Wedding Photography/Life Update

I’m gonna keep this short and simple (I mean…as much as I am capable of keeping things simple…and short).

Over four years ago I closed our wedding photography business of twelve years. If you don’t know by now, I’m a big ol’ Jesus freak (the good kind, of course…I’m not a total nutcase…or maybe I am….wanna hang out?), and I try to listen to what God speaks to me (although, I’m not always so good at hearing Him). Back in 2018 I felt like God was telling me to let our business go, with no guarantee of any income to make us feel secure and safe. He just asked me to trust Him. So I did. And I took the leap. And it was scary.

For twelve years I had poured everything into a business that took us all over the United States and world. We shot weddings in Norway, Mexico, Sweden, Canada, California, Rhode Island, Texas and beyond. We held two international workshops in Nepal, which were AMAZING. We got to pour all of the profits from those workshops into local non-profits in Kathmandu. It was beautiful.

So when He asked me to let all of that go…all the recognition, and the good income…I was nervous. But I was sure He was going to provide me with a crazy amazing income when I let go of the business…I was definitely going to be blessed for my great “sacrifice”.

ha…ha…ha.

It didn’t quite go that way. As a matter of fact, it has been a struggle. But also, quite beautiful. The lessons I have learned over the last few years, and the character God has been building in me…so special. In the midst of all of the waiting and trusting, we’ve also built a small homestead, with cows, chickens, ducks, donkeys, dogs and bees…and a big ol’ garden that still overwhelms me. It’s been a journey I never expected to be on.

I won’t go into all the details on how it all unfolded right now, but we are opening up our “doors” again. We are accepting five weddings over the next year. They will be set at $7,500, which will include 8 hours of coverage, 2 photographers, digital negatives, and a whole lot of love and prayer poured into your big day. And something really special…we are offering the first two weddings that book with us a $2,000 discount, meaning they will be $5,500 and include all the same goodies.

And yes…we are still shooting film! I just can’t bring myself to ONLY shoot digital. The Contax 645 and Kodak Portra 400 will forever be my favorite combo when capturing life and love.

Here are a few photos from our years in the business (but you can search the blog and find a lot more). What an adventure we’ve been on in this life so far! Hopefully, we’ll go on a few more adventures before our days our done.