A bride and groom smiling and posing happily for a portrait before their wedding at The 4 Eleven in Fort Worth, Texas. The bride is wearing a decorative, floral, white wedding dress, green shoes, a floral headpiece, and is a holding a large bouquet of flowers. The groom is wearing a grey suit, white dress shirt, decorative floral tie, a boutonniere, and a watch.

Mark and Mikaela are two thoughtful, real, genuine people. The couple are both nurses, and they brought their care and kindness with them into their wedding planning.  They’re both half Mexican, so they incorporated their culture by including a mariachi band! They also brought in their history as a couple by using real playbills from […]

A black and white candid photo of an African American bride and a Caucasian groom laughing and holding their holds together and up in the air in front of the Marty Leonard Community Chapel in Fort Worth, Texas. The bride is wearing a flowing, white, highly decorative, wedding dress, a necklace, a bracelet, a long, flowing veil, and is holding a large bouquet. The groom is wearing a black tuxedo with a white pocket square, and an orange and blue boutonniere.

Jennifer and Brett’s wedding was an intimate affair with 60 guests. Their ceremony was at the beautiful Marty Leonard Community Chapel in Fort Worth, followed by a reception at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth – one of my favorite spaces!  Jennifer wanted a colorful wedding and made it happen with details like flowers […]

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    Amy and Nikki’s elopement took place on Halloween 2020, just the right date for their wedding filled with personal touches.      I love how this couple made their elopement completely their own. Nikki’s mom officiated, and Amy rocked her green hair. Her bouquet’s orange flowers fit perfectly with this cool autumn day. Being an inclusive […]

I love a courthouse wedding – and I always have, long before COVID made it almost necessary. Choosing to get married at the courthouse is great for so many reasons.  — You can keep costs low, since you aren’t tempted to rent and decorate a room with Pinterest projects you’ll inevitably spend hundreds on (and […]

One of the best aspects of being a wedding photographer is the opportunity to meet so many incredible people, and to create lasting bonds with them. When Laurel and Matt reached out about photographing their wedding, I knew we’d be fast friends. These two moved to the area right before their wedding – in fact, […]

Time. Flies. I know it’s a cliche…but I can’t really believe this was already over a year ago. January 2020: back before masks were a part of every responsible outfit. Oh, what a time. Speaking of outfits – Stephanie and Michael embraced their quirky style for this engagement session in the Magnolia area of Fort […]

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Cortney and Will’s Brik Venue wedding took place on a Monday evening! I’m all about weekday weddings. It was an honor to be their photographer for several reasons: this was my third wedding with the Patterson family, and Cortney is in the wedding industry as a florist and planner. Cortney and Will met in college […]

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Ariel and Matt tied the knot with a beautiful Marty Leonard Chapel wedding ceremony and intimate wedding reception at Matt’s parent’s home.  It was such a treat to photograph for a group of friends we’ve already worked with in the past (see Evelyn and Mike’s Perot Museum Wedding here). So when Ariel reached out about […]

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Averi and Prince’s Joe T. Garcia’s Wedding Reception started off at the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens, and the celebration continued at the famous Joe T. Garcia’s with delicious fajitas, margaritas, and dancing the night away. Check out the simply romantic first part of their wedding day here! I wanted to highlight the benefit of hiring […]

DFW Wedding Photographer

Averi and Prince’s Fort Worth Botanic Garden wedding: what can I say except that they were an absolutely delightful couple to work with throughout their whole journey. Their wedding day started out with a forecast of rain but magically stopped every time we planned on taking photos outside and for their ceremony! Averi reserved the […]

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