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Thank you Carsyn Abrams for the BEST photos of this special day! I thought writing blogs for dear friends proposals was hard…how in the world am I supposed to write one for my OWN!?!? Where do I even begin? Gosh, so many of you experienced the thick of things with me through college and the last few […]

This past week, Collin gave Carsyn three big things – the adoption papers for his dog Titus, the flu, AND an engagement ring!! It was the running joke on Friday night as we celebrated their picture-perfect Lake Thunderbird proposal. If you’ve followed my blog at all, or are familiar with wedding photographers in the OKC […]

I’m beyond thrilled to introduce y’all to the newly engaged Chase and Maddie! The future Coleys! Eeeek! We celebrated their winter proposal and the start of their next chapter on Friday night at the brand new Scissortail Park OKC – it was the perfect spot and ended up adding a “full circle” moment to their […]

There are so many special details and personal touches to Alex and Allie’s story, and there was no greater joy than to be the one invited to help capture a monumental and memorable day for them! I originally got connected with these two through Austin & Riley, which is funny because I hadn’t even photographed […]

Last weekend, I was doing a scout/run-through with my friend Austin before his proposal. We drove up to the park location we had chosen to see dozens of cars lining the streets. This was not normal. When we had visited a few weeks earlier (around the same time, on the same day of the week), […]

Flippen Park is one of the most picturesque places I’ve ever seen. Apparently a bunch of other people think so, too, because I arrived there to meet Austin and almost couldn’t find a parking spot along the street in historic Highland Park. There were dozens of cars crowding the park and nearby homes. Once we […]