P + J | Downtown Denton Courthouse Intimate Wedding

Preston and Jessica are some of the sweetest and nicest people you’ll ever meet. Even though I spent less than two hours with them, it was beyond obvious how they ended up together. Although they knew each other in high school, it took getting out into the real world and a trivia team to finally bring them together.

Together, with their families, they traveled to Denton from Lubbock to get married in an intimate wedding on the Denton County Courthouse-on-the-Square lawn. Perfection. Thunder was cracking when I arrived for the first look and the rain miraculously held off the entire time, with storm clouds rolling in right at the end for that gorgeous view from the LSA rooftop bar. Really couldn’t have asked for a nicer weekday afternoon.

P + J,
Thanks so much for including me in such a sweet and special moment for you both. Sending lots of love.
xx,
S.

Régine + Jeremy | Denton Bayless Selby House Wedding + OSDH Reception

I've gushed over them before and definitely will again, because this is not the last of them that you will see on the blog... but I adore Régine and Jeremy. They are precious, sweet humans and I want to somehow figure out how to adopt them into my family. Their wedding day kicked off with a first look on the courthouse lawn, praying that the rain would hold back, a beautifully moving ceremony on the lawn of the Historic Bayless-Selby House, an intimate lunch at Barley & Board, and a reception at everyone's favorite - Oak Street Draft House. Doesn't get much more Denton than that, right? Anyway, there are a ton of photos here, so congrats if you make it all the way to the end. I had a hard time narrowing it down, obviously. Sorry not sorry, folks. Special thanks to Denton County Brewing Company for letting us sneak in for a few shots.

J+R -
I just love y'all so much. It makes me want to KKW cry. That's how much.
xx,
S.
 

Brooklyn + Chad | Denton Maternity Session

If there's one thing I love as much as I love getting to photograph engagements, elopements, and weddings, it's photographing maternity sessions. There's something so beautiful and magical about this time in a woman's life - and it's so exciting to know that a family is about to grow and change in such an amazing way. I won't say how long I've known Brooklyn and Chad, because, lordy, it's been a minute... but it was such a joy to get to work with them at such an important time in their lives together. And good grief, Brooklyn is one of the most stunning mamas-to-be I've ever seen. Here are a few of my favorite shots from their maternity session at Texas Women's University here in Denton.

B+C - I'm so happy for you both and for your little bb. I can't wait to meet him and see y'all grow as a family - you're going to make such fantastic parents! Sending lots of love and prayers that he makes his way out here into the world soon, because I know all too well how fun it is to be at the end of your pregnancy in the middle of the Texas summer heat! xx.

Ty + Ethan | Downtown Denton Anniversary Session

These two are just the sweetest together. I met Ty and Ethan in downtown Denton one evening a couple of weeks ago to hit up some of the places where they spent time when they first met and were falling in love here in Denton. While we started shooting a little later than I typically start, I loveloveloved the tones that came from shooting in the blue hour and realized I really want to start doing more of that. All in all, I had so much fun hanging out with and getting to know you, Ty and Ethan!

And I'm currently working up the nerve to share a before and after edit just so you all can see how far gone the sun was/how amazing Nikon is in low light/how rad photoshop is. We'll see.

xx,
S.