New Orleans Elopement - Dee & Rome

If there is any one thing that New Orleans does well, is that it shows it's visitors a really great time. It's our nature, it's our soul and it's in our blood.

New Orleans also knows how to put on for a wedding, and that's exactly what it did for Dee and Rome. The two of them roamed the city after running away and getting married in the lushcourtyard garden of The Royal Sonesta, and at every turn were greeted like family. The cheer and love was certainly felt with their huge smiles and passion for each other.

Even though we're natives and totally biased, we think that Dee and Rome made an excellent choice in celebrating their love for one another down south in one of the most romantic, laid back and fun filled cities in America.

Whether your wedding has 300 people or just 2, New Orleans is certainly going to show you a good time.

Bourbon Street Wedding - Lauren & Otis

If there is anything New Orleans does better than anywhere else, it's throwing a party, and food, and culture, and music, and well just about everything else.

In typical New Orleans fashion, Lauren and Otis threw one of the most amazing weddings we've ever had the pleasure of documenting. They embraced NOLA in it's entirety with a laid back informal ceremony that really let their love for each other and their amazing personalities shine, and then followed that up with our favorite NOLA tradition, the second line. If you don't let yourself experience a second line when you're visiting New Orleans, than let me just say, you are doing it wrong. And if you're gonna' have experience a second line, you're going to want to make sure that Kinfolk Brass Band is there to lead the way.

The second line is an incredible experience, but it's only an appetizer for a true New Orleans wedding. You roll into the venue, in this case it was amazing Petite Bourbon,  still high from the brass band parading you through the streets and you just let loose. You grab your friends, loved ones, and you let the good times roll.

That's how you get married in NOLA.

New Orleans Engagement - Madeline & Jared

From our first meeting with Madeline, I knew that her and Jared were going to be one hell of an awesome couple to be around, and let me just tell you, our instincts were so right.

We started off the session the way we always do, with a relaxing drink or two at one of New Orleans' amazing bars, just laughing and chatting about life and it's adventures.  Madeline & Jared are the kind of people we love to be around. Happy, laid-back and full of love and laughter.

It was an experience that we just didn't want to end, and we can't wait for their wedding in the fall. They'll be closing out our year in December and it really can't come quick enough, we're just too freaking excited to be able to photograph them again.

New Orleans Botanical Garden Wedding - Corey & Sophie

These two were by far one of my favorite couples that I've had the pleasure to photograph. After photographing their engagement session on a whim, they decided to ditch the family friend who they had planned to have photograph their wedding and gave us the honor of doing so.

We were floored. These two are some of the nicest, down to earth people I've ever met, and their love for one another fills the air around them in the best of ways. 

Their wedding at the gorgeous New Orleans Botanical Gardens was full of love and smiles throughout the day. The weather was terrible earlier that day, but it's like the heaven's knew that these two were getting married and cleared out with a gorgeous sunset for these two love birds.

Cheers to our new friends and the awesomest of people, Corey and Sophie!

New Orleans Connection - Lauren & Otis

These two came down to meet Rachael and I before their wedding this May, and we knew from the instant they walked into the coffee shop that we were waiting for them in, that they were going to be an amazing couple to work with.

Both Lauren and Otis were so full of life and presence that the room just lit up when they walked in. We chatted for almost an hour before we began exploring New Orleans and all of it's little hidden gems.

We ended up back at their hotel that Otis and his family always stay at when they visit New Orleans; It had this amazing little courtyard that I've never seen before. They originally wanted to have their ceremony there, but the size of their wedding quickly outgrew it, with all their friends and family who can't wait to see these two join together in that forever love.

French Quarter Engagement - Jenni Jane & Joe

Jenni Jane and Joe wanted to do some engagement portraits while they were here in New Orleans visiting for a friend's wedding. When she told me about how her and Joe, who is from London, met and how they loved the old styling of New Orleans and moody jazz bars, I knew we were gonna' click.

I met them at Napoleon House in the French Quarter and we grabbed a drink to loosen up. Joe had never been to New Orleans, so we walked around the Quarter while I let them hang out and just really be together in this awesome city.

You can tell from their smiles and the emotion in their expressions, how deeply in love they were with each other and how awesome of a time they were having in New Orleans.

Cheers y'all!

Lower Garden District Engagement - Jimmy & Adrienne

I met these two early last year at their friend's wedding I was photographing, when they reached out to me afterward for their wedding in November, I was stoked.

They were fun, easy going, and caring for one another, freaking perfect! 

We decided to meet at the Irish House on St. Charles in New Orleans to grab a drink before strolling around the Lower Garden District, just to get loose and have a little fun. Turns out it was closed for some maintenance on the streets, which totally ended up throwing me off.

So we decided to head out anyways, and come back later. Jimmy & Adrienne walked out to the park in the neighborhood and we hung out for a bit. The weather was perfect, not too hot, not too cold and not a damn cloud in the sky. You couldn't ask for better weather in the here in the South.

They capped the day off by making it back to the Irish House here in New Olreans, with a couple of irish coffees, which if you've never had one from the Irish House I highly recommend it. They are the best in the city, hands down!

New Orleans Elopement - Tim & Nichole

Tim & Nichole decided to sneak away from their home in Houston to New Orleans and elope, and I can't even begin to tell you how honored and excited I was to have been the only person aside from their son Levi to have been in attendance.  What made the day even more special was this romantic and intimate fog that lingered over the city, the atmosphere was just right for an elopement in the heart of the French Quarter.

Photographing weddings in New Orleans is fantastic, but when you get an amazing couple like these two who just wanted to sneak away and just be together, you know it's going to be something special. Throughout the entire day you could just feel the love and happiness between them, and it was infectious.

My face actually hurt afterwards from smiling and laughing with them all day, and their son Levi was a blast to hang out with as well. I feel absolutely privileged to have been able to tell your story.

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New Orleans Engagement - Corey & Sophie

Sophie and Corey got in contact with us earlier this year. The thought to have some portraits taken of the two of them before their wedding hadn't come across their mind until they saw our work. We were floored, and extremely honored to have the privilege of photographing them.

Going into it, we knew that the vibe and feel for their session had to be true to their love for each other. We wanted to avoid the traditional style of portraits while shooting at Audubon Park in New Orleans and kept it as real as they were, focusing on the heart and soul of their relationship, their love of one another. 

We couldn't be more thrilled to have had the opportunity to capture their love, and we're absolutely stoked to be able to photograph their wedding in March this year. Spring time, it's for lovers y'all.

Brian & Sarah - Henry Howard Hotel

Photographing elopements in New Orleans has quickly become one of the most satisfying things about being a photographer in New Orleans. Here we are getting the opportunity to capture an amazingly intimate story of two people who in most cases have traveled pretty far, just to join each other in marriage in our beautiful city. Like how dope is that?

Especially if the couple is a really rad set of people who hails all the way from Seattle. You know, like Brian and Sarah here.

I feel so privileged to have been able to photograph their story for them at the gorgeous Henry Howard Hotel that opened up earlier this year. The venue fit these two perfectly, with its brass instruments lining the walls and sleek decor. The perfect fit for an amazing couple who's hometown is super rich with music.

These two were some of the sweetest and kindest people I've ever had the pleasure of photographing, and it was an absolute honor to be able to tell their story of their journey from Seattle, WA down to New Orleans, LA. 

Here's to life's journey together! Congratulations y'all!