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POETIC BRIDALS AT THE DALLAS ARBORETUM

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Kaitlyn’s bridals were scheduled just a few days after Taylor Swift’s TTPD came out, and it’s naturally all I could think about while shooting. Her dress was also very “Fortnight” coded, and the moodiness of the shadows and rich colors in the garden kept me in that state of mind.

The spontaneity, as well! We arrived to a wide open grassy area overlooking the lake, and I immediately said, “I NEED you to kick off the heels and run!!” Those few shots turned out to be some of my favorites in the whole gallery.

What a way to kick off spring sessions. <3

I spend a lot of my time reminiscing on the best memories, ready to create more. My hope is that my work creates that sense of nostalgia for you. The kind of feeling you wanna relive over and over again- front of the fridge, living room wall worthy.

I love madly in details. 

I love the smell of vanilla candles and the air when it’s crisp just before a fall rainstorm. I love the way that the sky turns all sorts of orange and pink when the sun’s going down. I’ll spend an hour at the store just to make sure I find you the perfect birthday card, and then I’ll probably end up buying two anyways. I’m fascinated by how the waves in the ocean are never ending and if you were to ask what inspires me, I’d say storytelling in all of its many different art forms.

Inspired by sunsets, nostalgia, the stories that make up antique stores, and most of all 

you.

HEY, I'M KAITLIN