My WHY

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In the past, people have asked me, "What is it that drives you as a photographer?  Why have you decided to become a wedding photographer?"  Love, weddings and marriage... these are three things which consume my thoughts daily and have made me the photographer I am today.  I am incredibly grateful and honored to have a career that allows me document the love two people share time and time again.  As a wedding photographer, I see the tiny, fleeting moments that may have otherwise been forgotten, and capture them for my clients and their families to look back on for years to come. Preserving a rich history of love in photographs is important not only for my couples, but also for future generations.  I’m passionate about capturing moments and creating images for their children and grandchildren to come and look back on time and time again!

Furthermore than photographs, I want my couples to have a marriage that is even more beautiful than their wedding!  I want their wedding photographs to bring them back to the joy and excitement of their wedding day, all while allowing them to reminisce about how far they've come in their lives together.  I hold love and marriage near and dear to my heart, and believe they are two things which everyone should have the chance to experience!  

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I pour my heart and soul into my business, because my passion for what I do stems from my own marriage.  When I talk about the life I share with Arturo, I can't help but feel overjoyed-- there are times when I want to shout from the rooftops what an amazing husband I have!  When my couples tell me their about their love stories and the life they share together, it warms my heart!  These are the stories that drive my passion.  As a photographer, love is the driving force behind my WHY.

My Philosophy

I believe in true love.  
The kind of love that has passion and romance, the kind that engulfs everything you are and extrudes warmth and radiance.  
I believe in long-time love and growing old together. 
I believe in traveling and discovering the world with each other. 
I believe there is a soulmate for everyone, and once we find that person, we do everything in our power to keep them close. 
We paint the pictures of our lives with this person, and cherish fewer things than the photographs on our walls to remind us of these beautiful memories.  
I know it is my life calling to tell your story, not only for you, but for the future generations that will follow. 
Your children, grand children and even great-grandchildren will have a rich family history of love preserved in photographs.

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