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Congratulations Krystal & Mark!

Here is a single stunning frame from Krystal & Mark's wedding day. Congratulations you two!

BRIDAL, WEDDINGShannon SmithNovember 4, 2012lake, sunset, weddingComment

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Arellys & Oscar: Engaged

ENGAGEMENTShannon SmithNovember 4, 2012bride and groom, camping, engagement, tent, woodsy1 Comment

Morning Reflections: Faith

CORE VALUES, PERSONALShannon SmithNovember 2, 2012faith, hebrews 11

— model call ✨ we’ll be back in Asheville this weekend and I’m looking for a couple who wants to do a fun shoot! married, dating, engaged, whatevs. extra points if you have your wedding outfits still. let’s play! dm me a pic & introduce yourselves! I will post in my IG stories when the spot is filled. ✨

— lengthy confessions of a closet anxiety keeper:
i’ve never dealt with anxiety before, not really, until now. but recently something devastating happened to me, and i felt helpless as my heart broke. even as it was happening, in the back of my mind i thought i would bounce back quickly (after all, 8+ years of counseling through arguably “worse” trauma from my past was the equivalent of a masters degree in surviving — right??).
— well anyway, that’s not what happened this time. this time, i lost something huge and in its place, i gained anxiety. i didn’t plan for that. but then again, you can’t plan for grief, not really. my anxiety takes many forms: things like having a tidy house went from being nice and enjoyable to critical for my sanity, in the blink of an eye. making life decisions or even dreaming at all about the future, is all but debilitating. i am immobilized. often i can’t breathe when asked to make plans even a few days out. the future feels treacherous. lots of tightness in my chest, feeling randomly angry or confused or even unable to say words in the right order while talking.
— and yeah, that’s my world lately. trying to navigate how deep these new bruises go, notice and give myself grace as healing feels different than it did before, and ultimately to be honest. honest with myself, my loved ones, and even with you guys on social media. because i don’t think we talk honestly enough about the ways grieving and healing can take so damn long and look so damn different from one season to the next.
— but the one thing i do know, is that i am growing. every day, in every chest tightening anxious moment, in every time i learn to ask for help, or to take a bath instead of be “productive”, or tell a friend how dark and twisty it’s getting in my mind that day / week. even here, i am still blooming. my petals are bruised but they grow anyway. have you ever heard of anything more hopeful than that?

— this home sponsored by all those trips to target where I went in for one thing and came out with a vase (or a mirror or anything Joanna Gaines sells) 🙆🏻‍♀️

— Matt and Kelly, a little rain soaked and totally in love on their wedding day. ✨
Did it rain at your wedding? It torrential down poured at ours about 30 minutes before guests arrived 😂overall, not as upsetting as I thought it was gonna be 🤷🏻‍♀️

✨ boho reception details of my dreams, still drooling over this winter wedding vibe.

reception kisses are kinda perfect.

i love to watch you make things, all the little secret nicknames you give to our pup, the careful way you love to solve a problem, that soft smile you get when you meet a stranger, the way your heart is so steady even as our ship is rocked on the waves.

and that brazen way you walk right up to the edge of every cliff you’ve ever seen, as if you’ve never fallen down. but you have, and that’s what makes you so beautiful and so rare. you make me braver just by being.

i love when couples plan their wedding day timeline with photography in mind. these two did a first look, bride and groom portraits & wedding party / family shots before the ceremony. everything flowed organically with less stress and less racing the clock, and they even got to join cocktail hour after the ceremony and party with their pals. plus we had time to actually make some magic happen (photography is a collaborative art, it works best when we have time to work together to really get those tender moments on film) — all that to say I liked this wedding day so much! 🤘🏻✨

this winter solstice wedding was one for the books. love this image of Evan & Kelly saying their vows during the last light of day before the longest night of the year. 💫

settled in watching a random movie with my parents and Mark and our sweet pups. the tree is glowing and the presents have all been unwrapped and the sun has set on christmas this year. i still haven’t figured out the words to describe this holiday season for us. it’s been brutal and beautiful. we are different. we are better for it - like noticeably better. softer, more open, quieter (wisdom is just being aware of how little you really know, so you speak a little less). i think back on all the things we tried to do this year, some of which we accomplished, others passed through our hands like sand. somehow, all of it was a gift. the done and the undone, the doing and the undoing. and as the dust settles, i am mostly struck by the ridiculous honor of having Mark be there through it all.

this is a photo of us from when we were dating. and in all the days from that day to now: i would do every part of it again.

right here in the ordinary of it all, there is light breaking through. 💫look for it, wait on it, trust in it. keep your eyes and your hearts open. so much love to you all, in every season // xo

love at any cost is quite the bargain ✨

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