MOMENTS TO LAST FOREVER
“We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone.” - Kate Thurmes
Some days of your life, you may completely forget. Others, however, are full of those "forever moments." The ones that you remember seconds, minutes, or hours of for the rest of time.
After the candles burn, the cake is eaten, and the sun and moon rise and set, the memories and photographs captured that day will remain.
It is a day full of those core memories that we never want to forget, even when we grow old and memories start to fade... The photos will still be there to relive a memory as if it was yesterday. We cherish photographs and videos so incredibly much for these reasons and so much more.
That is why I would be honored to be the one that gets to capture those precious recollections of a lifetime. The ones you will get to cherish and pass on to generations to come.
Our approach at weddings
My driving passion for wedding photo- and videography is rooted in photojournalism and cinematic visual arts. That means I want to catch what’s real, in the moment, in a documentary-styled way in order to authentically, beautifully tell a story of the people in that moment and how they felt in that time and space.
Those passions have “married” (Get it? Okay, I’ll stop now) my focus to use my abilities to capture the true feeling and essence of one of the most monumental days in someone’s life: their wedding day.
My first wedding day to capture was two years after I had started shooting portraits professionally, a day I will never forget, not only for it’s significance in my life moving forward, but also because it was on Valentine's Day, 2014, in Hot Springs, AR. It was for a family member’s wedding at a charming bed and breakfast, and I just loved it.
Little did I know what a significant mark that would make for my career going forward, and how it would blossom! Since then, over the past decade, (still registering that it’s been that long) I am honored to have captured dozens and dozens of weddings; and of course, every single wedding day has its own special love story and excitement to capture for the newlyweds to cherish looking back on for the rest of their lives, and pass down generations.
It never fails that each of those days are full of such unique beauty and character, but most importantly, they are full of memories of a lifetime, which I am extremely honored to be trusted with to capture.
Oh, should I go ahead and mention now that I literally get a little misty-eyed behind the lens at like every wedding, at least at one point or another? It’s only for a moment and I keep my cool, of course, but I just can’t help it! I just love what I do and seeing those big feelings of that love expressed and celebrated. Just a hopeless romantic, I guess! It’s truly special seeing a precious memory being made in real time, and documenting you making those memories with the ones who mean the most!
The word that ignites the rest of time: “Yes”
Love began somewhere along the lines of someone asking someone if they wanted a relationship.
Love blossomed, grew even more, until someone asked if they wanted to take the big jump. The really big jump. The beauty of each of those milestones deserves to be captured too.
It’s your life and your experience, however you want to seize the moment. I am here for you, and hope you know that I’m already honored if you’re here considering my work to serve you for this beautifully special time in your life, because it’s kind of a big deal!
MEET THE WEDDING TEAM
MEET THE WEDDING TEAM
Oh yeah, we have a whole wedding team! This team was created in 2021, when wedding planning seemed to reconvene, and I simply realized how heartbreaking it was when I had to tell an excited, newly-engaged couple planning their wedding day that I was already booked! I had to find a better solution.
With a wedding team that I wholeheartedly trust with my entire business and reputation, we have made it possible to still offer our professional services with incredibly talented photographers who have worked alongside me for years now, and confident in giving you the best quality of work, no matter what.
Often times, I see their work and fully believe I simply could not have done a better job myself, and it’s the best feeling to know couples who still want to book with us still can, while still getting the same consistent style and experience!
I hold each of our photographers to a high standard and edit their photos just like my own, and I don’t have to tell another couple that I’m completely not available ever again!
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Jackie Loubriel
OWNER + LEAD PHOTO/VIDEOGRAPHER
Hey hey! I’m Jackie, the owner of Jackie Marie Photography, which I started in 2012, but we’ll just call those first couple of years a “practice run” where I learned a lot of trial and error in running a photography business! I’ve always been driven by my lifelong passion of taking pictures, before I even knew it could be a full-time job!
My favorite type of photography (and video) is documentary storytelling, because I love finding the beauty in ordinary life, and appreciating a moment in time to cherish and keep the memories alive with photos or video, or both.
If you’d like to read more about me, feel free to check out the “About” page to get a little more detail. Just don’t want to be redundant here, so let me give some background on how this team began!
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Latia Guerra
LEAD/SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER
I’m a married mother to five adventurous boys and a pretty little princess who is the baby of the house. I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, and my husband's army career led us to set roots in Texas.
I am your typical mama, drinking iced coffee and doing my best to raise good people. Catch me going nuts in the bullseye section at Target, strolling the clearance aisles, and sniffing candles!
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Lupe Zamora
LEAD/SECOND PHOTOGRAPHER
My name is Lupe! I serve all of DFW. I can capture just about anything, but my favorite type of session has to be couples! There's nothing more fun than creating magic between two people who are madly in love!
My passion for photography was inherited by my late grandmother. She was the queen of Kodaks! We never went out of town without a bunch of disposable cameras. Once I was old enough to get my own camera, I got to bring my own ideas to life. I truly believe every moment should be captured to one day relive again, big or small! I'm also a sucker for unposed, natural and candid photos for how they tell a story!
Alpha & Omega: Beginning & Ending
The magic of your love doesn’t begin or end on your wedding day, so why not have someone to capture the in-between moments too?
There’s the falling in love, the proposal, the engagement announcement, saving the date, wedding planning, butterfly jitters the day before, the rehearsal dinner, then, before you know it, it’s the big day that you and your loved ones have all been waiting for, and it goes by pretty fast. That day is gorgeous and solidifies the special kind of love only two people who devote themselves in this way can have, but the love doesn’t start or stop there!
My outlook is that there are just so many more details and love worth continuing to celebrate than what can be seen on the BIG day, so if you need pictures or video of that too, we’re here for it.
Your life is beautiful and it deserves to be captured in its true essence to tell your love story.
It can be an intimidating topic for some—I completely understand. If you’re curious, feel free to ask what’s on your mind when in comes to capturing those moments, both big and small.