Photography

Engagement | Jessi + Jason

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“What I feel for you can’t be conveyed in phrasal combinations; It either screams out loud or stays painfully silent but I promise — it beats words. It beats worlds.” ― Katherine Mansfield

Looking forward to a little rainy day road trip in the morning to go document these two lovely individuals wedding. 

Keep an eye out on instagram for another entry into the #weddingphotographerdiaries

xo

We Searchers

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"I am one of the searchers. There are, I believe, millions of us. We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life, hoping to uncover its ultimate secret. We continue to explore ourselves, hoping to understand. We like to walk along the beach, we are drawn by the ocean, taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty. We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well. Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter. To share our sadness with one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know - unless it be to share our laughter. 

We searchers are ambitious only for life itself, for everything beautiful it can provide. Most of all we love and want to be loved. We want to live in a relationship that will not impede our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls; that will take us for what little we have to give. We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.

For wanderers, dreamers, and lovers, for lonely men and women who dare to ask of life everything good and beautiful. It is for those who are too gentle to live among wolves."  — James Kavanaugh || There Are Men Too Gentle to Live Among Wolves

Had the privilege of photographing these two fellow adventurers yesterday on a little road trip with Meagan. 
Ben and Lulu are the kind of souls I meet and instantly connect with. So looking forward to meeting up with them again sometime in the future for more adventures. 

The Hunger To Move

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I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. 

Nearly every American hungers to move.

— John Steinbeck 

Mary Elise | Senior Portraits

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Her beauty is the kind that makes you want to be more like yourself, not more like her.
Which, if you didn't know, is the best kind of beauty there is.

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So loved shooting this exceptionally wonderful girl's senior portraits in North Carolina last fall.
These are just a few of my favorites that I wanted to share as I'm currently working on publishing more photos from the archives in the upcoming weeks...

Recharged

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I've been a little absent from the blog as of late. A trend that always seems to come around this time of year when I'm busy with orders from the shop and finishing up photo editing for various clients before the end of the year. But it feels good to be back at it after a little time away and I'm excited to finish out 2015 strong, put some final touches on different projects and work related things as well as tie up loose ends before the start of a new year.

Over the past few days I got to rest, relax and recharge in a way I haven't been able to in quite some time.
It was just what I needed to recover from the crazy whirlwind that the holidays can so often be. 
I read two books, ate several delicious home cooked meals, didn't check email for three days (so hard for me not to do...), rarely looked at my phone (all but ignored it really, except when taking photos. Of course.) and was able to spend some quality time with those I love most in this world.
All of which make for a much happier and focused person who's ready to tackle this Monday head on that's for sure.

We all need time to rest, relax, rejuvenate and recharge sometimes.
All of the R's, you know?
I hope you have some time to do that before the start of the new year friend. 
You deserve it. 

On Legacy

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This video is just absolutely everything.
This is why I take photos.
This is why I find photographs so incredibly moving and sacred.
Oh how I absolutely love everything that Artifact Uprising stands for.
Inspired by the disappearing beauty of the tangible. 

***Warning: You may or may not shed tears while watching this.
Grab some tissues.

I Dream My Painting

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I dream my painting and I paint my dream. || Vincent van Gogh

People you can dream big with.
The big-city dreamers.
Those are the kind of people I love.
The ones I get most excited about doing life with.
This girl's one of them, for the record.

Have conversations about how important it is to visualize where you're going.
Believe it's possible to get there.
Set goals to get there.
Believe those are attainable.
But also learn to be content and happy with the present, where you're at now.
It's a fine line, something that requires balance.
But that too is possible.
You just have to dream your painting.
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Shot at Greecologies in New York City