After photographing weddings at the Tarrant County Courthouse for twelve years and counting, I’m here to tell you it’s 100% possible to have a stress free and budget friendly wedding day while also receiving beautiful portraits to cherish for years to come. I greatly appreciate that while some couples are opting for smaller, more intimate […]

Valerie and Andrew’s courthouse wedding perfectly combined the intimacy of a small courthouse ceremony and a celebration with their wider circle of friends and family. They decided to be flexible in their planning, something I totally admire as we all navigate this time of uncertainty.      Valerie and Andrew are high school sweethearts. They’d lost […]

I love a courthouse wedding – and I always have, long before COVID made it almost necessary. Choosing to get married at the courthouse is great for so many reasons.  — You can keep costs low, since you aren’t tempted to rent and decorate a room with Pinterest projects you’ll inevitably spend hundreds on (and […]

One of the best aspects of being a wedding photographer is the opportunity to meet so many incredible people, and to create lasting bonds with them. When Laurel and Matt reached out about photographing their wedding, I knew we’d be fast friends. These two moved to the area right before their wedding – in fact, […]

Heather and Jason’s Tarrant County Courthouse elopement took place on their 18 year dating anniversary on their lunch break from work. This was the first time it was just me and the couple working together! I was struck at how even though it was just a casual, laid back wedding, it was still very emotional […]

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Marsha and Tony’s Tarrant County Courthouse wedding day was a special one! Marsha shared with me that she was an nontraditional bride and even reserved an adorable Air bNb with plenty of natural light to get ready together with Tony and a couple of their close friends. We then made our way to the Fort […]

Marissa and Logan had a memorable and adorable Tarrant County Courthouse wedding ceremony surrounded by their closest friends. Afterwards, we went on a delightful group adventure around downtown Fort Worth, and I had a fantastic time getting to know everyone and documenting the newlyweds as they basked in that newlywed glow. Thanks to Marissa, Logan, […]

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