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Hey there, I'm a wedding & portrait photographer based in Fort Lauderdale, FL. I capture everything love from destination weddings, intimate weddings, & elopements, engagements, maternity, vow renewals, and surprise proposals. 

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September 25, 2024

Rajean & Rashad had a beautiful intimate wedding in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia this past April. This was a special wedding for me for a few reasons: Rashad and I are college buddies. Also, Rajean and Rashad was the first couple I ever shot when I moved back to South Florida upon graduating college. […]

September 18, 2024

I get it, defining the differences between an intimate wedding and elopement can be just as hard as breaking down what the Drama series Lovecraft Country is about. No worries, let’s break it down so it could forever be broken(see that Love Jones reference there?). Long story short the biggest differences between elopements and intimate […]

July 16, 2024

Milan & Brandon was an amazing couple to work with. They found me on The Knot and from our first discovery video meeting I knew this was a wedding I wanted to capture. Intimate weddings have a different feeling. In my wedding photography experience, there’s this authentic feel in the air(not saying big traditional weddings […]