I've been in love with photography since I was a little girl, after teaching and life in the corporate world, I knew something was always missing.

When I picked the camera up again in 2017, my whole world changed. I'm completely taught myself how to shoot from the google search bar, but really put alot of time and emphasis on how being in front of my camera would make you FEEL when you looked back at your time with me on your wedding day.

Telling love stories, capturing your true authentic self, your love story true to form gives me life. Being a wedding photographer is more than just a career to me, its a way to live my life to feel alive and valuable.

I also really love purple, I've always believed that expressing your creativity and individuality allows you to share your soul with others. I'm honored for each story I'm blessed to tell.

💜 SJ

Every Saturday, there was my dad or mom… waiting for me at 2am in the parking lot to pick me up from a wedding I had DJ’d. It was then I knew I loved weddings. I loved love. And, I loved music for its ability to evoke emotion. But something was missing.

That summer of 2016, my life changed in so many ways. I graduated high school, I turned 18, my father lost his battle to cancer, and I was starting college. Suddenly, I had no clue what I wanted to do. I thought it was music. I thought it could be computers, but, neither of those things made sense without my father.

I was overwhelmingly lost. Music became my best friend and a way to breath. It had a way of touching me and comforting me in ways nothing else did. It told a story. Every day, I would spend countless hours on YouTube, learning, listening to others stories, watching music videos, and finding a world to get lost in.

It was in those moments I realized, I loved stories. I wanted to tell stories. And, the combination of music and video was how I wanted to do that.

I took all the money I had saved, and bought myself a $500 camera and built myself a $800 computer so I could pursue this new-found passion. I would film and take pictures of anyone or anything. I had no clue what I was doing, but all I knew was that I loved it.

Two years of community college, a gaming YouTube channel, two internships, three housing changes, and countless projects with friends later, I filmed my first wedding. And, two weddings after that, I got paid to do what I loved.

I took any learning opportunity I had the chance to. Now, just two years later, I own a company, have filmed over 30 weddings, have gotten to travel the country doing what I love, have gotten to tell stories, and most importantly dream big.

Filming isn’t just a job to me. Neither is music. It’s what wakes me up in the morning. It brings me life and fulfillment. Telling stories is what I was born to do, with a camera in my backpack, a cup of coffee in my hand, and headphones over my ears.

💜 MB