09/15/2026
A very big little thing happened just right now.
And Iām probably āsupposed to wait to post until morning for engagementā. Itās well, well past my bedtime in the middle of the night.
Iām usually out by 9:30 *yawn* but tonight I stayed up. And up. And up. I told my husband I was coming to bed an hour ago. But Iām still up.
And I donāt know why Iām up, but I clicked open my email one last time before bed and there was an email I did not expect in the least.
One of my 2026 wedding photographs was selected for Fearless Photographers Collection 100. š„¹
Being an artist is weird. Even if youāve been successful, perhaps itās human to constantly wonder if youāre any good at something as subjective as art.
I think I participate in photography awards because theyāre anonymous. Beyond language, beyond what gear you have, beyond who your client is, or how old you are or where you come from, photography is a visual art communicated in a universal language.
To have a panel of professional judges select my work against talent across the world is justā¦ validating. So I try to remember to submit and participate, even years like this one where I havenāt been shooting all that much. I managed to place Top 10 for WPJA last year without shooting much then either, but Iād still never won a Fearless wedding award.
Fearless has a strict membership process, and once youāre accepted to even submit your work, they receive thousands and thousands of entries, citing that only 1ā3% of submitted photographs ever receive an award.
And this late-night, one-last-email check was a letter congratulating me on just that.
I think I love wedding photography so much because it can never be perfected, only practiced.
Itās a craft Iāve dedicated so many years to learning, and every wedding still reminds me how much I have left to learn.
So being recognized by some of the tippy TOP top dogs in this industry is a pretty damn sweet way to end the day.
If you want to see some of the very best wedding photography in the world, go check out the fresh Fearless gallery.
And thank you, Rachel, for flying me 3,000 miles across the country, trusting me to be your photographer earlier this spring, and for being such an over-the-top ham that you landed me this one for the books. ā¤ļø Fearless Photographers
