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My clients often have unique stories and great advice for the newly engaged which I enjoy sharing on my blog.  I found as their wedding photographer, the story of Hannah and Matt both interesting and inspiring. After meeting through a dating website, this couple soon discovered they had a strong commonality….their journey to sobriety. This […]

This luxe Southwest-inspired Villa Antonia wedding was one that Bride and Groom Kortney & RT will surely remember forever. The Father of the Bride owns one of the biggest pecan plantations in the world so everyone got to enjoy an exotic and wide variety of the Texas staple as a reception snack. After a night […]

After slipping away for an intimate exchange of gifts — including reading their vows together beforehand in private — native Houston romantics Alex and Andy, surrounded only by their closest friends and family, became husband and wife at the beautiful Wildflower Center in Austin, Tx. The newlyweds and their loved ones celebrated love one particularly […]

Ghazaleh and Rex met a few years ago in college at a party that Rex’s fraternity was putting on. Upon graduation, Rex enlisted in the Marines, but he and Ghazaleh always kept in touch. They said that “they both knew something special was there” even though they never said anything out loud. Their bond goes deeper than […]

Bianca and John’s wedding color palette is bright and vibrant, just like the two young M.D.’s. The couple- Bianca, looking elegant and classy in her mermaid wedding dress and John looking sharp in his crisp beige suit- vowed to love and respect each other with a backdrop of rolling green hills behind them at Villa […]

Michelle + Justin with their adorable shih tzus, Barkley and Gatsby will make your day! Justin (computer programmer) and Michelle (school speech-language pathologist) have been together for almost 10 years. They met when they were 17! He proposed by renting a plane/ pilot and flying Michelle around downtown Austin, ACL, the UT Tower (where they […]

Nazli and Evan started out as student peers from the University of Texas at Austin. But, after a successful group project in their Advertising class ended their final semester, they went their separate ways upon graduation. It wasn’t until they re-connected 5 years later that sparks finally started to fly and each realized they had found […]

Tony and Kaylan’s love story started in sweatpants and basketball kicks, but their wedding day turned out to be the complete opposite. In one word, ethereal. The couple calculated and ran through the details of their ethereal wedding, as if she was going into the game of their lives and it absolutely paid off! Enjoy the photos of […]

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