Destination

Waimea Valley Oahu Botanical Wedding

Destination, Travel, Weddings

Having gone to design school in Cincinnati and then to California for work, it only made sense for Joe and Jen to continue their journey west for their wedding. When deciding on the “where” part of your celebration, if the majority of your guests are going to have to travel regardless, you might as well […]

Ocho Rios Moon Palace Wedding

Destination, Travel, Weddings

Lagoons, steel drums and beachy breezes. I joined Alyssa and Mike a year before their wedding in Jamaica for their engagement session and to help scout out their venue alongside them. To travel with these two is to feel like you’ve traveled the world a dozen times over. They bring smiles to your face after […]

Cape May Cottage Engagement

Destination, Engagements, Travel

Shannon has been coming to Cape May with her family for years and Sam has recently come to appreciate the nostalgia and fresh sea breeze that comes with this east coast town. The streets are lined with pastel-painted cottages and Victorian homes. It’s a quiet getaway that reminds you to set aside the electronics and […]

Loveland Pass Rugged Engagement Portraits

Destination, Engagements, Travel

You can find these two traversing some mountain ridge with their 2 pups nearly every weekend in the summer. Grace and Eric moved out west and truly embraced the mountain lifestyle as new locals to Denver. At 12,000 feet, we caught the brisk mountain breeze as we roamed the hillsides and got swept away for […]

An Intimate Cabo Wedding Full of Color

Destination, Travel, Weddings

Tiana craved celebrating her Mexican heritage in the stunning Cabo San Lucas. With vibrant purples and fuschias flooding their private villa and flowing down to the beach for their rocky cove ceremony, this intimate wedding was a joy to behold. Their close family surrounded them as they tied the knot and headed back to a […]

Joshua Tree Sunset Engagement

Destination, Engagements, Travel

Joe & Jen are my kinda people. I mean that quite literally in the sense that we all went to design school together! So when it came to late nights full of sketching and painting, we share a lot of similar memories. Their incredible talents took them all the way to the west coast in […]

Gas Stations: the New Wild West

Destination, Travel, Weddings

In case you missed it, we’re in another wave of sky-rocketing gas prices. With lots of jokes comparing this to our 2020 toilet paper shortage, it only seemed right to hit the brakes and commemorate the good old times when gas was a mere 31 cents back in 1959 when Hank’s Trading Post first opened […]

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Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth. Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about the blind texts it is an almost unorthographic life One day however a small line of blind text by the name of Lorem Ipsum decided to leave for the far World of Grammar. The Big Oxmox advised her not to do so, because there were thousands of bad Commas, wild Question Marks and devious Semikoli, but the Little Blind Text didn’t listen. She packed her seven versalia, put her initial into the belt and made herself on the way. 

Elizabeth & colin

"Makes you feel like
you're magazine worthy!"

"Shelby is simply amazing. She knows how to help you relax, guide you into poses and provide you with a finished product that makes you feel like you're fashion-magazine worthy (even if you're like me - just your 'average' bride)! She's incredibly kind, creative and upbeat. I felt like my best friend was taking my photos!

Peyton & joseph

I am so grateful to have these
pictures for the rest of my life.

My experience with Odessa James Photography was amazing!! My fiancé and I felt so comfortable behind the camera which isn’t usually the case and the photos turned out even more amazing then I thought! She did a fabulous job capturing the little moments. I am so grateful to have these pictures for the rest of my life!

TRICIA & ZACK

I can imagine having
every single photo framed.

I really hope I can put into words how incredibly impressed & happy we are with Shelby. She photographed our wedding and I can imagine having every single photo framed and put on our walls. Shelby did an amazing job capturing our wedding day but her work goes way beyond that! She was genuine, fun and just as adventurous as us! I could not recommend her and her work enough.

OSCAR & ODETTE

"felt surrounded the allure
of grace every single second."

Aura captured the wonders of our day. Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth. Even the all-powerful Pointing has no control about the. 

RAMUNE & BEN

The most talented, kind-hearted,
and creative photographer!

She was absolutely amazing at capturing precious moments and interactions as well as scenery and landscape at our destination wedding in Maine. She has a way of making you feel at ease and while helping stage the most wonderful photos! Highly recommend! She's not only excellent at her job but also is one of kindest people you'll ever meet!.