for all love

for all people.

 
 
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Your Tennessee family and elopement photographer

Hey, I’m Hailes! I thrive off of authentic connection, from me and you, a two-way friendship, so here’s my story. Years ago, I lost my grandfather and my close friend, and even to this day, the photos I have of them mean everything to me. You can truly relive countless memories in a single photo, and the ones I have are why I’m inspired to preserve these memories for others.

I’m a wedding and elopement photographer who loves to get dirty, crack jokes, and capture those unexpectedly emotional moments you never saw coming. You can spend a year planning your wedding day and you’re still going in blindly—that’s the beauty of it. Something you never planned for (like snow during your May wedding, your flower girl tripping and rolling down the aisle, the best man forgetting the wedding band, or your dad ripping his pants on the dance floor—yep it’s ALL happened) might just become your favorite memory. You’ll want someone behind the camera that expects the unexpected. But you also want someone who can capture you & your partner for who you truly are. The tears during your letters to one another, the way he holds and kisses your cheek every night before bed, the way she stroked your hair from behind before hugging you around your neck, the way you fight, the way you laugh, the way you love. You want someone who can also capture all of that, and then some.

 
 
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Here's my promise to you…

I promise to tell your story. i promise to capture the day and moments from your perspective and mine, to let you live in the moment. to give you an experience rather than a photo experience. I promise to make your photos unique to you, and your relationship, not just another instagram post.

I promise to be not just your photographer or another vendor. I promise to listen, to what you want and your dreams for the day. I promise to be more than your photographer, but to be a friend, who you can vent to, cry to, and share all your stories with.

This is a two way relationship, you and your partner and me. We will trust one another, and honest work will be made on it’s own, due to our own bond. And yes, lots of Mcdonald’s and taco bell will be eaten along the way.

xoxo

 

Who I am…

I’m Hailes, your traveling wedding & elopement photographer, but I am so much more than that. I grew up traveling and spent most of my college years traveling the world for mission work. I’ve been to Kenya, West Africa, Nicaragua, Nepal & Thailand for mission trips, with my church & independently. But I have also traveled all over Asia, Europe, Africa, South America, and North America for myself, so can you trust me to travel and help you plan your travel? I sure hope so! I’m a gal of many talents, okay but really… I can’t whistle, BUT I can rap every word to 25 to life by Eminem without missing a beat. I also have over 100 tattoos, so I guess you can say I truly do not have commitment issues!! I have a love for Game of Thrones & Sons of Anarchy (guess that explains why I married a man who looks like Jax Teller hehe). But most importantly, I am human. I am perfectly imperfect, and I have been in your shoes. I also was a bride, who eloped in Colorado with 20 of our closest friends & family. I know the stress and fun of planning an entire wedding for 150 people and having it canceled 4 weeks before & having to plan a new thing in under a month.. yep! That happened to my husband and me!

I am also a mom, to two beautiful angel babies and to one earthside baby. They are a part of who I am, and I carry all 3 of them with me always. I know pain, I know heartbreak, I know happiness, and grief and joy. I know it all because I have walked through it. So when I say you can trust me with your relationship, with your feelings, I truly do mean it, I understand.

I married my best friend in May of 2019, where we thought we were having a spring wedding but Colorado said NOPE and gave us snow instead. It was the opposite of what I thought it would be, and I wouldn’t change anything about it. Tay and I met in 2017 at a 4th of July party and he instantly friend-zoned me… yep.. you heard that right!! About a year later his tour bus broke down & I went to see my friend, Sam, not knowing Tay was there, and we re-connected. After dating only 6 months he proposed on New Year’s Eve and we got married 5 months later! We lived in Virginia before moving out to Colorado and then made our move to Georgia to be near family while we walk through becoming new parents.

 

 
 

Some fun facts about me

1. Favorite snacks?

I love Chik-fil-A fries (but not the butts, gross), tacos, & fruit by the foot and margaritas (thats a snack right?)

2. Favorite show?

I’ll watch Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings all day any day and gladiator (best movie ever- fight me on it) but also criminal minds and greys anatomy and sons of anarchy (hello charlie hunam!!!)

3. What are your favorite Youtube videos to watch?

Chris De’Lia and David Dobrik videos are the way to my heart and also Liza Koshy

4. whats my love language?

I love giving gifts, serioulsy spoiling people, especially my couples makes me feel loved and seen and it is how I show and receive love! Also words of affirmation!

5. Something sentimental to me

The illustrations you see throughout my bradning are insired by actual tattoos on my body! Each one has its own meaning and is special to me, hence why it is a part of my brand!

6. Why did I start photography?

I started photography after going to Africa and capturing my trip on camera and coming home being able to tell the story of what we did through photos, was too powerful to ignore. I started photographing my friends and quickly fell in love. I then started realizing how many photos I had, whether of lost loved ones, or dear friends, or memories, that froze moments in time that meant to the world to me, that I decided I needed to do that for other people. capture memories that only grew stronger over time, timeless and thoughtful images that I could leave a piece of me in and capture you forever in.

 
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You can find my work featured in:

  1. Junebug weddings

  2. Green wedding shoes

  3. Huffington Post

  4. Festival Brides

  5. Wedding Chicks

  6. Rocky Mountain Bride

  7. Wedventure Magazine

  8. Wandering Weddings

  9. Beloved wedding stories

  10. Brides Magazine

  11. Shenandoah Valley Bride