You do not want to miss this sweet Southern Idaho engagement session. Against the Owyhee Canyonlands and sagebrush, Mikayla and Akira’s love for one another (and craft beer) stole my heart and I couldn’t get enough.

When you think of a Zion National Park elopement, the word “elegant” may not come to mind. But in the middle of the Utah desert on the edge of Zion N.P, Rio and Chad brought elegance and it was breathtaking.

I highly doubt anything could have prepared me for the undenying vastness and beauty that is the Sahara Desert. I knew it was big. I’ve seen video footage and photos of it all my life…but standing at the foot of a sea of rolling hilled sand dunes where some rose to the height of a skyscraper…for the first 30-minutes or so I didn’t even bring out my camera. I just had to take it all in.

In the middle of Joshua Tree, two foodies from Oregon and their closest friends and family members gathered to celebrate them getting married after several trials and tribulations. This intimate wedding was everything and more, from the brides grandparents being the officiants to the cookies that traveled all the way from Oregon to California from the couples favorite bakery, this intimate wedding was filled with personal touches. Just check it out and see for yourself.

The one thing I cannot get over is how much 2018 was about growth and becoming. I traveled to four different countries and seven states to capture births, weddings, couples, elopements, graduations, engagements, and families.

Hidden in the small town of Kooskia in North Idaho, Cody and Taylor rented out a campground for friends and family to help them celebrate them getting married. The day was filled with craft beer from a beer cart, all the BBQ anyone could dream of and yard games. It seriously was one of the best days, and you are not going to want to miss this one.