cedric + mariah // rustic country ohio wedding photography

these two. i love them. they got married on the day my husband and i had originally chosen for our own wedding, and so it made the day a little sweeter. it was beautiful, surrounded in golden western ohio light and warmed just enough to feel like summer. there couldn't have been a more perfect day. it was a family affair, a loving affair, a happy affair.

“oh i will / forever and always / put you before me / til the end of time / but until then / til my last breath rolls in / oh i am yours and you are mine / ”

cedric and mariah have already been on my blog twice, (here and here) and goodness...i could have them here every day.

“someday we’ll see what forever means / my love / ”

— holley maher

thank you to my sweet friend and amazing photographer lydia campbell for helping me :)

chip + melissa // ohio wedding photography

if i was being forced to describe this couple in one word, it would be patient.  they've been together for the better part of a decade, and they were so deserving of this beautiful day at snow hill country club.

their day was full of unabashed joy and happiness, just like them. 

enjoy :)

andrew + olivia // fort wayne, indiana engagement photographer

five years in the making. five years waiting, hoping, loving.

andrew + olivia are patient. kind. enthusiastic. and so very much in love.  it was an honor that they asked me to photograph their love and their wedding next year...i cannot wait.  these two beautiful souls deserve the sweet blessing that is marriage.

andrew: "in this life, there are really only two kinds of people. those you can bare your soul to, and those you cannot. olivia is the kind of person you can bare your soul to. in my entire life, i have never found another person i can so freely and openly expose my soul to. i have only known her for around five years, but i feel like i had never really begun to truly live my life until the day we met."

olivia: "i love lots of things about us...i love that we've done a lot of growing up together, instead of growing apart. i love that we can worship our Jesus together. i love that our hands fit perfectly. i love that we both hate tomatoes. i love that we don't settle. i love that we never get sick of each other. i love that we're both way into cat videos. i love that without God's intervention in so many little ways, we would have never met. i love that he loves me. i love that we're getting married."