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Why Choose Folly Beach for Your Engagement Photos? If you’re looking for the best beach for engagement photos near Charleston, Folly Beach is one of my favorite locations. It offers wide stretches of sand, rolling dunes, and beautiful sunrise light, making it perfect for couples who want natural, relaxed photos with a coastal feel. Is […]

There are few things sweeter than getting to photograph a surprise proposal, especially when the person planning it has been paying such close attention. Seth reached out because he was planning to propose to his girlfriend Caitlyn and wanted the moment to feel beautiful, private, and true to her. One of the sweetest parts of […]

Is Piedmont Park a Good Place to Elope in Atlanta? Piedmont Park is one of the best elopement locations in Atlanta because it gives you several backdrops in a single location — skyline views, a lake and gazebo, stone staircases, grassy hills, and tree-lined paths. You don’t need to drive between locations to get variety […]

This engagement session at Vickery Falls in Roswell was such a sweet one! Rebecca and Mervin were so fun and easygoing, and they brought two outfits so we could get a little variety throughout their session. We started around the mill building for a more rustic, historic feel, then made our way onto the trails […]

Picking what to wear for your engagement photos is honestly one of the most stressful parts of the whole process. You have the session on the calendar, you’re excited, you know the photos are going to be so special, and then suddenly you’re standing in your closet thinking, “I have absolutely nothing to wear.” So […]

This session with my friends, Gabby and Mikey, was such a fun one. They were visiting from Charleston, and since it was Mikey’s first time in Atlanta, they really wanted photos that actually felt like the city. I had this rooftop I’d been dying to shoot on, so we headed up there for sunset, and […]

This styled shoot with Savannah and Alex was part of my content retreat in Charleston, and we shot at one of my favorite stretches of Folly Beach — the spot where you can see the lighthouse right off the shoreline. It’s such a perfect location for an elopement or any kind of session. We got […]

There’s something really special about getting to photograph a couple for the very first time! Rileigh and Nathan told me right away that they had never had photos taken together before, which honestly, is very common for my couples. And if that’s you, I just want you to know… that is completely normal! It’s my […]

A Winter Couples Session in Downtown Knoxville Emma Kate reached out in November wanting to do something a little festive and wintery before her and Johnny’s April wedding. They had already taken their engagement photos, but wanted another session simply to document this season of life — including their final Christmas together before becoming husband […]

I discovered The Abbott Mansion the way many people discover anything these days: through TikTok. One of their early videos about the renovation process popped up on my For You page, and I remember immediately thinking, This is different. As a wedding photographer based in Atlanta, most of what I see in North Georgia is […]