I’ve been photographing weddings since 2016, based in Asheville and working throughout WNC, the SC Upstate, Raleigh, Charleston, and wherever your wedding takes me.
Before I picked up a camera, I spent 16 years as a chef. That’s a lot of years reading a room, working fast, and staying calm when a schedule falls apart. It turns out that’s exactly what a wedding day needs.
My background from there is photojournalism. I learned early that the best photos happen when people forget the camera is there. That’s still the foundation of everything I do.
When I’m not shooting, I’m outside. Fly fishing in WNC, snowboarding wherever I can get to, or in the garden at home. That’s where a lot of the eye for light and patience comes from.
You get to be at your wedding. That is the whole point.
Most couples I talk to have the same concern: that hiring a photographer means handing over a chunk of their day to someone else’s schedule.
So I step in when it actually helps, portraits get direction because good portraits need it, family photos get organized so nobody has to think about it, then I back off so the rest of the day can breathe.
The result is a gallery with both: real moments and honest emotion, portraits that feel like you, and almost no evidence there was a photographer there at all during the parts that mattered most.
Working with me is stress-free and supportive.
I’m easy to reach before the wedding, and I’ll help you think through the timeline so nothing eats into what matters to you. On the day, I blend in. Your portraits won’t take forty-five minutes. I’ll get the important people in the right frames, then let the rest of the day unfold. After the wedding, your gallery comes back within one month, true-to-life color, no over-processing, photos you’ll stare at for a lifetime.
Who I work best with
The couples I work best with care more about being in it than performing for it. If that sounds like you, we are probably a good fit.
celebrate lifes moments
From a chef’s kitchen to wedding days.
Im always watching for the moment before it happens.
I got into photography young, hanging out with my grandfather. He taught me to watch for light and wait for the moment before it happened, and that’s stuck with me ever since. It’s part of why I still shoot the way I do: paying attention first, camera second.
I’ve been named one of WPJA’s Top 50 Wedding Photographers in the world multiple years, and my work has been featured in Fearless Photographers, FX’s The Bear, Rolling Stone, National Geographic and many more features, awards and publication
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Guilty Pleasure
Crumbl Cookies
Favorite Restaurant
Secret Talent
I sang on-stage in Carnegie Hall
Can’t Live Without
Fresh Pour Over
Fave Travel Experience
Surfing the Philippines
Zen Space
Snowboarding, My Garden, Surfing,
Usually Chasing
Fresh Powder on my snowboard
Back-up Career
My Work Ethic
Love, Jordan and Chris – Ridge Asheville Wedding
