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7 Important Questions to Ask When Hiring a Professional Wedding Photographer After photographing hundreds of weddings over the last 17 years, nothing ever goes exactly as planned. And I mean that in the best possible way, because the moments I love most as a photographer are usually the ones nobody rehearsed. But I’ve also seen […]
9 Tips for Your Branding Session and Why Your Headshot Matters More Than You Think: How to Get the Most Out of Your Personal Branding Session If you’ve been putting off updating your headshot for the last two, three, or (be honest) five years, you are not alone. I hear it from entrepreneurs, founders, and […]
The Best Utah Boudoir Photographer Pre-Session Checklist: How to Prepare for Your Boudoir Session If you have already read my past blog posts on what boudoir photography actually is and why so many people end up wanting to book a second session with a Utah boudoir photographer before they even get their images back, you […]
What to Wear to Your Boudoir Session: The Complete Boudoir Photography Outfits Guide Let me start by saying something that I genuinely wish someone had told me before my first boudoir session: you do not need to go out and spend hundreds of dollars on new lingerie before your boudoir photoshoot. I know that is […]
Boudoir Photography: Everything You Need to Know Before Your Session After all these years of being a photographer, I have come to learn that boudoir photography always seems so scary at first — but that in the end, you absolutely will have so much fun that you will want to book another boudoir photography session […]
A Fun Sunset Saltair Engagement Session: Sarah and Marcus There are couples who take a session or two to warm up to the camera, and then there are couples who make you feel within the first five minutes like you have been photographing them for years. Sarah and Marcus are firmly in the second category, […]
HammerSky Vineyards: The Most Beautiful Vineyard Wedding Venue on California’s Central Coast I have photographed destination weddings in France, in Italy, across the Pacific Northwest, throughout Utah, and at vineyard properties across California — and I want to say something clearly and without qualification at the start of this post: HammerSky Vineyards in Paso Robles […]
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ABOUT Courtney
Photography found me before I found it. I grew up watching my grandfather frame a shot, learning without realizing I was learning. When my youngest was born in 2009, I picked up a camera to capture my own kids — and somewhere between the first roll and the hundredth wedding, it became the thing I couldn't imagine not doing.
What keeps me going after 17 years is the same thing that started it all: a genuine love for people and an obsession with preserving the moments that matter. I still travel the world every year to learn from the best photographers working today. Not because I have to. Because I can't imagine stopping.
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Every wedding tells a story. My job is to find the most beautiful way to tell yours. Through the candid moments that happen when no one is looking to the details you spent months choosing and the in-between frames that end up meaning the most. Art and emotion, together in every image.
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