I recently shot Elizabeth & Nathan’s September wedding – and it was Grade A Perfection!!! – and I can’t wait to blog all the pretties but before I do, their engagement session should come first!

Elizabeth & Nathan have known each other for years, attend the same high school, but never more than acquaintances. They reconnected through social media in summer 2016 and things really clicked – they’ve been inseparable ever since! I love stories like theirs because even though their dating relationship may seem short, I truly believe that God placed that seed in their hearts and lives way back in high school and it’s been growing every since!

Arriving at Patrick’s aunt’s farm, I could see the hustle going on around the reception tent and ceremony area near the pond. Vendors and family members were bustling about to and from the main house, where the wedding party was getting ready. The energy was happy but also serious – everyone there had a job to do to make Lydia & Patrick’s day perfection.

It’s about time there was an engagement session on this blog! Katelin & Chad’s wedding is this coming fall so they opted for a spring engagement session to have the best of both world as far as Paducah seasons go! And all Western Kentuckians know, spring and fall are the prettiest! We waited until the gold mustard weeds were at their best for sunset portraits at just the right time. Before hand, we of course had to shoot at my parents’ property – lake, forest, flowers… It’s doesn’t get any better!

Sweet Baby Elliott holds a special place in my heart, as do his parents. I photographed Megan & Andrew’s engagement session years ago and a year later, their wedding, right before they moved clear across the country to reside in California. A year after that they returned home for a visit and we didn’t an anniversary session. Between then and now they we’re blessed with their first child, a son they named Elliot. While he wasn’t premature, He had to spend a fair amount of time in the NICU during his first months of life due to digestive tract issues. This little guy is a fighter!

I have a girl crush on Kaylan – have since the moment I met her! She is a writer who started working for a marketing a branding company here in Paducah as a content writer, who has a major passion for Christ and women. She turned her talent and passion into something beautiful: Honest Womanhood. Check her and it out. You won’t be sorry!

It’s kind of unfair to everyone else in the world that I have such beautiful and adorable little family members! Case in point, our newest family member – Josie Kate! You may remember her birth a few weeks ago. Days after mom and baby were released home, I photographed her newborn portraits in their home for two reasons – so that I could also capture elements of their home and because new mom Amy (my sister in law) wasn’t in any condition to bring Josie to my studio. A-OK with me!!!