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September 9, 2020

FILED IN: Wedding

The Gatehouse Wedding Phographer Baton Rouge 0102

I love being a wedding photographer at The Gatehouse in Baton Rouge. This wedding venue has long been one of my very favorites, for its warm and wonderful staff, and endless attention to detail. I always know they will take care of “my people” 100% šŸ‘Œ This post-pandemic wedding was no exception. Since COVID-19 hit, […]

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 […]

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 gotĀ 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 areĀ so hard, for so many people right now – and the ways in which we’re having to adapt in our […]

March 27, 2020

FILED IN: Wedding

The Gatehouse Wedding Photographer Baton Rouge 0093

I love photographing weddings at The Gatehouse in Baton Rouge. Like, always. They have theĀ best clients who find them, and I think that says a lot about a business! They just attract great people. And I’m always happy to photograph those people, as they start the rest of their lives with the vows pronounced here! […]

March 13, 2020

FILED IN: Wedding

New Orleans Wedding The Crossing Photography 0002

There just aren’t enough words in the English language to express how much I loved every single second of this New Orleans wedding at The Crossing. I talk a lot about how important it is to me, to work with “my people.” When you’re getting married and choosing a wedding photographer, it is essential that […]

January 29, 2020

FILED IN: Wedding

Baton Rouge Wedding Photographer Ascension 50

This intimate Baton Rouge area wedding is, without a doubt, one of my all-time favorites. I’m such a lucky girl in that I get to work with GREAT people on the whole – but this day in particular made my heart sing. Lindsey and Beau live in New York and are–wait for it–theater people! How […]

January 14, 2020

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Baton Rouge Backyard Wedding Photographer 0001

This Baton Rouge backyard wedding was kinda all kinds of amazing, y’all. This is what weddings are all about – the people, the emotion, and the moments. The venue, and the decor, and everything else are the things that are happening around your wedding. I love backyard weddings because they’re always intimate affairs, and there’s […]

January 3, 2020

FILED IN: Wedding

Groom getting ready on wedding day

Being a New Orleans wedding photographer comes with a lot of perks. One of those is being able to photograph weddings at Latrobe’s on Royal! It’s one of my very favorite venues in NOLA. AND, when I have a spectacular couple like these two…well, I’m a lucky girl to have the job that I do. […]

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