About Rusty
To answer a commonly asked question: Waldron is the small town in Arkansas where my grandma was raised.
I’m a husband to Lizzie and a dad to Linden and Willa. We all answer to our pup Huck’s wishes. I enjoy good pie.
I approach a wedding as one of your guests, having made a concise plan but staying out of the way of the uncontrived flow of the day.
I’ve photographed some 300 weddings now, and I understand firstly that a wedding day isn’t so much about flowers and dinner and a getaway car as it is a marriage and the beginning of a bigger story. My favorite parts of the whole deal, hands down, are your recessional down the aisle and your dance party.
The process
Engagement portraits are typically our first order of business.
We also kick off the process by assembling a big-picture timeline, outlining a few strategic discussions regarding day-of particulars. We’ll spend significant time spitballing on the potential time and locations of portraits with your families, portraits with your partner, and portraits with your friends.
My weekend-of approach is largely a calm and candid one – focusing more on natural flow and less on contrivance. I’m happy to step in to advise throughout, but I firmly believe that the magic happens when you’re simply doing you with all of your favorites surrounding you.
More regarding the ins and outs can be found on my FAQs page.
MANIFESTO
I aim above all else to be an ally, a support system, and a resource.
I stand to help you create a wedding that’s true to you. So whether that means a ceremony under a park shelter followed by a water balloon fight, or a party with lots of flowers down at the country club, I think the setting that best fits you is THE best setting.
Keeping this idea of individuality and – let’s call it well placed-selfishness – at the forefront is key to the whole deal.