It was all laughter and smiles and a lot of cold beer. It was Pratt Place Inn at it’s best. It was Tanarah Lux and Steiner Event Group, and a killer band, and a great day but most of all - it was the most in love couple bubbling over with excitement that the big day was finally here.

The most beautiful way to start off a week. Two of the sweetest people I’ve ever worked with saying their vows with just myself and a pastor to hear at Thorncrown Chapel and then off to a sunset hike that ended at this amazing bridge out in the middle of nowhere for a champagne toast and first dance. This wasn’t just an elopement, it was a full wedding with only two people and I’m still smiling.

Time absolutely stops when you’re out at Willow Brooke Farm. Ironic considering how long it takes to get there, but there is nothing but fresh air and space to breathe it in. This wedding was exactly what I needed to push ahead into our late summer schedule. A beautiful Arkansas bride, an awesome southern groom, a moody rainy wedding day, and authentic, real photography of it all.

Things got a little steamy at sunrise you guys. But with two people like Alix Ann and John and so much joy and flirty energy all wrapped up with 70 degrees and a beautiful morning breeze things were bound to be perfect. This session gave me all the feels.

It takes a special baby to smile four times for a camera before they’re even two weeks old. Meet baby Holland. She’s kind of new to the world, but her parents are a few of my favorite people around so I jumped on the opportunity to put on my mask, head over to their house in Bentonville, and spend a little time watching her and her big brother snuggle.

Two of the most genuinly beautiful people got married last week. He was her boss at the bagel shop. She is a smart, beautiful, witty girl. He’s an outdoorsy, adventurous, introverted guy. Cooper Chapel and 21C may have been the venues but what made this day special really was the people.

An elegant, intimate, intentional wedding day for two amazing people. This wedding story is absolutely worth the read, but to have a hard time narrowing down a blog to 125 photos for a wedding with only 25 guests is really saying something. This Cooper Chapel wedding in Bella Vista, Arkansas was special for so many reasons.

We woke up so early. We waited for the sun to wake up with us. We wandered and laughed and let these two celebrate their elopement, their marriage, their vows on a little adventure removed from the noise and reality of a world gone crazy. What happened next was everything.

There’s something special about a traditional wedding like this. No fluff, no disco lights, no 90’s hip hop, and nothing diluting the honest joy. Don’t get me wrong, I can’t wait until the next time I can feel a dance floor shake under my feet but these two are just so authentically, beautifully, God breathed that I wandered around all day at this wedding with a smile on my face.

There’s such a good story here. Before the sunrise engagement photography. Before the lakeside love story up in Northwest Arkansas. Before the snuggles and flirting, and beautiful moments these two shared the back story got us here and it’s pretty cool how it’s all come together.

We just went on a little adventure. Two perfectly in love people, just a few weeks before their wedding at a beautiful chapel in Bella Vista showed up before sunrise to just enjoy the crisp morning air and a few quiet moments together. He spent the morning whispering sweet little affirmations in her ear. She laughed and flirted and figured out how to hike in shoes that were not made for it and I, well I just sat with a dumb smile on my face and a camera in my hands enjoying my job, my home, and the beauty of a new day.

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