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If you’re looking for an amazing Nashville wedding venue, you’re definitely looking in the right place! Nashville has grown and changed so much in the past decade, and whether you’re a native or just love to visit, you know it is an incredible place to celebrate with all your favorite people (and the love of […]
Happy Tuesday, everyone! I am so excited that we get to share our first engagement session of 2014 today! After a looong winter, it was so awesome to be back out shooting, and we couldn’t have had a more perfect day for it. Plus, this couple? Awesome. Lauren and Jeff just really love being together, […]
Hello everyone! Merry (almost!) Christmas! This past weekend we photographed our final wedding of 2013, with Abby and Patrick at Rough River State Park in Kentucky. It has seriously been an incredible year, and we are SO thankful to each and every couple who trusted us to document the moments of their wedding days. So […]
With snow flurries a few days ago, it’s been feeling like winter weather has officially arrived in middle Tennessee! Which makes me even more happy that we finally got to go hiking and enjoy the tail end of the fall colors last weekend with our super awesome friends, Amy and Jeremy! In the midst of […]
BEHIND THE LENS
A note from Jen
Purpose and passion and the lessons of over 17 years of weddings...
I'm writing this today staring out at the bright blue Colorado sky, near Boulder, CO where I live with my husband of nearly 17 years and our 8 year old son. We moved here to chase the mountains and adventure and a life fully lived, after over a decade in Nashville, TN.
It might seem silly to say that I believe part of my purpose here on this earth is creating photos at people’s weddings. But here’s the thing. Life is absolutely going to life. There are going to be days and seasons that are freaking hard and awful and the world feels like it’s burning down (literally, metaphorically, in all the ways). And there are going to be days full of so much love and joy and bliss and peace that you wish you could just bottle it up for all time.
And I feel so strongly that that’s WHY a wedding matters. And why your photos matter. And why making it so intentional and purposeful to you matters. To create the space to intentionally create beautiful new memories together. Because it’s a weekend to say that this love (yes, all love) and these people (yes, all people) MATTER. It exists. It is real. And it’s worth celebrating the f*** out of. In a radical defiance of everything telling us to be scared and wall up our hearts.
And it’s worth documenting. My purpose in this is to be present with what’s there on your wedding day—all the joy, love, and whatever else is showing up—and creating the record of it. A record of what is true to you. So that when the days hit hard, you can point back at this anchor of joy and love, and know that it exists. It is real. It is worth celebrating.
Sending all the love, wherever this journey of life is meeting you today. xoxo, Jen
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