I love getting to spend time on the Derrer Farm.  They have some of the most beautiful horses on their farm. The Derrer Family competes all over the country with their team of horses, a hitched team of 6.  It takes the entire family to make everything work.   This year they were champions, and wanted to […]

Michaela has been one of my best friends for the past ten years.  We first met on a trail ride in West Jefferson for the local cowboy church.  We had so much in common and it was like we knew each other the first time we ever rode together.  She is the reason we visit […]

This was my third trip to Glacier National Park and it never gets old.  It’s beauty gets me everytime I drive up to those huge glaciers.  Some of them are so high you can’t even see the top of them as you are driving in the car.   We decided to go in fall this year […]

Every summer for the past few years I’ve been going to see Mary and her amazing family.  She welcomes us to her farm and we always spend several days catching up on life and having a blast. I’m always honored whenever she gets in front of the camera because she is an AMAZING PRCA photographer […]

I haven’t been to see the farm where my grandfather grew up in about 20 years.  As most of you know, my grandfather and I were super close.  The last few years of his life we spent riding horses each weekend and he would tell me stories of his life growing up on the farm […]

Angela’s neighbor that let us use his farm to do a photoshoot at sunset did a little photoshoot as well.  He is a cowboy who has worked that land his entire life.  We did some with his sweet horse, who he raised from a colt on his farm, and captured him in his element. He […]

Our family was on the way out to Montana for vacation, but we really wanted to stop in and see some of family that lives in Iowa.  My dear friend Angela and her family live about an hour from where my mom’s side of the family is from, so I of course, had to swing […]

I don’t even know where to start with this wedding.  As soon as I walked in everyone made me feel like part of the family.  Everyone was SO nice and welcoming and it was such an honor to capture these two special day. Michael and Bethany got married on top of the mountain in Wilkesboro […]

I was so excited to team up with Carolina Carriage Company to host the first Princess and Pony Sessions.  We had to sweet princesses join us for the photoshoot. We had the princess carriage all set up, and we had to sweet ponies to use for the girls to sit on and hold.  It was […]

Toyie is the sweetest person and I was so excited about her equine photoshoot with her sweet mare.  They had just recently lost one of her other horses so this photoshoot was special.  This was Toyie’s first photoshoot but she was a rockstar! A lot of people also don’t know but she also races dirt bikes.  […]

I was so excited to travel down to South Carolina for a fun engagement session with Adam and Savannah.  They have the most beautiful farm with rolling hills, and holy cow the sunsets!  They brought all of their horses and dogs and we went up to the top of the hill and you could see […]

Reid + Tanner came to the farm for a fun western couples photoshoot.  Reid really wanted a fun sunset photoshoot and we lucked up and got an amazing sunset.  It’s so much fun watching my little cousin grow up into an amazing person and Tanner isn’t so bad himself most of the time. Here are a […]

Every time I get to work with Ashlyn + Savannah you know it’s going to be a fun time.  I think we usually talk more than we shoot and it takes awhile to get going but it’s always worth it.  These two girls are insanely talented and have become friends over the past few years. They […]

We had another amazing round of the Beth Dutton Water Trough sessions here on the farm. All the ladies brought their A game and it’s so cool getting to photograph each of their personalities. This time I switched things up a little bit and brought in Frankie to be the horse model and he was a ham […]

I was really excited about the Sweet family.  I went to school with Ashley, but I first met her when she was a model on another photoshoot that I did with a local boutique. She was so sweet. I was so excited to do her family pictures, especially when she decided to do them in the […]

 Frankie came to stay the weekend and I was so excited because he is always so much fun and has a huge personality. He has become such a good model recently. I called Reid and I was like we totally need to do a photoshoot while he is here so she came over and we did a […]

I was so excited to do Vanessa + Christie’s farm session.  They have a beautiful farm close to us and it is always one of my favorite places to drive by and see. They have this gorgeous bridge out in their pasture and they always decorate it for Christmas and it is beautiful! We started off in […]

 Laurel is a long time friend of mine who is one of the sweetest people you will ever meet.  Laurel and Matt got married at the Blue Ridge Theater in Laurel Springs NC.  It’s a cool theater that hosts all kinds of events and is a special place to Laurel.Matt + Laurel got married outside on […]