Take It For What It Is: It's Emotion.

I would cry, but not because I was sad.  I felt for the people in the songs, in the movies, in the books.  You see, I've always been attracted to depressing things.  Yes, that may sound a bit odd, but hear me out.  In depressing songs you get emotion.  You get to feel how someone else is feeling.  See what they are going through and relate to it.  You get emotion.  Gut-wrenching emotion.  And that's what draws me in.  These types of things make me feel something deep down.
So, call it what you want.  Call it strange.  But I want to feel.  I want to relate to what people go through.  This is why I'm a photographer.  With an image you can look at it and if it's a good one, see emotion.  You can feel the love, fear, curiosity.  You can feel something.

Caleb get's a little crazy sometimes with my 'feelings'.  When I find a new song I like, it goes on repeat for days.  Seriously.  "Can we pleeease listen to something else.  Anything else!"  Nope.  I get hooked on the emotion in the lyrics.  Right now, it's "The Nicest Things" by Kate Nash.  The tones in the song.  The lyrics.  They all come together to make me feel something.  It's filled with words and emotions we've all felt before. Check it out.  I'm sure you'll feel something deep.

Goin' to the Chapel

Happy.  Anxious.  Giddy.  Nauscious.  Awestruck.  Nervous.  Just to name a few.

I felt all of these.  all of these at once it seemed.

I photograph weddings.  I photograph women on the most beautiful day of their lives.  The day where they feel all of these emotions.  Never me.  But I can now say I've been the bride on the other side of the camera.

So, if you've been wondering why I went all MIA on you - well, I did a little thing called gettin' married.  It's true.  I got married.  Changed my name. And hit the clouds for Mexico.

Life seems to be catching up with me now though.  Oh, who am I kidding.  I was never ahead.  I'm back into booking mode - I finally made myself stop booking before the wedding.  I thought I was superwoman and could photograph other people's weddings in the midst of my own.  Universe, you showed me I am not superwoman.  Thanks for that.

So, to tide you over - here are a few of my bridals.  All shined up and ready for the big day!