Love and Life

My goal as a photographer is to capture your life as it unfolds and your love as you live it out. I love when laughter, joyous smiles, and emotion-filled eyes are captured clearly in a single picture. Pictures hold memories that last a lifetime. One of my favorite shoots I've ever done was with my great-grandmother and family. There are pictures of everyone laughing together, looking through her old pictures, telling her story. She lived an incredible life and the pictures I took of her showcase that surrounded by the people she loved most. That's what I want to do for you. I want to capture you surrounded by the people you love most. I want to freeze in time these precious moments. I want to capture your incredible life.

 
 

Your Experience

sweet words from wonderful clients

Wedding Reviews

B R A N D O N  &  B E T H A N Y

Haley was such a joy to work with! She is passionate about photography and you can see that in every aspect of the process: planning, shooting, editing, and delivery. She cares about the pictures she takes and her main goal is to capture those precious moments that will make her clients happy! I'm still SO in love with ALL of my pictures!

S A M U E L  &  B R O O K E

Not only is Haley is such a talented photographer, but she is such a sweetheart. Having her do our engagement and wedding pictures was a really great experience. You can just see through her personality and her photos that she is very passionate about what she does. She is organized and always prepared for whatever we had planned (or unplanned). She helped guide us during our photo sessions, but also let us put our own twist on things. Haley really made sure to capture not only the love between me and my husband, but also our goofiness and the joy that we had during that season in our lives. 

S O L V E I G & C H R I S

Choose Haley! She is very professional and takes care of business promptly. Her communication is great, she is easy going, and super sweet. It was really helpful to break the ice by meeting up in person with Haley. My husband and I felt very comfortable on our wedding day and it honestly felt like it was a friend my mine capturing our special moments. Haley has such a sweet spirit and I highly recommend her as a photographer.

S K I P  &  E L A I N E

“We have had the privilege of working with Haley for two wedding seasons and in a word, she is AMAZING! Her work is impeccable and her heart for service is astounding. She is professional and always has a smile. If you’re looking for a photographer for any reason, you won’t be disappointed with Haley!” - Skip and Elaine Corbett of A Beach Wedding Minister

P H I L I P & M A R I A H

Haley was always on time, stress free and able to accommodate when things had to change last minute and very helpful in the process. Some fears I had were not having enough pictures taken or not having enough time but everything turned out great and we got more than enough! :) I also loved that Haley got pictures of our guests having a good time as well! She made everything feel more like and experience and an adventure rather than like many other photographers I have seen that come off demanding and bossy - Haley was sweet, helpful and I am so glad we chose her! If you want someone who can edit photos fast, doesn’t put their logo all over everything and lets you know what a schedule would look like with her ahead of time - get her! I’ve not seen any other photographer that’s done as great of quality as she has in such a timely manner!

R A C H E L  &  S T E V E N

I wanted to get pictures for quite some time, but get nervous around cameras. Within minutes, Haley had my boyfriend and I laughing and loving the experience. We fell in love with our pictures and since then I can’t stop encouraging my friends to go see her.

K Y L E  &  A L E X

We had such a great time working with Haley as our wedding photographer! Haley is very kind and has a great eye for detail. Thankful we have such beautiful pictures to remember our special day.

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I adore the changing of the seasons. Most *especially* in October, and every day after leading up to the New Year. There’s nothing very particular about autumn here on the southeast coast, but I can still sense the subtle changes. Pumpkins pop up on porches, the muggy summer heat crawls down to a crisp chill, stores fill with fall colors and cozy things, and the world is plastered with advertisements of all things pumpkin spice. Even though it may not look like fall by most appearances, I’m doing my best to make it *feel* like autumn in my world! Vases are full of mums and greenery, candles are being lit, an autumn-inspired playlist has been created, stovetop potpourri has been simmering, and pumpkin spice is getting dashed in my coffee ☕️ What’s your favorite thing about autumn? 🍂
These two are troopers! Hurricane Florence caused them to need to postpone their wedding. I can’t begin to imagine how disheartening and stressful it has been for these two, but Macy let me know with such grace and not a word of complaint!! Their November wedding is going to be an extra special day 💕 I’m excited it worked for me to still photograph it...I can’t wait!!
The week following Hurricane Florence, I was given the gift of hospitality. A dinner out. I was told to order whatever I wanted!...and to simply receive it. A week later, after mudding-out a neighbor’s home, she said “thank you” and expressed how she felt like she should chip in on our dinner or...something! But she was told to simply receive. ✨ Our culture has trained us to be independent and self-sufficient. In the midst of that, hospitality and free gifts are often lost. We forget to give (myself especially), and feel almost bad for accepting gifts given 100% freely. We want to attach strings, feeling the need to pay someone, give something in return, or somehow earn it. “Thank you” never feels good enough. But I’ve realized there’s joy to be had in the giving and in the receiving. I’ve never expected or wanted anything in return from helping with disaster relief. Knowing that and realizing how much it meant to me when someone told me something kind, made me a meal, gifted me with their time and help, has made me want to be a gift to others as well. I want others to know that they’re loved and cared for. 💕 Speaking of free gifts...the greatest one we’ve been given is our sin-debt paid by Jesus. How easy it is for us to feel that we must earn it! That there must be a catch! No wonder it’s hard for any of us to accept His gift with pure joy and simple gratitude when “thank you” doesn’t even feel enough for a gift as simple as a dinner out! Revel in Christ’s goodness today. Recognize the freedom He so *freely* has *given* us from something we don’t deserve, and can *never* earn. Tell Him a simple “thank you.” ❤️
The past couple weeks have been overwhelming with gratitude, grief, joy, and sorrow. Two weeks ago I left my city completely intact. I came back a week later and so much had changed. Roads were impassable, washed away, or underwater. Hundreds of trees have fallen, wrapped up in power lines or crushing homes. My neighbors a few streets up from me have lost everything. I’ve driven by their homes with their belongings piled several feet high. As I type this, Red Cross is driving through MY neighborhood, passing out hot meals. It’s surreal. Saturday I helped mud out a home where a mom, dad, and their two-year-old little boy were living less than two weeks ago. I tossed out the little boy’s baseball gloves and threw away his glow-in-the-dark tracks. I piled up his stuffed animals, story books, and tiny suit and tie and threw them to the curb. It was a brand new, eye-opening experience to me. I’ve been on mission trips before, and have helped with disaster relief, but this was different. This was the worst damage I’ve witnessed, and it was only a few miles from my home. I kept swinging between “this is not okay” to “these are just things” and “this is heartbreaking” to “the family is alive!” I’m thankful for Jen who understood this and confirmed the same feelings. She’s from Houston, Texas and just experienced Hurricane Harvey last year. One of the biggest blessings to me has been having her and others from Houston come and partner alongside my church, College Acres. Some of them are not even back in their own homes after Hurricane Harvey and yet because of God, they are here and are EXCITED to come alongside my church and our community…for the next several WEEKS! I’m also in awe of how quickly my own church family has risen to meet needs and have been shocked at the amount of work they have completed in a short time. God is here! He is with us! He is working and I’ve been in tears as I continuously recognize the ways He is providing and protecting, extending mercy, and pouring out His love on us. “But as for me, God’s presence is my good. I have made the Lord God my refuge, so I can tell about all You do.” (Ps. 73:28). #collegeacreslovesilm