I\u2019m tired of giving my energy to a machine that demands “pretty” over “honest.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019re looking for the following, keep scrolling:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is for the people who want to “Hold Fast.”<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n My work is high-contrast because life is high-contrast. It\u2019s grainy because life isn’t smooth. It\u2019s dark because that\u2019s where the soul lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The “gatekeepers” will tell you this isn’t what a wedding is supposed to look like. They\u2019ll tell you it\u2019s too moody, too raw, or “not traditional”. They\u2019re right. It\u2019s not. It\u2019s art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want the standard Charleston catalog, go hire the person at the top of Page 1. They\u2019ll give you exactly what you expect. But if you want to look at your photos twenty years from now and actually recognize the person in the frame\u2014cracks and all\u2014then maybe we should talk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or don’t. I’m doing this for the work, not the clicks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The industry wants you to believe that your wedding is a 12-hour commercial for a life you don’t actually live. In Charleston, we are surrounded by a very specific brand of “perfection.” It\u2019s bright, it\u2019s washed out, and it\u2019s usually staged on the grounds of places that have a history we\u2019d all rather forget. We […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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