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Katrina & Josh’s Sunrise Engagement Session at Flattop

Couples, Engagement, Wedding

Proposal stories are one of my favorite things to relive with my couples during their engagement sessions! It gets you talking, it gets you laughing, and reliving a major moment in your relationship! Katrina and Josh have a particularly adorable story, and it started with the help of a child. Josh enlisted the help of […]

Tips for Rocking Your Winter Portrait Session

Couples, Elopement, Engagement, Portraits

Here in Alaska, we live in winter like 9 months out of the year, we might as well embrace it! For those of you brave clients who aren’t afraid of a little cold, heres a few tips to rock your winter session!!  1. Layers, layers, layers!! – I recommend things that are easily taken on […]

Alyse & Zach’s Engagement Session at Flattop

Couples, Engagement, Portraits

You’re hot then your cold, oh wait, Alaska is almost always cold… When Alyse and Zach first reached out of their session they were excited to sneak in some fall engagement photos and then, it snowed. As if 2020 wasn’t giving me a hard enough time, I had my first snowy winter session in the […]

Jared and Chloe Beautiful Fall Wedding in Wasilla

Couples, Elopement, Wedding

The ceremony ended. The room cleared. All that was left was family. Their oldest son and your youngest daughter, now husband and wife. The room was bursting with love, and every. single. person. was crying. Mother hugged son, father hugged daughter, and two families became one. Weddings are filled with emotions, happy and sad. It’s […]

Hannah & Grant’s Summer Wedding at Solstice Creek Ranch

Couples, Portraits, Wedding

Hannah and Grant were seated at the front of the room. The room hushed, the music swelled. “Take me where I’ve never been. Help me on my feet again. Show me that good things come to those who wait..” David Archuleta began one of the most emotional performances I have ever been blessed to witness, […]

Jared & Chloe’s Golden Hour Engagement Session In Anchorage

Couples, Engagement, Wedding

“There are many capable women, But you surpass them all” – Proverbs 31: 29. Those are the words that Jared quoted to Chloe just before he proposed. “I mean, they’re perfect words to describe her” he said. He quoted the verse. He got down on one knee. He asked the question. and then, he dropped […]

Matt & Mackenzie’s Epic Alaska Elopement in Hatcher Pass

Couples, Elopement, Engagement, Wedding

Many vendors can relate, when the corona coaster began, panic ensued. Events were dropping like flies. What will we do? How will we make ends meet? What about our poor brides and grooms! Then I got the call from Mackenzie……

Kristel & Troy’s Change the Date Session in Anchorage

Couples, Engagement, Portraits, Wedding

Kristel & Troy – Today is your “would be wedding day”. I am so sad not to be celebrating with you two today. The two of you just emulate pure joy and if I know one thing about your wedding it is that it’s going to be a BLAST! I remember at our first consultation, […]

Hannah & Grant’s Summer Engagement Session in Anchorage

Couples, Engagement, Wedding

“I’m not a very patient woman, it’s my husbands favorite quality” I joked and with pure joy in her voice Hannah says “See, it’s not just me!!” and we were instantly bonded! We walked, we laughed, and assigned Grant to bring a little extra patience to the relationship. I got to know the couple who […]

Jasmine & Ben’s Elegant Summer Wedding at Bayshore Clubhouse

Couples, Wedding

Many wedding vendors can relate to the spring of 2020, our events were dropping like flies. Immediate panic ensued….

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