AUTHENTICITY OVER EVERYTHING
We live in a world where it’s far too easy to make fake look great. It’s why every single photo on this website and especially the stories below are filled with nothing but real photos of real clients. No styled shoots, no gimiicks, no pinterest page inspired work - just the most recent, most raw, and most real moments happening in my life and the lives of our clients lately.
Ashley + Kris, Downtown Bentonville Engagement Photography
Everything small town downtown. This engagement session wandering around the Bentonville, Arkansas square was a perfect break for me from some of the big dramatic destinations. Two beautiful people so absolutely in love just spending an afternoon in a place they call home. Meet Ashley + Kris, two of the most beautiful people I’ve ever been asked to photograph.
Arkansas Overlook Elopement Photography, Laura + Stafford
Covid changed everything but not necessarily for the worse. This elopement at an incredible overlook south of Fayetteville Arkansas was the result of a change of perspective. Laura + Stafford decided what they wanted was something with more intimacy, more intentionality, more memories and this wedding reimagined and the photography of it was a perfect example of why I love couples like this so much.
Caroline and Sam Hudson, Arkansas Engagement Photos
There is so much depth to the story of this shoot. Caroline and Sam are both such amazing people and their connection is so beautiful but what stood out was how they reacted when the rain came. There’s a cool backstory, some very steamy photos, and so much magic to check out in this session.
Simply Southern. Jason + Amie's Willowbrook Wedding Day.
Two of the most genuinely kind people surrounded by family and friends and people who just couldn’t wait to celebrate them. This is the wedding of Jason + Amie. A day filled with southern charm, sweet tea, and sunflowers and all of the elegant little details that go along with it at Willowbrook Farms in Arkansas
Five ways to make your engagement photos magic.
Five tips and tricks to make sure that your engagement photography session is filled with magic. From what to where, location tips, even ways to make sure that your poses feel more natural and intimate and a link to our free Engagement Photography Guide for a more in depth look at how to prep for this playful, fun photo shoot.
Five Tips for Winery Weddings / Sassafras Springs
There’s a few thing’s to remember when planning a winery wedding but the good absolutely outweighs the bad. For all the places we get to shoot a wedding in a vineyard is one of my very favorites and one of the coolest little wineries we’ve shot at is just down the Road. This real wedding of Cassandra and Blake was at Sassafras Springs and was a perfect example of why we love this spot so much.
Brock and Ashton // Arkansas Engagement Photography
Brock and Ashton are a beautiful story of love found. Scars healed. Futures dreamed. These two are walking into marriage with this sense of purpose that is absolutely beautiful and these images, this entire shoot was built around telling that story. Exploring the silence that comes with simply finding love and resting in it.
Take Better Photos / Bentonville Engagement Photography
We have to continue to grow as artists and push ourselves to try new things. So many photographers are nervous about shooting in mid day sun that I wanted to share a few of my favorite images from an engagement session yesterday along side 5 tips for making more dynamic natural light photography as well as introduce Laura + Stafford - Two of my very favorite people on my 2021 wedding calendar.
Finding Quiet Places. Siloam Springs Engagement Photographer
Engagement photography should be this perfect stillness mixed with constant motion. This silence of falling in love drowned out by the laughter of joy. This session was all of it. Wandering through the streets in old downtown Siloam Springs with Brianna and Blake.
Where is Jonesboro? Arkansas Wedding Photography
This wedding was a full tilt party. From the moment we hit Jonesboro Arkansas it hit back. From a wild wedding full of big smiles to a bride and groom who made everybody laugh and cry during their vows. This wedding hit a little differently. I can’t wait to get back to The Glass Factory 311 and extreme eastern Arkansas. Even if it did feel like it took a full week to drive there.
Imperfectly Perfect. Engagement photos with purpose.
These two are magic. Why? Because they were just present. It spurred so many thoughts watching them snuggle and cuddle and so this blog post is not just about them, but also about how it must feel to be on the other end of the camera. The fears, the insecurities, and the photographer who is here to tell you that those things are ok. But it’s also ok to be present and in love - because in the scheme of things that is more important than anything else.
An Unapologetic Guide to Wedding Vendors in Arkansas
A quick break down of 8 essential vendors and a few tips for where to find them and what you may need to pull off your dream wedding. Whether you’re in Northwest Arkansas or beyond this list breaks down ways that each vendor adds to the dream as well as a few key areas you can save a few bucks along the way.
8 Lessons Learned After Covid / Arkansas Engagement Photography
For as excited as I am to get back to shooting, back to work, back to storytelling as a wedding photographer there’s a part of me that’s still a little nervous. Here’s either lessons I’ve learned coming out of 2020 and things I’m hoping I can take with me as the wedding world in Arkansas and all over the place continues to come back to life.
Kathlyn + Alexis / Cooper Chapel Elopement Photography
The first wedding of 2021. An intimate ceremony at Mildred B Cooper Chapel and an icy cold winter photography session beside a quiet lake in Bella Vista Arkansas. The perfect elopement style microwedding to start off a whole new year as a wedding photographer.
Escaping the noise. Arkansas Overlook Elopement
How to elope. How to escape from the world and the noise and the formality of a traditional wedding when the stress of Covid and restrictions and all the clutter just seem like they’re piling up. This elopement wasn’t in spite of Covid19, we didn’t go to the edge of this bluff at sunset because of what we couldn’t do, but because of what we could. Arkansas elopements can be incredible things and here’s five of my favorite tips to give our couples who decide they just can’t wait any longer.
Sunrise Elopement Photography / Ponca, Arkansas
A brand new more immersive video experience from a sunrise elopement near Ponca, Arkansas at Steel Creek campground. First light vows styled by JLK weddings with a set of couple’s photos right along side the crystal blue waters of the White River afterwards.
Remembering 2020. A year that changed everything.
It was a wild year full of road block after road block and yet, we had 22 beautiful couples sneak through the chaos. This is the stories of love in the midst of so much uncertainty. My favorite photos along side theirs and a look back at a few of the things I’ve learned during the most challenging, and exciting year I’ve had as a photographer.
The last wedding of 2020
The last wedding of 2020 was so special. Sure we were out at Stone Chapel which I love, and working along side Taylor from Amanda Reed Weddings… Which I love. But after a year of wild ups and downs, Morgan + Denton were the perfect way to wrap up the year.
A very Boyer Christmas.
A little peak behind the curtain and a few of my favorite moments and traditions from Christmas 2020 in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Top Five Fujifilm Mirrorless Cameras
“Here are the top five cameras that I use personally to create work with in order of how often I use them. Every one of these cameras is obviously from the same manufacturer but let me be super clear, I found a Fujifilm camera in my hands long before they ever even knew who I was and to be blunt - this isn’t a paid relationship. In fact, nobody from the Fujifilm US team even knows I’m writing this post. It’s just a response to the fact that I am asked fairly often these days about my favorite cameras, specs, and reasons behind those opinions and I figured instead of being the photographer who calls everything a trade secret, I’d rather be the professional who shares what I know with people who are like minded so that we can all grow together.”