That's one of the things I hear most after weddings.
Not just from couples. From their parents, their wedding party, their college roommates who flew in from across the country. People who met me that morning acting like we go way back by the end of the night.
I don't take that lightly. It's probably the thing I'm most proud of professionally.
The photographer your guests will think is an old friend.
Southeast Wedding Photographer
Making a room full of strangers feel completely at ease doesn't come naturally to everyone.
It doesn't come completely naturally to me either, I'm a genuine introvert. I live in my head. The version of me you'd meet at a party is quieter than the one who shows up at your wedding.
But something shifts when I'm in it. When I'm with a couple I care about on the most important day of their lives, everything else gets overridden by something stronger: genuine love for the people I'm with and total commitment to making their day feel as good as it possibly can.
Every bit of my social energy goes to my couples on wedding days. Not because it's effortless. Because they're worth it.
Somehow, people can feel that.
Here's something most photographers won't tell you.
A little about the person behind the camera.
I'm Simon. I live in Huntsville, Alabama with my extraordinary wife Jaimee and our three kids — Oliver, Rome, and Winnie — who are collectively the best and most exhausting thing I've ever done.
This business was born on a hiking trail in 2018, built from the ground up, and I pour my whole heart into every couple I serve. But the reason I do this work the way I do it comes down to family. I know how fast time moves. I know how quickly kids stop being small and moments stop being firsts. I photograph weddings the way I do because I understand in my bones what it means to want to hold onto something.
When I'm not shooting or editing, I'm probably playing with my kids or watching a documentary. I'm half Filipino, and celebrating multicultural weddings feels like coming home in a way I can't fully explain. I've cried at more weddings than I'll admit. I dance like a dad. I make jokes like one too.
Fortunately my couples seem to find that charming.
Little things that make me, me.
✓ I will almost certainly make up a completely spontaneous song at some point during your portraits. It will make no sense. It will make everyone laugh. This is intentional.
✓ Yes, I have cried at weddings. Usually during parent and sibling speeches.
✓ I’m half Filipino, and celebrating multicultural weddings is something I feel incredibly connected to.
✓ I grew up in North Carolina & Georgia, now live in Alabama, and have a soft spot for Southern hospitality, and French fries.
✓ I always thought I was a Gryffindor, but my wife insists I’m a Slytherin. Both of these things probably say something true about me.
