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Bride Education

How to Choose Your Photography Style – Which One is For You?

Are you wondering how to choose your photography style? Just like there are many different photographers from which to choose for your wedding or event, there are also many different editing styles of actual photography. I like to explain it to my clients as a scale that can range from the lightest and airiest where […]

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Full Service Wedding Planning Explained | Storybook Weddings and Events

One of the many questions couples ask themselves when planning a wedding is; should we hire a planner? (Pst…the answer should always be yes!) Then the second question is, should we do a wedding coordinator or a full wedding planner? This week, I teamed up with the lovely Nicole Hensley, owner of Storybook Weddings and […]

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2021 Wedding Trends

Welcome to 2021, friends! With each new year comes exciting new ideas, adventures, discoveries, and you guessed it, trends. Every year the wedding industry predicts what trends will happen in events that year. I always look forward to learning about each one to predict what my couples will love as well. I took some time […]

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