My ultimate goal is to provide quality work that is also affordable. This includes out of state weddings! I don’t believe anyone should go without the tangible memories due to finances being an issue. I originally bought myself a camera with the sole intention of just photographing my kids as they grew up. I started offering free shoots to the local families and graduating seniors in my county that may not have been able to afford them otherwise so that I would have more opportunities to learn how to use my camera. I ended up loving the process so much I decided I would get more involved in the photography world than I originally planned. I have since booked quite a few of my local families, couples, graduates and even several weddings. I am very excited to share my journey as I go.
Videography was never my intention when purchasing my camera either. I joined several Facebook wedding groups to see if I wanted to join the wedding photography side. A post caught my eye of a frantic bride whose videographer cancelled on her one hour before she was to be walking down the aisle. I had scrolled through the comments simply being heartbroken for this bride to see if she had it taken care of. I was shocked when no one was able to help her. I immediately messaged her and explained I had no knowledge whatsoever in recording or editing video, but if she wanted I could at a bare minimum get her some footage. She was happy to get the help, so I rushed out my door for the hour drive and took my very first wedding video just like that. The editing had a large learning curve at the start, but the newlywed couple were extremely happy, grateful, and pleasantly surprised with the final product. This video is able to be seen via the videography tab above. I ended up loving the editing process despite some of the grey hairs it may have caused me in the beginning. I learned quite a few things about shooting video that day that I would have never learned without throwing myself out there the way I did. I have since been practicing in video mode more often too. Cute little side note to this story is this brides wedding was a little over an hour from my house. Can you believe after the video was all edited and put together and I was ready to ship her the USB drive, we learned we live just 10 minutes away from each other? I look forward to speaking with you!