Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry, and then I cry some more because it just feels so beautiful to be alive.

Sometimes this is in private, and other times it’s out in the open because I don’t care who sees.

Arizona Elopement Expert & Storyteller

Being yourself, wearing your heart on your sleeve and being vulnerable? It’s HARD. It’s rare. But wow is it so liberating when you let your walls down and embrace all the warmth that will inevitably flood in.

After photographing big weddings for nearly 7 years, I became tired of watching my couples “hold in” their true selves on their wedding days. It felt like a soul crushing experience each time I watched the production and stress of a big wedding overshadow why it was taking place in the first place. I watched beautiful humans with deep connections get lost in the hustle of a day that was supposed to be about...just that.

So, I’m just gonna say it. Your wedding day should be about YOU.

I hereby give you permission to show up as the most vulnerable, real & imperfect version of yourself on your wedding day.

I am here to empower you to embrace a wedding day experience that follows your heart first and traditions last (or not at all). I am here to ignite an experience that is the theme song to the profound connection you’ve found with your soul mate. Oh, and take beautiful photos along the way to tell your story. I’m also here for that.

Bottom line?

Be exactly who you are and I will do the rest.

Hold hands with my grandma one last time

Publish a book with all the poetry I’ve ever written

Send handwritten letters to my childhood best friends

See my paintings in an art gallery

Have a woodland picnic with everyone I’ve ever loved

Live in a magical cottage in the woods (check!)

Make time for tea and honey on the porch every evening

Sing in the forest and summon all of the woodland animals to listen

Say “I love you” more often

Braid flowers into my hair just because

Bask in the glow of evening dusk every chance I get

Practice unconditional self love and compassion

✧ Hold hands with my grandma one last time

✧ Ride horses down an alpine wildflower trail in Oregon

✧ Publish a book with all the poetry I’ve ever written

✧ Send handwritten letters to my childhood best friends

✧ See my paintings in an art gallery

✧ Have a woodland picnic with everyone I’ve ever loved

✧ Live in a magical cottage in the woods (check!)

✧ Make time for tea and honey on the porch every evening

✧ Sing in the forest and summon all of the woodland animals to listen

✧ Say “I love you” more often

✧ Braid flowers into my hair just because

✧ Bask in the glow of evening dusk every chance I get

✧ Practice unconditional self love and compassion

My Bucket List : Dreamer Edition

Her energy, her passion for her work…it’s literally the reason I tried leaving her a review before we even got our sneak peek photos back. The photos are immaculate. I thank whatever divine intervention happened for me to stumble on her Instagram page every day."

"When we came across Maria… It was literally love at first sight.