Here's what most people picture when they think about wedding photography: a photographer pulling you away from your own reception to stand in a field for forty minutes. Telling you where to look. Telling you when to kiss. Telling you to do it again because the light wasn't right.

The photos come back beautiful. And they look exactly like everyone else's.

I work differently.

When I'm at your wedding, I'm not thinking about the next setup. I'm watching what's already happening like when your person looks at you when you're not looking back, the moment your grandmother finds the dance floor and refuses to leave it because they just put on September by Earth, Wind & Fire, the thing that happens between the two of you in the quiet seconds before everything begins. I'm already in the right place before the moment arrives. And I stay out of the way long enough for it to actually happen.

This means your wedding day stays yours.

You won't spend an hour of your cocktail hour in portraits. Your guests won't feel like extras in a production. You won't have to perform emotion you already feel, you'll just feel it, AND I'll be there when you do.

Some couples worry they're not photogenic. That they'll feel awkward. That they won't know what to do with their hands. Here's what I've learned after photographing wedding after wedding: nobody is unphotogenic when they're not thinking about being photographed. The awkwardness disappears the moment you forget I'm there. And helping you forget I'm there.... that's the whole job.

What you end up with isn't a collection of perfect shots. It's a record of your actual day. The real version. The one that felt like something held still, so you can crawl back into it for the rest of your life.