elam | FAMILY

Seeing families love on one another is the only thing that draws me to photographing them. I love seeing the dynamics flesh out between mother and daughter or father and son, between mom and dad, or between brother and sister. Getting to see how that changes over time is an altogether greater privilege. The Elams are one of the families that have made this happen both times they’ve been in front of my camera. Jess and I love them as friends and are challenged by the way Christ rules their home. I’m so thankful that we all get to walk through life together (though, our girls’ actual walking will come better with time).

As mentioned, this is the second round of portraits for this family, and you can see the first here.

Here’s big brother helping little sis work up a smile…

Check out the next two images (the first is from their family session taken over a year go). Funny how some things don’t change. Little Sam loves being up on Dad’s shoulders and all, but, he really loves his momma.

For the last little bit of the session, the kids went with grandma and I was able to spend a few minutes photographing just Robin & Jason.

ellen & will | ENGAGED

There’s no bigger bummer than shooting a great engagement session for a cool couple, but being booked for their wedding and therefore unable to shoot it. Makes me not want to not even like the couple, but, with Ellen & Will that was just not possible. They’re chill, southern folk who have a sweet way of being together. We were ALL UP in the hood of ghetto Jackson for the shoot. Thankfully, they just rolled right along with the surprises–which included some man pulling up to me in a pimped out/windows-tinted-so-dark-I-couldn’t-see-him ride and asked what camera body I was using. Seriously?

Thanks for coming my way for an engagement session, Ellen & Will. Hope you had as much fun as I did.

I promise I did NOTHING to digitally alter the shape in the trees just above the couple – nor did I notice it while I was shooting. It kind of cheeses me out, but…

madeleine | SENIOR

Madeleine is a class act. Seriously. She’s super stylish, smart, and has such an easy-going personality. She was a breeeeeze to photograph for a couple hours for her senior portrait session. And since I only take one senior session a month, I love when it works out that the senior is as cool as Madeleine proved to be. Thanks for letting me spend the afternoon with you and your momma!


Mr. & Mrs. Boyd

Laura & David are two of the funniest clients I’ve ever had. Their interaction together is priceless: sarcastic yet strikingly sweet, spontaneous yet perfectly patient. Truthfully, I’ve kind of missed spending time with them and seeing them regularly since their wedding photography needs are over. They’re blog post has been a long time coming, but, I’m still proud to show off some of the great moments that made up their wedding day.

Laura’s pretty theatrical… and, needless to say, so was her bridesmaid crew that surrounded her on that day…



And, of course, no party’s complete without the FOTOBOOTH.

erin & sloan | ENGAGED

Love these two. We’ve known them both since college, and despite all the change that has happened in our lives since college days, our connection with these two hasn’t changed a bit. When you come across folks whose beliefs and personalities naturally mesh with your own–friendship is effortless. And such is the case with Erin & Sloan. They’re good-hearted people whom we’re proud to know.

A few weeks ago, they came down from Nashville for an engagement session in Jackson. We stumbled upon some great spots and found some perfect light. Here’s a few…


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