"I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close." Pablo Neruda // Once upon a time I helped a group of boys focus on learning about God at one of the most amazing youth ministries I've ever seen. 10 years later Matt calls to say he's getting married. It's a good story and she's an amazing girl. You'll see.

“Fortune and love favor the brave.” — Ovid // There's just something about a military wedding, in a gorgeous cathedral, with a sweet couple, and a whole crew full of crazy friends... I think you'll agree.

PERFECT light. PERFECT couple. PERFECT afternoon. Kyra + Ryan are a dream and I can't wait for the world to see this session.

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70+ WEDDINGS // 20+ STATES // 4 PHOTOGRAPHERS // 1 VIDEOGRAPHER. THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING YEAR FULL OF ADVENTURES AND MOMENTS WITH SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING COUPLES WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO SHOOT. THIS IS IT! OUR FAVORITE WEDDING DAY IMAGES OF THE YEAR!

"For her I changed pebbles into diamonds, shoes into mirrors, I changed glass into water, I gave her wings and pulled birds from her ears and in her pockets she found feathers, I asked a pear to become a pineapple, a pineapple to become a lightbulb, a lightbulb to become the moon, and the moon to become a coin I flipped for her love." -Nicole Krauss // COMPLETELY REFRESHING. This wedding was a little different from the norm for me, but it took seconds for me to completely swoon over Vinson + Meredith's love. Every element was gorgeous and these two together are magic.

You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known and even that is an understatement. F. Scott Fitzgerald // Yet another Bates-Reed wedding pulled off impeccably. What made this wedding unique though wasn't the decor but the amazing girl in the white dress. So proud to call Monica a friend and to finally share this wedding.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson // These two are a perfect example of love - for each other, the people around them, and Christ. I walked away from this session so happy just to have spent a few hours watching them together. Go see why.

“To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.” -Lao Tsu, Chinese philosopher

"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute." Albert Einstein // One of the most stunning brides I've ever shot. Clair is every bit as funny as she is beautiful

"In the present there is perfection and joy. This moment here with you is the present. This moment is pure love." - The Bride (Heather) // Guest blogging an incredible wedding video today from Dave, our team videographer and mastermind of Dave and a Camera

“She wasn’t doing a thing that I could see, except standing there leaning on the balcony railing, holding the universe together.” —J. D. Salinger, “A Girl I Knew” // These two mean a lot to me. Of course ut helps that they're beautiful together.

“Family is not an important thing, it’s everything.” – Michael J. Fox  // The right kind of family. The perfect family session. 

“Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame.” – Henry David Thoreau // Before we took off to STL to spend an incredible weekend watching these two get married we had a last minute chance to get them in front of the camera for a perfectly laid back fall engagement session.