Meet Rocheal

A little smitten with black coffee and a lot obsessed with my white lab. In this black and white world, I'm a lover of the grey.

When I first got into photography I was an atheist.

Being born and raised in a world full of drugs and rock and roll meant going to school was an option for me. I learned the world had winners and losers and I wasn't sure where my family fell.

I spent my entire life running from Jesus, annoyed with "Bible Thumpers"; there was no way God would allow the things that happened to us happen.

And then 2014 happened.
I'd just graduated college and was marrying the man of my dreams. 

While tying up the loose ends of wedding planning, I made a pit stop by my tailor's house for some dress measurements before I left town for my bachelorette weekend.

Before I left my tailor's house, she asked to have coffee with me, and randomly asked, "Have you ever accepted God as your savior?"

Oh, great. A stupid Bible thumper... Cringe.

"No. And I don't plan on it." :)

"Oh, that's okay. This is really pulling on me. Just have a seat and repeat after me..."
I refused many times, but eventually, quite irritatedly, I sat down, and repeated after her. Even told her that her little spell wasn't going to work because I was mad and didn't believe in any of it. She only smiled.

Suddenly, something happened. I felt it. Something. A warm, gold-like glowing fullness washed into my feet and swept up my body. I opened my eyes, and the day was vibrant. I heard birds. My senses were turned up. I thought she spiked my coffee.
I was terrified.
And It was time for my bachelorette weekend.

On my last morning with my girls, I woke up early to enjoy coffee on the balcony and finish a book. I finished the last page and closed the book. Wanting more coffee, I opened the sliding glass door and there was a bird sitting inside! On our stove... Looking at me...

I walked over to him slowly, hoping he wouldn't fly away, and he didnt'. I put my finger out, *hoping* he would (for some reason) climb on my finger. And he did,


Then instantly: that warm- vibrant, gold-like feeling swept through my body. Again.
That was the moment I realized she didn't spike my coffee, and my life began to change.

Once I figured out the feeling I felt was God, everything began transforming.

I spent most of my life running from Him, trying to define myself as a free individual, only to turn up more chained down. As my relationship with Jesus matures, I've learned that it's He who breaks chains, and if you knew my story you'd see the significance.

When I found Him, I found my passions, and the permission to follow them. I quit my job and started my business.
Spending my weekends photographing weddings and baptisms is pretty much the coolest thing in the entire world...

And this brings me to photography: the crux of how I fell in love with people.

What started as a job has transformed into a soul-shifting purposeful passion I would have never anticipated.

After having photographed so many weddings, I understand the importance of my role.
I've learned that helping my couples plan their wedding day means the difference of them enjoying their day versus remembering the day feeling stressed, posed, and rushed.

It's my burning passion for you to feel comfortable and at ease on your wedding day because I know how important it is for good moments to wash over you.

I've developed a system so that my couples can relax... When you're with me, you lean into each other on your wedding day instead of worrying, because you know your memories are safe. It's handled.

I want your wedding day to show you the importance of slowing down to experience your memories in the making.
Feeling comfortable. At ease. Natural.

This process has taught me to see the world differently.

The small, fleeting moments that God gifts us with are so important, and capturing those moments that cannot be recreated is my passion and promise to you.