Disability shows up differently for everyone and doesn’t look a certain way. For me, being disabled looks like: Genuinely not knowing how to respond to “How are you?” A camera…
A lot of folks reached out about how my post on self-identifying as Autistic resonated with them. I support self-identification fully, and after weighing the pros and cons, I decided…
[Image description: “Let’s talk about narrow-mindedness around how different identities can be perceived,” on a yellow and grey background.] There are 61 million disabled adults in the US, with a…
Toward the end of this year, I put it out into the universe that I was going to be a guest on some of my favorite podcasts. I’ve been lucky…
Let’s talk about how “unplugged” and phone-free wedding ceremonies can be ableist and need to be reconsidered. It’s not rare for officiants to remind guests to put away their cell…
Recently, there was a post in a wedding photography Facebook group with a photo of a groomsman in a wedding dress as a first look “prank.” I’ve posted in the…
Tears dropped onto my lap as I took test after test, each one saying the same thing. “You have a strong likelihood of Autism.” In that blue light of my…
As wedding vendors, we have to be mindful of not expecting our potential clients to fit into some neurotypical mold of how we’ve established our workflow. Many vendors encourage or…
Wedding vendor lists are an often overlooked way for us to turn our apathy into action. As wedding photographers, most of our clients book us early in the process, soon…
[CW: Heteronormativity; violence; gendered language; sexism; rape] The “best man,” like many wedding traditions, has a disturbing past that we rarely think twice about. Before digging deeper, I’d like to…