I'm a wedding and portrait photographer based in Huntsville, Alabama, photographing people and celebrations both close to home and across the country.
Photography has been a part of my life for years, but what has kept me here isn't simply making beautiful images. It's getting to know people, documenting the relationships that matter to them, and creating photographs that become more meaningful as time passes.
My approach is a balance of honest moments and intentional portraiture. I want your photographs to feel beautiful without feeling overly produced - images that capture not only what everything looked like, but what it actually felt like to be there.
Over the years, I've photographed dozens of weddings, traveled for celebrations and multi-day events, worked with couples and families from all kinds of background, and continued refining the way I photograph and tell a story. I still approach every wedding knowing that, for the people in front of my camera, these photographs aren't just another job. They're apart of their family's history.
Outside of photography, I'm usually somewhere between planning my next trip, getting lost in a movie or video game, spending time with my pets, or going down a rabbit hole learning about something completely unrelated to photography.
Travel has also become a big part of what inspires me. From the Pacific Northwest to Texas and now Alabama, some of my favorite memories have come from simply getting on the road and seeing where it takes me. It's one of the reasons I'm happy to photograph weddings anywhere in the United States.
More than anything, I want you to look back at your photographs years from now and remember the people, the atmosphere, and all the little moments you didn't realize you'd want to remember.
I believe your photographs should outlive the trends that were popular when they were taken.
My approach has always been rooted in creating images that feel honest, intentional, and timeless. I'm less interested in chasing whatever editing style is popular at the moment and more interested in photographs that still feel beautiful in twenty, thirty, or fifty years from now.
That doesn't mean that every photograph needs to be perfectly posed or polished. Some of the images that matter most are the imperfect ones - the movement, the laughter, the people you love being exactly who they are.
I want to give you photographs that feel like your own life, beautifully preserved. Something you can return to years from now and remember not only how everything looked, but how it felt.
Trends change. The people and moments in your photographs are what matter.
I first picked up a camera in eight grade, when my journalism teacher handed me a 35mm Canon, told me to buy a roll of 900-speed film, and sent me out to photograph school football games. I didn't know much about photography yet, but I understood something about it almost immediately: I was preserving moments that would never happen exactly the same way again.
That idea still inspires me today.
I find inspiration in people and the relationships between them - in the expressions that happen when no one thinks they're being photographed, the way someone reaches for the person they love, the chaos of a room full of family, and the quiet moments happening just outside of everyone else's attention.
I'm equally inspired but the world around us: travel, landscapes, cinema, old photographs, books, light, architecture, and the small details of places I've never seen before. Curiosity has always been a big part of who I am.
After all these years, photography still gives me an excuse to pay attention.
Every wedding is different. Every family is different. Every place has its own story. I think that's why I've never gotten tired of picking up a camera.
I believe the best wedding photography happens when you're able to forget about the photography for a while.
On a wedding day, I'm constantly watching - looking for the big moments, but also the small ones happening around them. A parent watching from across the room. Your friends losing it on the dance floor. A nervous hand squeeze before the ceremony. The people and interactions you may not have even noticed were happening.
I'm not completely hands-off. When you need direction, I'll give it. I'll help find good light, organize family photographs, straighten something that's out of place, and guide you through portraits without making them feel like a production.
But when something real is unfolding, I'd rather let it happen.
Every couple is different, so I don't photograph every wedding from the same script. some celebrations are loud and chaotic. Others are intimate and quiet. My job is to understand the difference and photograph your in a way that feels true to it.
Because years from now, I don't just want you to remember how your wedding looked. I want the photographs to remind you how it felt to be there.
When I'm not photographing a wedding, there's a pretty good chance I'm obsessing over something completely unrelated to photography.
I love movies - especially anything atmospheric, strange, sci-fi, paranormal or that leaves me thinking about it afterward. I'm a gamer, a lifelong camera nerd, and someone who can disappear down a rabbit hole learning about history, technology, aviation, or some completely random subject at two in the morning.
I'm also happiest when im traveling. I have a particular love for the Pacific Northwest, long road trips, national parks, small towns, mountains, forest, and places that feel a little removed from everything else. Give me a camera, an open road, and somewhere I've never been and I'm pretty content.
Animals are a huge part of my life, too. My house has accumulated quite the cast of characters over the years, an I'm absolutely the person who will stop whatever I'm doing because an animal decided it wants my attention.
I still love old cameras and film, good books, video games and getting completely invested in a great movie, and finding places that make the world feel a little bigger than it did before.