This weekend, I had the privilege of meeting Ronan and his parents. Ronan has just about the coolest glasses ever and appreciates naps as much as I do. His parents contacted me through an organization called Inspiration Through Art (formerly Littlest Heroes Project)….you should check […]
Ok, so I was fully planning on abandoning the whole blog thing. Don’t ask me why….it just felt so…..2010. Compared to the instant gratification of facebook, twitter, instagram, etc., it felt like taking a train when you could be using a jetpack. But it doesn’t […]
I have been getting lot of requests for military sessions lately, so I wanted to answer some questions about that. Over the last three years I have done sessions for an awesome organization called Operation: Love Reunited, providing photo sessions for military families for no […]
Celebrating 1 year as double scoop photography (3.5 years total). I totally think this occasion calls for a cake or something…….as if I need a reason to have cake. I am thinking funfetti cake with strawberry frosting. Festive, right? I pretty much ignored the last […]
So August 1 is the one year anniversary of my name change to double scoop. To celebrate that special day……I am having a wisdom tooth extracted. Do I know how to party or what? So…because I won’t be doing anything fun….or anything involving solid food……I […]
One of the cool parts of my job is getting to watch the families that I work with change and grow. I met this family before the newest little guy, Ryan, was born….and now he is six months old! Time is flying. Not sure how […]
I got to spend a day with two pretty amazing ladies this weekend, Annie and Mikyla. One of them I went to high school with…..and one of them is too young to know what pegging your jeans is, or that Vanilla Ice tried to rap, […]
This was yet another newborn session where the star of the show refused to sleep. No amount of feeding, rocking, bouncing, pacifier-ing, or patting could keep this little guy asleep. I am beginning to think that babies find me suspicious. Like, if they slip off […]
My daughter’s friend, Madalynn, will be leaving for the summer. The whole summer. That is a long time for an adult, but it is like a million years to a kid….maybe even a zillion. Madalynn also happens to be our neighbor, which means going from […]
My baby turned 8 today. Eight. We let her stay up until midnight to welcome in her birthday. She loves to celebrate everything. Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Arbor Day…..everything……..so she is in full, pulling out all of the stops, party mode. At 11:55 she […]
I wrote a few weeks ago about photographing a homecoming that was being filmed for the tv show, “Coming Home”…….I posted the first set of images here. Well, the surprise part of the show was actually for Jon’s dad, and since the show has now […]
That is the smile of a girl that just had a birthday. I don’t remember the last time I have been that excited about a birthday……well, maybe the cake part, but not the rest of it. Natalie and David have decided to document Braeden’s first […]
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