Asheville Wedding Photographer

The importance of cultivating a personal practice.

I think this belongs in the survival kit of being an artist in this industry 🙂

I’ve come to understand how important it is to make room for my own creative needs. So much of the work I do is dedicated to someone else’s stories and memories, and beautiful creative collaboration happens there.

But I also believe we need a place where we can follow our own curiosity, where we have the freedom to explore without needing the work to become anything for anyone else. For ourselves, from ourselves.

That fulfills something nothing else quite can. And the best part? It benefits everything. It informs the ideas, attention, and energy we bring to the work we are hired to do.

A place where the work doesn’t need to be approved, delivered, or even shared. Where we can follow a curiosity without knowing where it will lead. Space for discoveries. That’s where, I think, a creative identity begins to be formed.

Whatever that may look like for you, make room for a personal practice. Invest time in learning what you want to make, what you keep returning to, what feels like your own.

Give yourself a place to breathe.

For more of my weird creative personal ramblings @unifiedharmoniouswhole_

In the mood for fall 🍂
Shot on medium format film 🎞️
Nothing like setting the mood for a busy fall season ahead, than with creative play alongside some incredible vendors.

Hair and Make up : @brushesandbraids
Venue & Florals @house.boheme & @floraasheville
Photographer @danielaguerrero_photography
Dress @reviveyosoul
Cake @wakeandbake_wnc
Model: @sonya_blalock28

When I’m telling you that I laughed so much that my belly hurt, I’m not exaggerating.

Gabriela and David, thank you so much for your playfulness, for your openness, and for making this day such a treat. I loved creating with you.

I can’t wait for your big day, just around the corner. 🌿

Devotion is a verb.

It’s the only way I can sum up my takeaway from this day.

Stay with me, it’s going to be a long and sappy one.

Talking with a client recently, I was told something I think a lot of us in this industry can relate to: our job asks so much of us, mentally, physically, emotionally. We’re expected to have the capacity for all of it, to keep showing up for creative work, and not only creative work, but meaningful work.

But I thought about it more and realized, this job gives me so much too. The stories we are a witness to, pour out to us, with vulnerability, with meaning, with a sense of collaboration.

Michal and Daniel’s wedding left me filled with more than I could ever give. Their devotion to each other and their community was palpable and so very moving… cue the tears!! So many, coming from all directions. From the way they invited everyone to contribute with their intentions, to the way they served (literally) each of their guests and vendors a meal to share before they even sat to eat. Every corner of this day was soft, light, and powerful.

Michal and Daniel, I can’t thank you enough for all you gave to me and everyone else that day, and for the gift of being a witness to it all.

A mix of digital and film 🎞️

Ciera and Justin in Mexico 🇲🇽
🎞️ 120 film and some digital 🙂

So, so grateful that my work takes me not only to beautiful places, but into memorable moments with the kindest humans. I can’t wait to document their wedding celebration next fall and to play again, capturing the way these two adore each other.

And a reminder to always bring the Hasselblad. 🖤