I had a meltdown last night.  I needed a good take-me-back-to-Point-A and re-prioritize.  I had a very busy day planned for today, so before the first photo shoot this afternoon, I spent some alone time, trying to recapture the reason that I first fell in love with this double-edged sword called photography. I climbed over […]

As a child, Halloween was not celebrated in our household.  People who hear me say that are shocked because they had envisioned me with all kinds of glorious hand-sewn costumes stitched up by my sewing machine genie mother.  Aside from the fact that we didn’t celebrate it due to religious beliefs, it wasn’t a childhood […]

He is perfect.  He’s so tiny and soft and smells like Johnson + Johnson lotion.  I couldn’t get enough of him.  There were so many of their personal touches to incorporate into the shoot that I had an endless source of fun and entertainment too!  Mom & Dad just let me go with it.  I […]

“How did you get your hair like that?  It’s so curly!  I didn’t know you had curly hair.” “It’s just like your’s, Mom.  I got it from you.” “Oh…well, it’s really pretty.” I smiled a sad smile as I overheard this conversation today in the waiting room at the doctor.  It was between a daughter […]

I got the best news today.  Honestly, this news just sent me over-the-top with excitement.  If I were cheesy and in junior high, I would be peppering these sentences with exclamation points and bold words and double underlines. Remember a few months ago, when I first told you about my grandma?  (If you can’t, you […]

I’ve worked with Krista for over 2 years now in a medical clinic and I was thrilled to be able to take her family’s pictures.  Her family is beautiful.  Really beautiful.  Her daughters have inherited her sense of style (I aspire to be like them!) and they’re all just gorgeous, honestly. Krista set up the family photos […]