photo sessions.

November 10, 2016

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Jessica + Lee | Yarborough Mill Wedding | Atlanta Wedding Photographer

Lovers of adventure, the great outdoors and all things local, Jessica and Lee get hitched at the Yarborough Mill on September 3, 2016. Their outdoor wedding was full of whimsy, “mutual weirdness” and meaningful details.

October 13, 2016

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Chelsey + Dallas | Blue Ridge Engagement Session | Western North Carolina Wedding Photographer

Chelsey dreamt of engagement photos in a field with hay or “wispy” flowers, as she described to me. We landed on the perfect meadow off the Blue Ridge Parkway in Western North Carolina.

October 12, 2016

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Jess + Lee | Cloudland Canyon | Atlanta Engagement Photographer

Jessica and Lee are my kinda people. They are hikers, adventurers, fitness junkies, lovers of all things local, real food, farmers markets and sour beer. They are simple, down-home and living the rural life dream (with a modern twist, of course) outside of Rome, Georgia.  AND Lee is an entrepreneur of all sorts!  See, I […]

August 24, 2016

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#TravelTuesday: NYC Edition

Thomas and I are certainly adventurers, and adventure is surely one of the many things that brings us together as a dynamic duo. In college, long before we were dating, we could always count on one another to hop in the car for spontaneous shenanigans. And one of the things I love about the combo […]

May 31, 2016

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