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Fine art wedding photographer, bridal gown hoarder, lover of warm hugs and meaningful moments. You can find me in the US or in Spain. I'm so glad you're here!

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Sioux Falls Wedding Photographer - Engagement Session at Tuthill Park

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Engagement at Tuthill Park What an incredible pleasure is for me to finally be sharing Megan and Tyler’s engagement session at Tuthill Park! When I first met Megan, the first thing that called me attention was her beauty and how photogenic I knew she was going to be. When she told me her wedding plans […]

Megan+Tyler

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Sioux Falls Wedding Photographer - Badlands Elopement

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Badlands, South Dakota Brittany and Ross’ elopement at the Badlands National Park, in South Dakota, occurred at the height of the South Dakota fall in one of the coolest locations I’ve ever seen since I moved here in 2011. The open space of this private property created a stunning backdrop to their sweet bridal portraits […]

Brittany+Ross

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Blush South Dakota Wedding

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If you are in your early twenties, chances are you have lots of friends that you hang out with very often. If you are in your early thirties, then what you have is a lot of friends that already got married and that already included you in their bridal parties. Either way, in every wedding, […]

No, you don’t need a huge bridal party.

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Sioux Falls Maternity Session

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Sertoma Park, Sioux Falls, South Dakota You know what? I go on and on about how amazing the female body is and what its capable of, and even after having my own kids, I think it is amazing the miracle that it entitles. It is truly a miracle that doesn’t make sense in my head. […]

Tori – Maternity

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Windy engagement session in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was hot and it was very windy. But we made it work. Shooting this engagement session was not easy. South Dakota weather tried, once again, to ruin my session. But let me tell you: when a couple is as in love as this one not even […]

Jessica+Matt

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Engagement session at Falls Park - Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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Dreamy engagement at Falls Park. When Kimberly contacted me to shoot this dreamy engagement session at Falls Park, I didn’t realize I was going to have so many things in common with both of them. You see, I wasn’t born in South Dakota. Neither were Kim or Ahmad. Her family is Vietnamese, his family still […]

Kimberly+Ahmad

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Hannah and Mike Wedding - Viborg South Dakota

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South Dakota Wedding Right when we thought the world would be shut down forever, I was lucky enough to get to share this South Dakota wedding with Hannah & Mike. I met them so long ago that I can’t even remember all my conversations with them. One thing is for sure: I loved them the […]

Hannah+Mike

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So… 5 ways to reduce the budget on your wedding. This post always gets attention, for obvious reasons. One of my brides called me last week worried about her budget and asking me for ideas to reduce costs but still be able to make her wedding look good on pictures. I gave her a few […]

5 ways to reduce the budget on your wedding

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Wedding in Deadwood, South Dakota

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Deadwood, South Dakota A few weeks ago I received a called from my good friend Jennifer Savage. She had a couple from Texas looking for a photographer because they wanted to have an elopement in Deadwood, South Dakota. Apparently they saw pictures of Deadwood online and automatically fell in love. The venue was a very […]

Jessica+Lee

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Engagement session Sioux Falls, South Dakota

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Spring engagement session | Outdoor Campus | Sioux Falls, South Dakota Spring is here and that means engagement season is in full blast! I wanted to take the opportunity today to feature one of my favorite couples from 2020 and their gorgeous engagement session at the Outdoor Campus, right next to the Butterfly House, in […]

Hailey + Joel

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Cheyenne & Derek - Wedding Gregory South Dakota

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I remember the day Cheyenne called me to be her wedding photographer. She said that their wedding would be in Gregory, South Dakota, and that she and Derek had hit a few bumps on the planning process (one of them being their original photographer backing out on them). She was on the verge of tears. […]

Cheyenne+Derek

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Outdoor photo of groom - South Dakota Film Photographer - Sioux Falls_0934

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During my time as a wedding photographer, I always got the feeling that weddings are a girl thing. Brides show up with those big binders full of ideas and Pinterest photos while the groom seats there and just nods. Some brides are totally ok with this, some other have confessed me that they would wish […]

6 ways to involve your groom in the wedding planning

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