The Wild Within Us

05/10/2026

05/08/2026

Y’all! did you know that you can take a helicopter flight seeing tour with AND land on a totally private mesa for your own unique view of Zion?!! Obviously the perfect idea for a secret proposal experience - watching these two on a literal high was magic. She was so surprised and excited and they both got a once in a lifetime experience. I have had the honor of shooting over 150 secret proposals in the last 12 years and my biggest advice is to plan an 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 that you both can drop into … behind all of these beautiful images is collaboration between the person proposing and myself to come up with creative and intentional ideas that YOU, as a couple, will always think about and will become one of your favorite stories to share and relive.

04/30/2026

The inspiration was nostalgic yet timeless, with a little surprise in between 𓇢𓆸 how did we do?

01/13/2026

I’m excited to share more of my WHY with y’all this year. Please bear with me over the next few post as I try my best to express all that feel and all that I am learning and want to share with you.

Last year, I spent a lot of time diving deep inward - asking myself what keeps me here, still offering this work after 10 +years in the wedding world.

It’s not bc it’s trendy. It’s not for the money - and it’s definitely not for instagram clout.

ꃼ It’s ritual ꃼ

I enjoy the ritual of photographing love.

Making meaning and marking time is one of the most human things we do. And weddings, at their best, are exactly that.

Weddings are rituals.

Even when people don’t call them that.

A ritual is simply this: a set of symbolic actions that marks a life change and makes it real in your body, your community, and your memory.

A wedding does that by design. It’s one of the few places in modern life where we all agree: this moment matters.

Here’s what’s already happening:
You gather witnesses (even if it’s just the desert, the sky, and one best friend).

Love becomes witnessed, not just felt privately.

You cross a threshold from “we” into “we’re married.” There’s a before and an after.

You speak vows or intentions, which is basically the oldest human ritual there is: saying the truth out loud.

You exchange symbols (rings or a shared object) to anchor an invisible promise into something tangible.

You’re acknowledged. The people around you mirror back: we see you, we bless this (even if it’s just your photographer present)

And you celebrate because joy is also ritual. It seals the moment into the nervous system.

So when I talk about ritual design, I’m not adding something weird or overly spiritual.

I’m making the built-in ritual feel personal, unrushed, and true to you. 🤎 and i’m hoping it will encourage you to design your own for any and no reason.

A ritual you can relive and return to. A ritual you can feel in your bones.

01/10/2026

The longer I live here, the more I fall in love with Zion winters.
The canyon is slow, quiet and reverent.
If you’re a winter person, I highly recommend exploring Zion in January and February, and if it happens to *snow* eekkk 🫠🥰🙌

I’d be willing to bet you’d consider yourself the luckiest person in the world bc this place somehow becomes even more magical when snow is falling and the red rocks are covered in fresh powered.

12/01/2025

timeless - romantic - intentional

11/05/2025

Can we get married in the park and have a reception in Springdale? YES - in fact, you can pretty much do whatever you want and all of the options are incredible 😬
One bonus to hiring me as your wedding photographer is that i’m here to help you plan all of the details. Even if you have never been to Zion, you’ll feel like a local with me on your team.
This beautiful couple shared their private wedding vows on the Canyon Overlook at sunrise (not pictured in this post because I couldn’t fit all the photos I was excited to share.)
They then had their ceremony on the lawn at the Zion Lodge (ICONIC) - 1 of only 6 approved wedding locations - *with an officiant*- inside of Zion proper.
Their family and friends headed to for cocktail hour while we took a few portraits in the park.
This made for a fun “just married” entrance, followed by the traditions we know and love - speeches, cake and of course, dancing :)
the most important thing to remember is that it YOUR day - so don’t let people you, or strangers on the internet or trends influence you in a direction you may regret one day. Sit with your love and really discuss how you want to celebrate your love.
if you want to elope, just the two of you, do it!
if you want your friends and family to be there by your side, invite them!
if you want both - do BOTH 🥰🥰🥰

10/31/2025

yall 🥰 how beautiful is this couple?!?! Those smiles!!! I love sharing Zion in every season but when people ask me the “best” time - I always say fall - the temps are awesome- not too cold and not too hot- the fall foliage is magical, sunset is usually around 5:30-6:30pm so that means you can still hike and get back to town for a special dinner (summer sunsets are so late that normally all restaurants are closed by the time your elopement is done) October is usually Zions busiest month - as well as most photographers so book early :) 🍂🍁🍃

10/30/2025

10/24/2025

may this level of JOY and LOVE find YOU and fill you up forever