CuencaCreative, Athens, GA (2026)

05/29/2026

I met Abigail back when I still lived in Athens. She was a barista at a coffee shop I practically lived at and I even remember her joking once and said to me over the counter, “It’s not happening anytime soon, but when I get married, you’re going to be my photographer.” That had to be at least over 3 years ago.

I’ll never get over the overwhelming weight of gratitude I have for this job and the people that put so much of their trust and stock in me to not only capture the seasons of their life but to create an experience for them and their loved ones.

Baby Ean would be proud.
S**t, college Ean would be proud.

Abigail & Isaac. Thanks for letting me turn up next to yall and celebrate you guys up close and personal as your wedding photographer, friend, and brother. Love you guys fr fr 🫶🏽

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Newlyweds: .konigsmark
Venue:
Planner / Designer: .takeco
Photo: .creative
Photo Assist 1:
Photo Assist 2: .abigailfenton
Rentals:
Florals:
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H&MU:
Baker:
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Southeast Based Wedding Photographer, Travel and Destination Weddings, Lenox Massachusetts, The Mount Edith Wharton Home, Luxe Design, Editorial and Fashion Forward Wedding Photographer, design focus photography, Lana Del Rey Wedding Inspo Vibes, Classic Wedding Details, Rain Weddings

05/21/2026

Lately, I’ve loved appreciating the details on a wedding day.

I started to appreciate the work that planners, designers, and florists go through to make the day a unique representation of the couple. And as someone who’s often times cared more for how the couple feels, their experience, and maintaining a focus on hospitality first - I used to think I couldn’t care for both.

There was a lie somewhere that made me believe in order to care for the design, details, and aesthetics would mean I’m missing the point of the marriage, the family, and the people. As if the aesthetics were too shallow of a thing to think about. And simultaneously, to care for the people simply meant I only cared for the stories, the documentation of emotions, the hugs shared and the tears shed - not the set up of the tablescapes and florals.

But I realized that I’m the only one that set up that binary way of thinking. To care for my couples means that my values align with theirs. That if a couple deeply values design, fashion, and aesthetics - then I’ll meet them in that love language and serve them in that manner. And if a couple deeply values their family, friends, and tribe, then I’ll meet them there too.

The two don’t need to be divorced from each other. And quite honestly, they rarely ever are.

To my couples in the planning season: don’t allow others to tell you what you should or shouldn’t value. Let your wedding day be an expression of your marriage. Make it as dramatic and extravagant as you want, or as absolutely low key and obscure as you want.

To my photogs: Let’s put to rest the “what’re you sick of seeing on a wedding day” trend. ITS NOT ABOUT YOU. And when you learn to take yourself out of the equation, you might learn a little something about yourself from your couples.

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Newlyweds: .marie.jensen &
Venue:
Planner:
Photo: .creative
Photo Assistant:
Video:
Florist: .studiodesign
Rentals:
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Violinist:
DJ:

05/21/2026

God forbid I finally remember to actually hydrate myself and snack on a wedding day 😂 Dinner wasn’t served for another 40 mins so we did what we had to do lmao

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creative

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Wedding Vendors, wedding Day Snacks, Refuel, Atlanta based wedding photographer, East Coast Wedding Photographer, travel weddings and destination elopements, team culture, Charleston SC wedding photography, Charleston Wedding Venue, Coastal weddings

05/20/2026

24 hours of being awake acts similarly to a BAC of 0.10%, which is legally intoxicated in the U.S..

Don’t overestimate yourself and don’t underestimate the road.
Yall please please please be safe out there.

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Sleeping Driver, car accident, SUV Flip, vlog, Sleep Driving Awareness, roadside, advice and tips, DUI

05/12/2026

This one was a little scary for me to share.

Usually the most common responses I get are from:

1. Christians patronizing me with “I’ll be praying for you” or treating me like their own personal project pushing sermons my way as if I didn’t go to college for theology and biblical studies and am still passionately digging into it daily. Some outright block me as if I’m some sort of virus they’re attempting not catch a cold from. And I’ve even had close friends genuinely worried we were partaking in witchcraft and instead of disclosing it with us, just ghosted us.

- Or -

2. Atheist who are celebrating me for no longer “drinking the Kool aid” while mocking the Jesus that I still deeply love. They mock Christianity as a whole as if we were ALL misogynistic, racist, and homophobic Bible thumpers who don’t know how to have a humanist perspective whatsoever.

- And -

3. I’ve noticed there’s a 3rd group who are often extremely quiet, extremely vulnerable, and extremely exhausted Christian’s who don’t feel like they belong in either camp. Jesus not only shaped their entire life but see the humanism in the teachings of Jesus. They’re angry with nationalists who taint the character of Jesus and they’re tired of seeing the Bible weaponized. But they’re scared s**tless to speak up. They’re fed up with mega churches and some are uncomfortable with ANY church. They’re lacking community, but crave it so much, but simultaneously terrified of it.

As Christians, we’ve got to get better at letting others go on their own journey and supporting others through it no matter how different it may look and feel. And if someone else’s journey is a threat to your beliefs - then maybe it’s time re-evaluate the fragility of your beliefs.

At the end of the day, we’re all trying to do our best to figure out life, spirituality, and everything in between. And if God is that good, then trust Him - let him do his thing in people’s life and stop getting in the way.

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If you’ve been feeling alone in this, wherever you are in your spiritual journey or lack thereof, please reach out. We don’t have to do this alone, nor were we ever meant

05/08/2026

The word “intentional” feels extremely overused. And in my cases, depending on what circle of people, work, or lifestyle you find yourself in, it IS so overused that it’s lost any sort of weight or meaning.

When I showed up to CJ and Whitney’s Rehearsal Dinner as a guest, that word “intentional” was used so much in the speeches to describe both CJ and Whitney. And in any other given space, I would’ve lost my s**t.

But I didn’t. Because in this case scenario, there really was no better word to describe these two.

Two years ago, they took me to their favorite spot in Atlanta when we first met. They didn’t ask how long I’d been doing photography for - they asked about my dreams and what I loved outside of photography. They got to know me, not as a photographer, but as a person, a husband, a Filipino, and a person of faith.

On their wedding day, their party favors / seating chart was a coffee table book of photos I had taken of them. In this book, they highlighted ALL of their vendors. They had short blurbs written about almost every single person. As small as it sounds, we as the vendors got to eat at our own table rather than eating dinner in the back room of the venue. On top of all of that, there wasn’t a period of the day that they wouldn’t periodically stop to check in on how we were doing.

Their whole being was geared to serving others well and making them feel so loved with the deepest level of intent.

CJ. Whitney. Thanks for loving us so damn well that it just makes the word “intentional” feel completely inadequate. Honored to have celebrated you both alongside your beautiful tribe 🫶🏽

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Newlywed: &
Planner:
Venue:
Photo: .creative
Photo Assist:
Video:
Beauty:
Floral:
Rentals: .bound
Stationary:
Entertainment:

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Atlanta Based Wedding Photographer, Atlanta Skyline Wedding Venues, Urban Weddings, In*******al Couples, Editorial Luxury Wedding Photography

05/05/2026

✨ Immigrants Make America Great ✨

Happy National Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month 🤙🏽

This shoot was one that meant a lot to me. I wanted to celebrate the pride of the Filipino community by styling a shoot with , a Filipina dress designer along with ._, a first generation Filipina American. I was so proud of this shoot and what it meant to me to see more representation of Filipino business owners and entrepreneurs, especially here in the southeast.

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I found out the other day that the reason why modern architecture is becoming more bland, basic and simple rather than having any sort of personality (ie. all the new fast food buildings are now modern minimal boxes rather than iconic shapes like the old school red roof of Pizza Huts and outdoor playgrounds in McDonald’s, etc) is so that it’s easier to sell when it’s time to move on. We exchange practicality for personality - And we flatten style and remove identity.

The more we learn how to celebrate diversity in others and not flatten it, the more we retain the beauty of each person’s individual culture, story and personhood, and the easier it is to remember that we don’t have to shrink ourselves in order to belong. But rather, we already DO belong.

That maybe, we truly are uniquely, beautifully and wonderfully made. All bodies. All people. All races. All genders. All beliefs. All sexual orientations. Every tribe. Every tongue. Every nation.

Mahal Kita 🫶🏽

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Dress:
Model: ._
Photo: .creative
Location:

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Editorial Bridal Portraits, Large Bridal Gown, House of Maganda, Charleston SC Local Dress Designer and Owner, Filipino American Wedding Photographer, Pinoy, Speakeasy Bridals, Playing with Light, Bridals, Atlanta Based Wedding Photographer, Charleston Based Wedding Photographer, Georgia and South Carolina Bridals, Philippines, Filipina Bride

04/23/2026

Sometimes after I send the sneak peak photos, I’ll get reaction videos, other times I’ll get reaction voice memos, but honestly this one was a first 😭

This was the sweetest thing to receive after getting a chance to capture & wedding last weekend, and I’m honestly so honored to have gotten the chance to play a small role in their big day 😭

This one was freaking cool! Thanks for the shoutout

Newlyweds:
Venue:
Photo: ya boi .creative
Photo Assist:
Planner:

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Meteorologist, news broadcasting, Charleston SC based wedding photographer, Atlanta based wedding photographer, travel weddings and destination elopements, Hotel Emeline, Downtown Charleston, Coastal Weddings, Southern Bride Wedding Pinterest Inspo

04/22/2026

LAST PHOTO: Sorry , I know you already got flamed by your bridal party on your wedding day for wearing Nike ankle socks but I felt like that wasn’t enough - so I’m putting your dogs on blast for the world to see. FOR FREE. 😂 especially when you gripping the like that 😂

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I remember meeting Maggie and Matt for the first time over dinner and immediately thinking to myself “yea. These are gonna be my people.” Matt kept telling me he wanted me with a drink in my hand all night long, and invited me to the after party with everyone. They didn’t take life too seriously - yet, they were so full of life. They cracked on each other, but were also brought to tears for each other. They not only welcomed me in the moment they met me, but I felt like I had been part of their family for years.

& , I love the ever living mess outta you two. Not to sound dramatic af, but life is better for so many people because yall are in it. Thankful I get to be in yalls corners. Thankful I get to know and be known by you. & thankful for the love you so freely give. Thanks for being a light, yall.

Forever a Knight fan 🫶🏽

HUGE SHOUTOUT to the best dang Second Shooter who just feels like she aligned with my style so much - not to mention, best BTS person, best creative collaborator, best technician, best feeder and hydrator, and all around best assistant ever 🍻

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Newlyweds:
Venue: (Lowndes Grove)
Photo: .creative
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Planner:
H&MU:
Florist:
Catering:
DJ:
Saxophone:
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Lowcountry Weddings, Lowndes Grove Wedding Venue, Charleston SC, GA and SC Based Wedding Photographer, Atlanta based photography, travel weddings and destination elopements, coastal spring and sunmer weddings, waterfront venue, palm trees, outdoor wedding, Historic Wedding Venue

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