Last year, I felt like I was living in a season of constant change and upheaval. Have you ever noticed that happening, where you plan to make one major life change and then all of a sudden it seems like every single other possible major thing in your life that could change chooses that exact moment of your life to also change? I sort of believe that life has seasons, like last year was a[...]
I have always loved a good photo booth. I can remember in high school, my friend Maria and I hopped in one at the mall (those were the days when it was cool to just go walk around the mall on a Friday night because what else were you going to do?). We each got a sheet of stickers with a dozen pictures of our goofy faces that I then stuck on my mirror. I've always been a saver though, and[...]
I've come across several articles lately that I wish I would have written myself. So I thought I might share them, because you never know who else they might inspire. Each one really made me think, hence the title of this new (sporadic) series. This article about Pinterest and creativity might end up being linked by every photographer on the planet. But it's still a really good read, espec[...]
So after a week at the beach and getting my fill of brain candy (aka an overload of books and podcasts about running a creative business), I've decided to change the format of my second shooter posts a little bit. Instead of highlighting a few random images from each wedding (which were starting to feel, to me at least, a little redundant and impersonal), I'm choosing just one image to talk about[...]
Last week, Ben and I had the wonderful opportunity to visit both of our families at the beach...although not the same beach. My family (and my best friends' parents who also happen to be my second parents) stayed in the Outer Banks, the first time I've been back since I was 14 and had a super huge teenage girl crush on the boy who taught me to boogie board, which is still far and away my favorite[...]
I'm quickly learning that taking care of myself is an essential part of being self-employed. Don't get me wrong...I wouldn't trade my job for the world. But I am thoroughly enjoying this break and relishing the moments of reflection and recreation - in the very purest sense of the word. And in a spurt of what may have been insanity, I packed all of my film cameras to play with during the week. S[...]
On the night before she moved from east to west coast, she admitted to her sister her hopes, dreams, and fears. Her disbelief that she would do something so drastic. And her sister reassured her that it was going to turn out okay and you never know but maybe your future husband will be there too. If only they'd known how right it would all turn out. And that future husband would, in fact, be t[...]
There are times as a photographer when things all fall into place and the gods smile down and provide amazing subjects, fabulous light, and gorgeous locations. Getting all three of those things to collide in the same place and time is a luxury...and one that comes maybe once or twice a year. Unfortunately, the lack of any one of those three things is not an excuse for making pictures that don't al[...]
Usually I don't share much about the couples in my second shooter posts because Dani shares them on her blog, and truthfully, I usually do not get to know that information anyway. And I like to keep these posts sort of anonymous, because I'm not the "real" photographer. But this couple...their story is too good not to share. They've pretty much been a couple since before they were born. Their par[...]