I met Neely Tubati Alexander when I was 13 years old at Delano Bay Christian Camp. That was about 1996 – almost 20 years later, never ever having lived less than 1hr away from each other, sending letters back and forth all through high school, college and then social media made us closer than we […]
The title of this post is called “The Adore’s,” affectionately titled after the middle name that all three of these girls carry. Adore: love dearly, love, be devoted to, dote on, hold dear, cherish, treasure, prize, think the world of These three girls. These three girls who I love so much and who I absolutely […]
Before I start this post, I have a disclaimer. I have tried and tried to upload this wedding in chronological order several times today. They just will not go in order. We love this wedding and we love Daniel and Davy so much, we didn’t want something as cliche as order to keep us from […]
Meet Aushanae, a Class of 2016 Franklin Pierce HS senior! She’s killin it and we are so excited to be photographing her! Aushanae is so easy to fall in love with! She is full of joy, which exudes from this second picture! She said “I can’t do serious” – she can, and she does it […]
Meet Alexis. She’s a fun European & Asian fusion, who loves Jesus and dancing and singing. I completely fell in love with Alexis yesterday, besides being obviously beautiful, she has a heart of pure gold, loves people so much and lives her witness! I love meeting young people who love God and want to carry […]
This summer, we got an email from Brooke White and Summer Bellessa asking if we might be interested in joining them on set and shooting some BTS on some special projects they were doing locally. Immediately, I got excited and looked at Ike and said “We have to do this.” I knew who these girls […]
Kaitlynne is a phenomenal young woman who has walked along side her mother every step, with such incredible strength and grace. Kaitlynne’s good friend Hannah nominated her for this Beauty Revived session stating that Kaitlynne is “so incredibly loving and encouraging to everyone around her. She is so hilarious and happy! She has such a […]
Meet Cadence. Oh we fell in love with Cadence today. She crazy smart. She’s talented and witty! She’s passionate about the things she loves. She’s a photographer. She’s a dancer. She just came back from Cali, and spent the last month riding her horse and training for the U.S. Jr Olympics. Cadence is an incredible […]
What happens when the thing you never thought would happen does? What happens when you unexpectedly get sick? What happens when someone you love falls ill or even worse dies? What happens when a natural disaster hits and destroys everything you've worked so hard to build? What happens when you become ill or paralyzed and are unable to run your business? What happens when you find yourself in a global pandemic and you're unable to work for months at a time? What are you going to do?
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When we first started shooting, we couldn't afford many of the opportunities and workshops that were available for newbie photographers to learn and grow, so we really utilized the free communities online and locally to building relationships and to learn the trade. It was those years that shaped who we are as people in this industry and have helped us to value the journey.
