Malorie DePerna Photography

🚨 SMOKE SHOW ALERT 🚨
I’m giving away ONE free Smoke Show Session, the only session designed to make you look like you walked straight out of a music video in slow motion.

BUT… it’s ONLY happening inside my private VIP bo***ir group.

Like… literally nowhere else.

If you want in, drop a 🔥 and I’ll send you the secret door link.

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excuse me while I go romantically scream into a pillow over how cute these two are 🍁🔥

The barn, the fall colors, the outfits,but also??

The hype team.

Olivia’s mom & aunt had me ready to propose TO BOTH OF THEM for their energy alone 😂

Referral clients will always feel like the biggest honor, and I can’t wait to be back with this crew in 2026 to do it all again 💍

PSPSPSPS. Peep my barn buddies in the background 😍🥰😍🥰

From scooping ice cream and flipping burgers to photographing his engagement session?? Life really said “let’s make this full circle with a plot twist.”

Jeff rolled up to me at an Encore VIP party at Arbor Midtown and was like, “Do you remember me?”

And listen… in my defense… it was a vibe that night. We were all out there living our best lives.

But the SECOND he said where I knew him from, I absolutely lost my damn mind. I used to call him my FAVORITE back in the day, and he really was.

We used to blast Breaking Benjamin while closing up the restaurant, headbanging over the sink, slinging dishes like it was a damn rock concert instead of a closing shift.

Those were the days.

Seeing this kid go from greasy aprons and fry baskets to showing up as a whole grown man, engaged to the love of his life??

I about short-circuited. Like, HOW are we old enough for this??

And when I said I HAD to do their engagement photos, I meant it. No ifs, ands, or buts.

They delivered.

Mother Nature delivered.

The SUNSET delivered.

Everyone understood the assignment and then some. 🍂🔥

Jenna + Amber’s wedding wasn’t just stunning, it was powerful. 💙

Here’s the truth: it’s a hell of a lot easier for me to get married than it is for them.

Not only are they a bi-racial couple, they’re LGBTQ.

And if that sentence makes you clutch your pearls?

The unfollow + block buttons are free. Byeee 👋 Not gonna miss ya.

Because love is love.

Plain and simple.

Race, nationality, pronouns, gender, none of that changes the fact that these two incredible women deserve every ounce of celebration.

They spent the morning together in the same gorgeous Airbnb, but slipped away to get into their jaw-dropping dresses separately.

Their first look?

Emotional doesn’t even cover it.

Every single one of us..me, my second shooter, the coordinators…were wiping away tears.

Then their vow reading at The Wintergarden… whew. MORE tears. More hugs. More heart.

And then—my favorite part—they ended their ceremony by Jumping the Broom. 🧹✨

This is a deeply meaningful African American wedding tradition that dates back to the 18th century. Enslaved people were denied the legal right to marry, so jumping the broom became a symbolic act of commitment—honoring love, creating a union, and sweeping away the old to start a new life together.

It’s resistance, resilience, and joy all wrapped into one. The fact that Amber and Jenna included it?

Absolutely beautiful.

The reception space was every bit as magical as they envisioned, dreamy blues, tall twinkling candles, and so much love you could feel it in your bones.

This day was joy, legacy, and love in its purest form. 🖤🤍🌈