David is an actor, independent film maker and owner of his own fully integrated digital production company, Feel Thunder Media. After spending a decade in Los Angeles, David and I reconnected when he moved back to Kentucky and created together in downtown Lexington, Kentucky.

With the arrival of Hadley Grace, dad is officially outnumbered! The Petit family welcomed their second baby girl this summer and they invited me into their home to document them together.

This adorable pair met at church in their hometown of Madisonville, Kentucky- which was the setting for their engagement session! We strolled through downtown, stopped by their church (which included their senior scout projects built next to each other years before they ever met) and ended the evening at sunset on the land where they’ll build their home together.

These two are effortlessly joyful and photographing them was the same. Enjoy some of my favorites from their engagement session and I can’t wait to celebrate with them next year! <3

Zainab met her husband, Humza, while in college. The college sweethearts married in 2017 but had an unusually long gap between their next Muslim marriage celebrations planned to be held in 2020. With the world rocked by a pandemic they changed course and held their Rukhsati, a traditional send off by the elders of the family, at Zainab’s parent’s home in Lexington, KY.

The Reynolds Family recently moved in to a beautiful home in Ashland, Kentucky and their little ladies are turning 1 and 3 so there was a lot to celebrate during our recent photoshoot together. We enjoyed a warm evening in their backyard, had a tea party, painted with Dad and ended the evening with a flower milk bath to get some extra special portraits of the girls. Belle also bribed me into having chocolate ice cream with them before I headed home so I obviously had to make good on that deal :). Enjoy some of my favorites from their portrait session below! <3

This adorable crew is adding a little boy to the family soon! They met me on a beautiful day in Louisville to document this sweet time in their lives together at the Brown Forman Silo Center in the Parklands.

Jessica was the type of girl who swore she’d never get married… until she met Mathew- obviously. :) As plans came together they decided on an intimate wedding on Earth Day, April 22nd, with sunrise ceremony plans in place… life dealt them a new card- a pandemic. They persevered with their original date and got married on the front lawn of Jessica’s mother’s house with an intimate affair but traded sunrise for sunset and spaced chairs for their family 6 feet apart. It was a day filled with joy that turned out absolutely perfect for them. I hope you enjoy seeing some favorites!

I met them at Whitehall’s gorgeous gardens in Louisville, Kentucky to document this sweet time in their lives amongst the spring colors. They welcomed their baby, a little boy named Skye, in April! I hope you enjoy some favorites from my session with them!

When Izabela studied abroad at the University of Kentucky many years ago she fell in love with Kentucky and decided to come back for Graduate School! Although she had to leave her beloved Belgian Malinois pup home in Brazil, her fiancé, Marcio, came to Kentucky with her. They decided to get married with an intimate courthouse ceremony and celebration in Lexington!