STEPH & CHRIS.
Hey! We’re Steph & Chris. We became wedding photographers in 2011 after seeing the impact that portraiture made in our own marriage.
Because of that, our mission in photography has always been to build up marriage and family through photography. When we photograph a wedding day, it’s through the vision that those images will be the ones you hang on your wall as a reminder to love. They’re the ones that you’ll pack last and carefully wrap when you move homes. They’re the images that your grandchildren will pour over. They’re the silver frame on the shelf.
They’re not just for day one of your marriage — they’re for year five, ten, twenty, sixty. They walk with you through your marriage as a reminder of your commitment, and it is an ABSOLUTE privilege and honor to serve you.
Shared stories and celebrations are my love languages. Terrible at maps and directions. Seeker of authentic emotions. Natural encourager — Consider me your personal cheerleader.
CURRENTLY: winter hikes
CREATIVELY FOCUSED + DETAIL ORIENTED
Chris sees people — really sees them. Intuitive, kind, and a natural teacher, he is an 11 on a 10-point scale. So I married him. Fan of great coffee, crispy waffles and new fishing lures.
CURRENTLY: mourning the end of college football
Many “about me” photographer pages share about how they have been taking pictures since childhood and always knew this was their path.
That is not our story.
We came to wedding photography after seeing the impact that our own wedding photos had on our marriage.
Here’s what happened:
It was the summer of 2010 — We’d just returned from our honeymoon to find a brown kraft gift bag on our front porch. Inside was a note from a dear family friend and a gift — our wedding invitation framed with a picture she took while we exchanged vows. “Hang this in your bathroom,” the note read. “Every time that you brush your teeth, look at the picture and remember…” Remember the joy, remember the excitement, remember how you felt. Because, she wrote, not every day in your marriage is going to be like that day. You will both do things in marriage that make the other mad, hurt, and maybe even bewildered why you ever married in the first place. Boy was she right. Every day, I looked at that picture and remembered, and by our first anniversary I was convinced. There is GREAT impact in imagery and the role it plays in remembering. I was overwhelmed by the role our wedding photographs had on our marriage… and I realized, I want to do THIS for other marriages. — So we did.