These are some familiar faces on my blog. This is my fifth photo session for them. I first photographed Darby when she was just 3 months old. At one of my sessions with her, I actually photographed her crawling for the first time. How cool […]
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what is a session like?
There are many photographers out there, and just as many styles of photography….and everyone has a preference. Each time a new client contacts me about scheduling a session, I always make sure to ask if they have looked at my blog and website. I want […]
Welcome Home!
I could write a whole bunch of words about this homecoming session, but, I am pretty sure the images tell the story better than I could, on their own. So, I will just say thank you, Ryan, for your service, and thank you Sara, Shelby, […]
If Only They Were All This Easy…
I have had the pleasure of photographing this family on more than one occasion. In fact, I think this was session number four, if you include the homecoming, when Indigo came back from his deployment. Things have changed a little since then….Mari is expecting. I […]
I…Wanna’ Rock and Roll All Niiiight..and Party Every Day!
So, I am pretty sure I know some of the coolest people ever. And I am lucky enough to have a lot of those people as my clients. A few days ago, I posted this image from a session…. Today, I received this in my […]
When Losing is Really Sorta, Kinda Like Winning. Just With Less Prize Money.
So, I mentioned that we entered Notes Girls Write into a book contest. Well, we got the results on Tuesday…and…we didn’t win. So….that was sad and suckish. More sad and suckish than I thought it would be, because I really did not expect to win. […]
Time Warps and World Domination
That adorable face belongs to Chloe. I met Chloe this weekend, while shooting the weirdest session I have ever done…um….the cocker spaniel in the tutu, excluded. But…it wasn’t a bad weird…just a weird weird. Let me explain. Chloe is the daughter of a friend of […]
Aubrey – Newborn Session
That pretty, little head belongs to Aubrey. She was just about 4 weeks old when these were taken…and…it is kind of cool, because I first met her family, for a family session, when her mama had just found out she was pregnant with her. And […]
Cute Baby Slideshows…Now With More OCD
I spent, literally, no less than six hours…probably more like 8….trying to find the perfect song for this slideshow. I tend to do that. I also tend to frantically email or text my friend, Lynsey, and ask for song help. She suggested this Uncle Kracker […]
Welcome, Tate Andrew – Newborn Session
This is Tate. He is exceptionally cute, don’t you think? Of course, I may be a little biased….Tate belongs to my cousin Andrew, and his wife, Juliann. I was in Arizona this weekend to meet the newest addition to their family. I drove 6 hours […]
Lourdes – Maternity session
Does that look like a woman that is only two days away from her due date? Look at her hair…her makeup…her smile. I am fairly certain that I looked like a gigantic, angry hobo two days before my due date. In fact, I know I […]
Notes Girls Write is a book!
So, I wasn’t exactly sitting around doing nothing in the little break I took from sessions. Some of you may be familiar with the photo essay project that I have been working on with Lynsey Peterson, for the last year, called Notes Girls Write. Well…..Notes […]
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