Category Archives: weddings

wedding portraits: taylor & stephen

Taylor and Stephen are one of the sweetest couples I’ve ever been lucky enough to work with. These photographs were taken just a few weeks after their wedding. Taylor got a chance to wear her wedding dress one more time, with Emily doing her makeup and the lovely Brooke on hair, and we were able…

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  • Nolan Nicaise

    Dazzling! These are just beautiful!ReplyCancel

dayton wedding chalkboard artist: suzy

If you don’t mind, I’d love to introduce to my dear friend Suzy. She creates the most beautiful hand-lettered chalkboards for weddings & events, inspired by vintage typography (including the one she created for our first Craft Dayton event). Wouldn’t one of her pieces be beautiful as a wedding welcome, menu or place card board,…

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  • Annie

    Hi, we are looking for someone to paint windows with the names of our mayor and commissioners as well as add some decorative flair. are you able to do that or just chalk?ReplyCancel

dayton engagement: morgan & brian

Morgan and Brian met at the University of Dayton (you know I just love shooting fellow Flyers!), fell in love doing service work in Appalachia, and are an incredibly sweet, genuine couple, with such an effervescent love. I got a little nervous when the skies opened up right as Emily began doing Morgan’s makeup before…

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saginaw, mi wedding: west & leah

One of the best parts about photographing weddings is seeing how days that, on the surface, tend to be made up of similar elements & traditions end up reflecting the couple being married. Sometimes the whole day is quiet, contemplative, spiritual. Sometimes they are full of heart-in-the-throat emotion and uncontrollable happy tears. And sometimes, like…

dayton wedding: sarah & michael

At the end of the night, when we were getting ready to leave the Willow Tree, I told Sarah that her & Michael’s (who you may remember from their engagement session) wedding had been, “like, the inside of my soul.” Which, is, admittedly, probably a bit dramatic. But! A beautiful, meaningful ceremony (in UD’s gorgeous chapel,…