Chris and Taya. These two just light up when they’re around each other. During the best man’s speech at the reception, Chris’ brother said that their family knew it was serious when Chris got all excited about this girl he was seeing. Give Chris a winning lottery ticket, and he would be a cool cat. Give […]

A wedding is a time for so much celebration! We celebrate love, family, uniting two lives, and so many other wonderful things! One of the greatest blessings as wedding photographers is witnessing some of the most special, most intimate, and most real moments of people’s lives. We are privileged with capturing those moments into a forever memory! […]

Once upon a time was the beginning of Chris and April’s story. Just a boy and a girl. Church camp, music, and a big group of friends dominated their early memories together. Years of friendship developed into feelings for each other that just might have taken them by surprise at first! Once they discovered that […]

Oh, this fabulous wedding! Jake and Anne love lots of wonderful, nerdy things, and we were able to photograph all kinds of perfect details – Star Wars, Dr Who, custom painted Toms… Jake and Anne have brought so much laughter to our J&A Family. From their super fun engagement session with their two dogs to […]

Oh, where to begin with these two? From the first time we met them, we nicknamed James and Elizabeth our “royal couple”. It started as a comment about their romantically royal names: James and Elizabeth. We are still in love with all things British after our trip to England last fall: tea, fish and chips, castles…and, of […]

Oh, these two precious people! Philip and Haley are those kind of people that just radiate joy. Seeing them soak in the day with each other, surrounded by their family and friends, was so beautiful to watch. From the letters they shared with each other before the wedding and Haley’s first look with her dad, to […]

Save The Date cards create a big question for newly engaged brides. What should they say? Who should I send them to? Do I even need to have them? It can be a tough decision to make! Today on the J&A Blog, we’ll help clear up some of the confusion surrounding Save The Dates. You […]

We met Shelby and Lauren on a sultry summer evening at a quiet spot in downtown Madison for their engagement session. We are so smitten with these two! Kind, sweet, with perfect southern charm. Their sweet southern summer engagement session was everything we could have wished for! Golden light, gorgeous little alcoves, an adorable couple, […]

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”  ~Mark Twain This is one of my favorite life’s quotes! So many […]

We met Shawn and Amber early on Saturday morning to photograph this fun, summery engagement session. With the forecast calling for some Alabama summer thunderstorms, we merrily dodged some crazy weather both before and after the shoot – making our session cloudy, refreshingly cool, and just a little more exciting! We set off to explore some […]

All the Instagram pictures, all the Facebook posts, all the Tweets, all the blogs and all the people!  All your friends and family are happily posting away about your incredible day.  All those details, the flowers, the ring bearer, the joyful tears shed, and the smiles flashed.  But with everything going on, some of it […]

You know when you meet a couple for the first time, and you instantly know you’re going to really like them? That was David and Cierra. From our first coffee date to their freezing cold engagement session (there was a reason for that quilt and the hot chocolate!), they’ve just been such a joy. This […]