Little did you all know that not only am I a wedding photographer, but I am also a matchmaker, as well! I totally claim credit for facilitating Britt & Corey’s marriage, and now I can add Alli and Matt’s marriage to my repertoire. Story time!

I am a bit of a goody two shoes, and for the most part, I try to follow the letter of the law, so I never had so much as a sip of alcohol until my 21st birthday. My roommates at the time, Brittani and Allison, decided to celebrate the momentous occasion with a big birthday party (another first for me.. My Christmas Eve birthday never lent itself well to parties as a child ). Well, as I’m sure you can imagine, I had a pretty looooooow tolerance, and after about one cup of trashcan punch, I was completely useless. Luckily when I have too much to drink I tend to get really friendly, so I allegedly (I have no knowledge of anything after the first drink) wandered around the street, inviting random strangers to my birthday party. One of those strangers was Matt. He and his buddies came over, he met my lovely roommate Allison, and the rest is history.
Naturally, when they got engaged, there was no way I was going to let anyone else photograph their wedding but me! I know people say not to work with your friends, but I do it all the time, and it has always been a wonderful experience for me.

Alli and Matt originally wanted to shoot near a park of some sort, but while I was driving into the Woodlands I noticed a carnival on the ride of the road, and KNEW we had to shoot there. However, I wanted to get them the nature-y shots they wanted, so we found a small clearing with a lot of pretty trees and great light near the carnival to shoot at first.

They also brought along some letters so we could have a little fun making them a Save The Date card!

And across the street from the clearing was this lovely factory thing.. Not the most romantic background but the light was killer!

Next it was off to the CARNIVAL!

Matt checking out Alli’s nice big rock.. He did a great job picking it out!

I love bright, colorful murals!

I had this brilliant Idea to take photos of them on a rollercoaster.  Not my brightest moment - the photos are super fun, but after about five seconds of staring through that viewfinder, my stomach was not in a good place

As the sun set, the lights of the carnival came on, kids started arriving in droves, and the whole place got chaotic.  I love how this photo sort of symbolizes that, the whole world is spinning around like crazy but these two are focused on each other

I can’t wait to return to the beautiful Woodlands in September for their wedding!