Katherine + Jose ( 3rd wedding of the year?)

I don’t often do weddings but when I do, I sometimes think: we don't think about how cool it is that we're all alive at the same time together enough.

Im sorry for click baiting you, anyways enjoy the photos.

Danny + Jessie

Danny & Jessie got married this year. This was hands down my favorite wedding of the year. I may or may not be biased on this decision. I have been friends with them for a very long time. More than a few years. Fun Fact: I also covered her twin sister’s wedding about a year ago. I don’t have a bucket list but this inspired me to create a photo bucket list. The first one checked off the list: Shoot twins’ weddings.

Shout out to them for bearing the blisteringly cold wind on that day. Also on this day we broke the traditional stair photos at the capital and tried a different angle. I loved the turnout of these photos and I hope yall enjoy them too!

Anyways, enjoy these photos below. Jessie & Danny, thank you for letting me be part of your big day and capturing it!

Jose + Eli

I wish I knew where to begin with these two. I guess I’ll start with how I met both of them. 


Jose first, I first met Jose at church and we both got really close when we were both tasked to run a youth camp. To be honest, I think we were both just winging it. Some might say it was trauma bonding because neither of us got any sleep within those two weeks and we were always busy. However his work ethic and dedication to learning and adapting to new situations shows you the kind of person he is. A person that cares and will do anything to complete the task at hand. 


I think to Eli I was just some random dude who showed up but our first actual interaction was when she was fasting. Daniel’s Fast or something like that. Anyway, I tempted her by saying, “Lets go get some pizza” I tried so hard to convince her but she wouldn’t crack. That alone can tell you her dedication to her faith, to her work and now to Jose. 


Thank you guys for having me at your wedding. I loved every moment of it. Love you guys! 

Dia De Muertos

If I’m being honest, I have never been too close with the traditions of Dia De Muertos but I probably should be because my whole family is from Oaxaca ( Pronounced: WAHAKA). I’ve done a few shoots similar to this in the past. This year I wanted to add some props/ideas that made sense and actually went with the photo. So first I’ll go over the flowers used, Marigolds, It is believed during Dia de Muertos that the spirits of the dead visit the living during the celebration. (Source first thing that popped up on google) . Second, a bottle of Mezcal, this one is Montelobos and it is actually made in Oaxaca. Third, El Rebozo, and that is just a garment used by women in Mexico and honestly all of Latin America, so I figured I’d feature that in there.

Credit where Credit is Due:

Model: Marifer Romero

Hair/Makeup: Marifer Romero

Wardrobe: Marifer Romero/ Naty Doris

Props/Styling: Marifer Romero/ Naty Doris

Location: Emerald Park, North Little Rock Arkansas

Maria & Haniel (Post Covid)

A few weeks ago I had the honor but more importantly the privilege to shoot Maria and Haniel’s Wedding.

I’ve known Maria for a while now, since 2014, so that’s like a good 7-8 years. Haniel and I are both Marines so that basically means we are brothers. Semper Fi! So I guess in my own way I’m close to both of them.

Maria first reached out to me in 2019 to schedule her wedding and due to a series of events (Covid) it was postponed until Sept of 2021, which is the biggest gap I’ve had for my Covid Weddings. During the event, I kept looking back at 2020 and realized I was one of the few that made it through financially, sure I struggled and had to find other sources of income, but I’m thankful that most of my clients kept me on for the following year. With that being said 2021 has been truly great to me. I love all my clients and if we weren’t friends before, we definitely are now. Your loyalty is much appreciated.

Maria and Haniel thanks for sticking with me till the day of your wedding. I had lots of fun and your laid-back, fun, and extroverted family wants to make me change my mind about having a small wedding and go big! I could write for days I guess but I’ll let the photos do the talking.

Mariana & Ryan

Mariana and I go way back, 2017 I think. I’ve been to her house in Colombia, served at a church in Colombia with her aunt, drank some cold beer with her grandpa and I’m good friends with her brother, so i think we are close. Some may go as far as saying, “they are tight”.

When she found out that I was a photographer, she said, “when i get married, you are going to shoot my wedding.” Fast forward to June 5, 2021, I covered her wedding and I’ll let the photos speak for themselves.

In 2017, I was “aight” with photography some might have called me an amateur, so she kind of took a gamble when pre-hiring me in those days but I’m glad I improved a lot since then and also happy I have enough gear and experience to make her wedding photos and videos impeccable as my appearance.

Anyways check out the photos below, we traveled all the way to Kirksville, MO (middle of nowhere) to this beautiful, rural location. Ryan & Mariana, we wish you the best in your future endeavours.

S A V A N N A H S H A Y

I realized that I need to start posting more than one photo from an individual session. Instagram has become very saturated and pretty much everything is the same. Its all trendy stuff or whatever. With that being said, here are more photos from this shoot with Savannah.

Mishayla & Stephen | Last wedding of 2020

The last wedding of 2020 | Booked 2 days before the wedding which has more of a back story but Mishayla wrote it out way better than me. ESL. Read below her original post.

The story behind our wedding flowers is that they actually came all the way from Eugene, Oregon and were handmade by my very own Aunt Deli!! @deljeanbenton They are dried flowers and the fact that not one single petal was smashed in the mail was seriously a miracle. Check out @flowersandthyme for the full story!

Estes was such a good girl and even joined us for our canoe send-off!!

We had a “unity” fire, but we had all of our family light it with these awesome stick torches @dougabrown1 made! This symbolizes all the support, love, and light our family is showering us with! I also snuck a little love song in for @stephen_hays

Our original photographer we had planned for got covid just a few days before our wedding. Stephen and I pulled together our resources and with a little help from our friends, we were able to get in touch with @tuff_labs !! We couldn’t be happier with our photographs and are seriously thankful and stoked it all worked out!

...Enjoy the photos below.

Group Party Photos, How to?

Here is a rundown on how to take group photos. The most stressful time to think about these photos is before the wedding or quinceañera or whatever but remember we don’t have to reinvent the wheel. These photos can be very fun to do especially if you and everyone in the party are somewhat aware of what the outcome will be. This is why I decided to create this blog as an inspiration. These are some Go-To poses:

  1. Bouquets Out

    It’s as easy as the name makes it sound. Simply get those bouquets out and let em fly!

2. Arms Locked

This pose always reminds me of that pose where you swing your legs to one side and then the other. When you do this make sure you are super dramatic.

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3. Fake Laughs can be fun

Fake laughs usually spark up real laughs. I always leave it to the funny one in the group to make the most significant laugh to get everyone else going.

4. Mix & Match

Typically you have the guys on one side and the girls on the other. Sometimes its cool to mix and match. Just go wherever the world takes you. Guy, girl, guy, girl, two and two its whatever.

5. Hat Tricks

If you have hats or any other type of accessories use them, Throw them in the air put them in front of your faces or in other peoples faces. Get crazy.

6. Tear them apart

This is a classic bride on one side groom on the other and simply tear them away from each other.

7. Center of Attention

This one is easy put the couple or quinceañera and they are the center of attention.

8. The Lift

Pick them up

9. The Basic

No brainer here, easy peezy

10. Last, but not least, Kiddos First

Kids are somewhat impatient with photos, make sure to get their photos done first! That is all