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BETH & KEVIN IN THAT SULTRY SPENARD SUNLIGHT

Filed in : Lovers

Sometimes, there’s not even a ring on it. You’re just in a lotta love and you gotta savor it in the sultry sunset. Eat your heart out babies.    You never knew there were so many splendid places tucked away off the tail end of Spenard. In fact, that’s the way I feel about this […]

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CARLEY & JOEY LOVE EACH OTHER

Filed in : Lovers

And they understand each other. They are quirky and they laugh more than anyone you’ve ever met. The first time I met them, they took me to the Lego Exhibit so we could get to know each other and talk about their wedding. And when they said, “Do you mind going to look at Legos […]

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IN HONOR OF THE DAY || SOME BEAUTIFUL PROPOSITIONS

Filed in : Love Films, Lovers

John Michael O’Laughlin thought he’d give his cousin’s boyfriend a swift kick in the pants towards popping that question and created National Proposal Day. Which happens to be today. So maybe Johnny was a little ambitious. But if it gives us a moment to look back at these stories, I don’t care. It ain’t about […]

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GARY & TRACI ON A FADED GRAY DAY

Filed in : Lovers, Portrait

She is calming, and his lively spirit compliments her. They are servers of their country, and they serve it well. They met. She deployed. They wrote real letters. They fell in love. They fell in love and got engaged. They got engaged and threw the most fantastic Halloween-themed surprise wedding you’ve ever seen. If you’re lucky, […]

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TYLER & EMILY || IN THE GOLD OF AUTUMN

Filed in : Lovers

That day, I knew. “I knew the way you know about a good melon.” As we road tripped together, we told our stories and I came to know that there was something more. Something deeper that pulled them together. And it was good, so good. Next summer, I’m going to make a wedding film for […]

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KYLEIGH & JORDAN & HOW A LITTLE RAIN NEVER HURT NOBODY.

Filed in : Lovers

Me: So, it’s looking like it’s still raining.. Them: We’re up for anything. Me: Excellent. Let’s do this.    Pretty things come from suburban neighborhoods and back road bakeries on a rainy week night. I am in love with these two. Married for sometime now with gorgeous babies. I swear this woman has bottled all […]

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JAMES, REBECKA & THE BABE

Filed in : Lovers, Mamas

On a windy Monday night, We took a walk around their concrete jungle. Both clothed in classy black against the color of the city. And so we walked..    That baby in her belly is coming any day now. He will be a rad soul to encounter with parents that will teach him how to savor […]

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Phoebe & Cody || Minneapolis, MN

Filed in : Lovers

So I was riding my bike, after a 3 hour round trip into the cities. Scratch that. I was riding someone ELSE’S bike that felt more like riding a sawhorse than a bicycle. My arms were caked in sunshine and my legs feeling pretty worn, when I rode past what I can only describe as […]

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Josh & Becky || Our Own Sunset Sanctuary

Filed in : Lifestyle, Lovers, Portrait

She teaches 1st grade children and he does manly things with hands. Literally the look across a room, catch each other’s eye kind of love, leading all the way up to now. He wanted to bring her little Indiana grown self up for “the trip of a lifetime.” I swear, these boys with their sneaky […]

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JAMES & REBECKA & THE BABE

Filed in : Families, Lifestyle, Lovers, Portrait

She’s a hawt mama and he’s a badass to-be fath-uh. The little babe showed himself to be gorgeously convex last night and even gave us a little morse code tap dance show to close, just kickin. Kickin away. What a champ.    Monday, nice night to be pregnant, eh?  

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