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August 28, 2020

How To Design Wedding Timeline

Putting Together Your Wedding Timeline – How Much Time Do You Need For…? Looking for wedding timeline tips? Starting to freak out juuuuust a tiny bit, here in the home stretch of wedding planning? No worries, fam. I know how stressful those last few weeks before your big day can be. Your mind is stuffed […]

August 14, 2020

FILED IN: Bridal, Wedding

Baton Rouge Wedding Photographer Black Bride2

Diverse bridal photography. In all honesty, I hadn’t really understood how important this subject was, until the last few months in my career. I’ve grown up in a world where the women modeling wedding dresses in billboard ads and in magazines all looked like me. I can still remember planning my wedding, and clipping inspiration […]

July 17, 2020

FILED IN: Wedding

Bride glancing at groom during elopement wedding ceremony in Baton Rouge

As a Baton Rouge elopement photographer, this time in the wedding industry has proved to be a pretty wild ride over the last few months. COVID-19 has thrown a monkey wrench into pretty much every wedding couple’s big plans. Mary Kate and Jesse originally had a big wedding planned in Chicago, where they live now…until […]

July 7, 2020

FILED IN: Maternity

Baton Rouge Maternity Photographer Downtown 0344

Among other things, I love being a maternity photographer in Baton Rouge. We have some of the most amazing locations for gorgeous baby bump photos around! And, not gonna lie – it’s so nice when a couple is totally down for getting up early for photographs. Early-morning, dawn photo sessions are *maybe* not the most […]

June 10, 2020

FILED IN: Newborn

Baton Rouge Baby Photographer Lifestyle Newborn Declan 0287

As a Baton Rouge lifestyle newborn photographer, I get to work with some really cute kids. For this session, I got a *double* dose of cute, y’all! There’s just something about the relationship between a new baby and an excited new sibling that I love documenting. This big sister was SO in love with her […]

June 5, 2020

FILED IN: Birth, Newborn

Baton Rouge Lifestyle Newborn Photographer COVID 0332

Being a New Orleans birth photographer, I’ve been really lucky to photograph childbirth sessions for some of the most wonderful people around. There’s just something about that NOLA community, man. I’ve said it many times, but I genuinely feel so extremely lucky to be able to work with the incredible people that I have as part of […]

May 27, 2020

FILED IN: Birth

Baton Rouge Birth Center Birth August 0246

The Baton Rouge Birth Center is one of my favorite places to photograph births. When you want a home birth experience, but with a little extra expertise by birth experts, this is THE place to have your baby! The staff is so friendly and knowledgeable, and committed to helping you have the best birth experience […]

May 10, 2020

FILED IN: Birth

mom and dad laughing as dad holds newborn baby

These guys made natural birth at Woman’s hospital look good! Meagan and Doug welcomed their fourth little one into the world at Woman’s a little while ago, and I was so honored that they asked me to document this for them. Meagan is a very talented photographer, herself! Not gonna lie – it’s always an […]

May 3, 2020

FILED IN: Engagement, Wedding

Baton Rouge Wedding Photographer Windrush Gardens 8

Windrush Gardens in Baton Rouge is one of my very favorite locations for photographs. I got so lucky when these two magical unicorn people asked me to photograph a wedding session for them. They were planning having an elopement wedding before the craziness of COVID-19 hit, but they knew they wanted some great photos here in […]

April 27, 2020

FILED IN: Wedding

photos of guests taped to church pews for social distance wedding

The incredible social distance wedding of two nurses, a moving tribute to the couple’s loved ones, and a whole lot of emotion. Man, we’re living in a completely different world these days, it seems. Times are so hard, for so many people right now – and the ways in which we’re having to adapt in our […]

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