This family was a riot to shoot!  They were so go-with-the-flow and, when I arrived first and discovered that our planned location was blocked with visciously threatening government construction signs, we just jumped on over to a nearby area and took it from there.  It was a classically chilly Fall day, but they were troopers the […]

When life throws me a curve ball, I have no idea how to hit it.  I almost jump back from the plate as I swing and hear the bat whistle through dead air.  Then I hear, “steeee-rike!” It sucks.  I don’t like failure and I certainly don’t like strikes.  I always forget that I’ll only […]

I was setting my alarm last night before bed when I skipped over a screen to my world clock settings. I have several times zones selected–Chicago at GMT-6, Columbus at GMT-5–but my favorite time zone is Tashkent. It’s the capital of Uzbekistan and a city that I visited only four times: when I first flew […]

Although her parents had prepped her before we met, Romy was as shy as a little mouse.  We tried just about everything but she wasn’t having me.  I understood.  I didn’t look at a camera for a whole year when I was her age.  In fact, I remember being tempted with a lollipop one time, […]

Not only are Travis and Amber a terribly cute couple, but they were equally up for whatever suggestions I threw at them.  I’m looking forward to their wedding coming up in September 2011!

I’m clumsy.  Does anyone in my high school remember the time that I got literally hung up by my shirt on a cafeteria table?  It was one of my most embarrassing moments. Tonight I baked an apple dessert.  I made myself a big heaping bowl of it fresh from the oven and topped it with […]