I’ve known for years that I wanted someday to transition Far More Than Rubies Films to something… more. But there was always hesitation, something stopping my dreams before they could even fully form, because being a wedding photographer just sounded too big and too scary. However, somewhere along the way, between filming wedding upon wedding where I would proclaim aloud to Grant, "I could get the coolest photos of them", somewhere between my eye catching the little details to film that photographer would then say "Oh, that's a great shot! Do you mind if I get it, too?" somewhere between the endless hours I've spent combing through our footage not just for clips, but for screenshots to post, it hit me, all at once, but also as if it had somehow been there all along just beneath the surface- My brain is wired to be a photographer. Every shot I've ever taken for a film was something I saw first- whether it was the way the light was reflecting in the window, the mom in the corner watching her daughter adjust her veil, or the intertwined hands of two lovers on their wedding day- it was always a photo first, in my mind.

I've been drawn to the way things looked ever since I was a little girl- I always had the obsession of trying to capture the moment, always the friend- from middle school to adulthood- taking the pictures, always the one capturing the essence of the people I am around, because I so desperately and obsessively wanted to immoralize the memories. This part of my personality has followed me from my earliest years, through college where I got my degree in journalism, up to the very moment that I write this to you. It’s special, coming to this realization, that I am fulfilling a God-given gift that has been there all along.

I've come to realize that most of our films are simply us capturing authentic, artistic, and aesthetic moments. When I was going back and forth with deciding to offer photography, I kept coming back to the same point: I wholeheartedly believe that half of the reason people book us for video is because of the composition of our shots and the way our films make people feel; and wedding photography is a perfect extension of that. Wedding photography is such a natural progression to our videography and filming style. We already know what moments to capture- our eyes are trained with years of practice to capture moments that people are drawn to. We know when to back up and get the full picture, we know which dynamics to focus on, we know how to wait for the real laugh, we know, we know, we know.

Now, with offering photography, we will be rebranding to Mallory Frances Weddings. Because Far More Than Rubies Films and Photo was just a little too wordy. Other than the brand name changing- everything else will stay the same. Whether it be videography or photography, it will still be me and Grant, showing up hand in hand on a wedding day- to capture you in a documentary way, and to become the vendors that you still talk to years later. Just for the record: this means that me and Grant will book a wedding either for photography or videography. Half of the pride of our business comes from the personal relationships we make with our couples- to the point of a bride being brought to tears when it was our time to leave her wedding (we love you kaitlin), grabbing me for a photo booth at the end of the night because we’re now “best friends forever” (never forget @taylor), or simply the dozens of couples that have kept up with us through the years as we wish them happy anniversaries and congratulations. Grant and I are both highly sentimental people that truly care deeply about each couple that we have the honor to work with. And preserving memories through printable and frameable photos for the couples that we love so dearly is going to be such a beautiful and natural expansion of our abilities. Not to mention, the honor of our lives.