I'm the person behind Piper Brown Photography, and also the entire team. No hand-off, no second shooter you've never met showing up on your wedding day. Just me, start to finish.

Before this I lived a few different lives. I served in the military, worked in public education, and spent time in finance before I found the thing that actually stuck. None of those jobs taught me as much about people as standing next to them on the best day of their life does.

What it's actually like to work with me:

I'm not going to pose you like a furniture catalog and disappear behind my camera. My whole job is making you forget I'm even there, so if you're the couple who "hates being photographed," we're going to get along great. Ask anyone I've worked with and they'll tell you the same thing: it did not feel painful. I keep things loose, I make bad jokes at slightly inappropriate times, and by minute ten you're usually laughing at something instead of worrying about your chin.

Here's where the military background actually earns its keep: family formals. You know, the part of the day everyone dreads. That's the one moment I flip a switch. Fun, laid-back Mo turns into time-to-bake-the-donuts Mo. Quick decisions, no wasted time, everybody in and out where they need to be. It lasts about twenty minutes, then it's party time again.