Let me tell you something that gets me so excited about weddings: when a day isn’t just perfectly planned, but perfectly you. Not a carbon copy of someone else’s Pinterest board, not a script you feel like you should follow, but a celebration built around your love, your laughs, and the little moments you’ll remember long after the cake is gone. This is the kind of wedding I love photographing as a Montana wedding photographer: the kind where every glance, inside joke, and quiet moment becomes part of your story—moments that deserve to be documented honestly and with heart.

My approach to wedding photography is rooted in experience and connection. I’m helping you craft a wedding day that feels exactly like you and then preserving the joy of it in images you’ll never want to stop looking at.

Build Your Day Around What Matters Most

When you focus on the people you care about and the moments that feel meaningful, something beautiful happens: the day stops feeling like an event and starts feeling like a story. I’ve seen days where the bride squeezed her sister’s hand during speeches, where grandmas laughed until they cried, and where couples danced in fields under golden light because that’s exactly what they wanted. Those are the photos that stop you mid-scroll and make your heart swell.

So instead of worrying about what tradition says you should do, think about what sparks joy for you. Maybe it’s a moment alone before the ceremony, maybe it’s popping champagne with your closest friends at sunrise, or maybe it’s just hugging each other a little tighter on a mountain ridge as the sun dips behind the peaks.

Let’s Talk Real Moments Over Posed Photos

One of my favorite parts of the day isn’t something on the schedule; it’s the in-between. The way your partner looks at you when no one’s watching. That burst of laughter right after the vows. The hug that came from nowhere. Those aren’t staged; they’re real. And they’re the ones you’ll flip back to years later and feel right in your chest again. I don’t want you to perform for the camera. I want you to live your day, and I want to document it. You being yourselves, authentically and unapologetically. That’s the magic that makes your gallery yours.

Tips for a Wedding That Feels Like You

Think of your wedding day as a story you’re living, not a checklist you’re completing. Here are a few gentle ideas to help keep the day feeling true:

Focus on connection over perfection. The hugs, the laughs, the little moments between events. Those are the memories you’ll come back to again and again.

Savor genuine interactions. Structured photos have their place, but the in-the-moment shots, the unprompted smiles, the candid laughter. Those are the ones with life in them.

Choose your vibe, not the norms. Whether you’re tying the knot under cathedral ceilings or between spruce trees at sunset, make the setting yours.

Why Your Photographer Matters

Your wedding photographer isn’t just someone with a camera—they’re someone who moves through your wedding day with you, noticing the subtleties and sweet moments that might otherwise slip by. As a wedding photographer, I love being that person: there for the tears, the inside jokes, the quiet pauses, and the biggest hugs—then turning it all into photos that feel unmistakably like you.

When you look back on your wedding photos years from now, I want you to feel transported. I want you to remember the warmth of the sunset behind you, the laughter spilling across the dance floor, and the way your heart felt through dozens of tiny moments woven throughout the day.

Let’s Create Something You’ll Love Forever

Your wedding deserves to be more than pretty. It deserves to be true. If you want photographs that feel like you—joyful, natural, and full of life—I’d love to be there to capture it. Whether it’s an intimate Montana elopement in Glacier National Park, a wide-open celebration with all your people, or something wonderfully in-between, let’s build a day that feels like your story in motion.