i have had the honor of loving bex for a little over a year now.

i had never known what it felt like to be so entirely, overwhelmingly head over heels for someone until i met her. she is soft and gentle in the ways she moves through the world. curious in the way she loves. she asks questions about everything. she notices things most people would walk right past. she makes people feel important. seen. cared for.

through our time together, my perspective on almost everything has changed. the way i move through this world. the way i create. the way i photograph people. the way i understand love itself. there's something about choosing one another every single day that feels different than simply loving them.

and because of that, i've started noticing love differently everywhere…. 

i find myself spending a lot more time admiring the ways in which people show their love languages towards each other. how their hands meet one another. how they can communicate without even speaking, knowing what the other needs to feel protected and safe and held. 

i find myself more emotional at weddings, as a couple's love for one another is pronounced united, bonding them for eternity. it’s more than just that first kiss, it’s a love you’ve fought for, to hold one another until the end of time, in this life and every lifetime to follow. to celebrate all your wins together, and to find one another in your darkest moments. 

i know what it feels like to miss someone before they're even gone. i know what it feels like to build a home with another person. i know what it feels like to choose someone, over and over again. and because of that, my work has become much more intentionally created.

because for one brief moment in time, two people found one another in this enormous world and decided to stay.

there’s been this delicacy i’ve felt around love– and i know now that i don’t have to be afraid of it. it’s such a beautiful feeling to get to love someone with every single part of me. to be loved and chosen in everything i do. 

bex has taught me to slow down, to be more present in the moment, to notice more of the little joys, to take care of those around me. 

she's reminded me why i fell in love with photographing people in the first place. 

this love has shifted the ways i create art from the questions of: what’s the vision? to: what’s the first thing you noticed about one another? what does pronouncing marriage mean to you beyond the tradition? what are your favorite ways to make each other feel seen?

in the life we build together every day, love is the greatest feeling we will ever experience.