a delta wedding with kelli & mike // cleveland, ms wedding photographer

Kelli & Mike's Delta wedding marked a couple of firsts for me. It was my first time in the Mississippi Delta- Birthplace of the Blues- and I really hope it's not the last because I love this place and it's ridiculously good-looking people!

Mike, (who, by the way, was just awarded Young Lawyer of the Year for the state of Mississippi-Go Mike!!!) has strong ties to Ireland as his grandfather is from there. Thus, it was also my first Celtic ceremony wherein these two love birds did what is known as a Handfasting. It was beautiful. And Kelli- with her connections as Director of Tourism for Cleveland- made my day when she told me the town's theater would have a custom marquee for them!

Basically, they're awesome and I feel awesome by proxy for being asked to document their love. Congratulations Kelli & Mike!!

May the blessing of light,
Be with you always,
Light without and light within.
And may the sun shine
Upon you and warm your heart
Until it glows
Like a great fire
So that others may feel
The Warmth of your love
For one another.

-Irish Blessing

backyard elopement with rachel + chris // covington, tn wedding photographer

Y'all, meet Rachel & Chris. These are some salt of the Earth human beings right here... The kind that you look up to; the kind you'd be proud to call a friend. They also happen to be incredibly talented musicians, both mid-masters degrees. And I'm SO honored to have been there to document this day and get to know these two a little bit.

Their backyard wedding was an elopement of sorts because, well... life just didn't go according to plan (as if it ever does). I won't go into too many details here, but during their engagement Chris lost his father and within just a few months Rachel lost her mother, both to cancer. Life was put on pause.

Flash forward a few months, and these two were over the grandiose affair of a huge wedding... They just wanted to be married. So that's what they did. In the backyard of Rachel's childhood home, under a tree, with their closest friends and family there with them. Simplicity was queen, just as Rachel put it in her first email to me. I'll let the pictures speak for the rest. Enjoy!