I'm the face behind Knot & Wander.

I first picked up a camera 8 years ago. Not to shoot weddings, but to film my friends and I on our adventures.  We would go climb mountains, jump off cliffs, and all sorts of other life threatening things that 20 year olds do. 

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As I learned new skills with my camera, I got new opportunities to begin shooting portraits and eventually, my first wedding. 

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Shooting that first wedding was eye opening. It was so much fun, and I was so happy to deliver the photographs to the couple, but one thing was off...

The photos looked just like every wedding photo I had ever seen before.

 

They didn't look bad, but they were all standard, awkward poses that didn't capture the real emotion that was happening throughout the day.

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I realized that while I was learning how to shoot a wedding, every photographer I learned from was showing me these generic, unauthentic poses.

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I promised myself that I would never take that approach to weddings again. I wanted to be different. I wanted work that I was proud of, and I wanted to deliver unique, memorable photos to any couple that I had the honor of photographing.

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That promise led me to develop the process that I have now. A wedding photography experience that feels like an adventure and captures the candidness and realness of every couple I photograph.

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I want you to remember your wedding day as a true adventure. A day that you were completely in the moment and present with your partner. A day that you'll look back on with a smirk on your face and say, "I don't think we will EVER be able to top that"

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