Weddings and Portraits

What an incredible honor I had last week!  SERIOUSLY. I once knew a girl – a girl who giggled a lot, shared her heart with anyone she met, loved to play games, and was willing to jump in and help wherever she was needed. Well, I visited her and her new husband last weekend, and […]

  Welcome back! This is PART TWO of our best of blog contests.  Last year, was our first contest, and we awarded the winners, Mike and Heather Hale an 11×14 gallery wrap to hang in their new home.  This year, we had many more sessions, and I have decided to hold two contests – one for […]

as many of you know we just had a baby.  well not “just” – she is almost eight weeks old now.  my mother begs me everyday to introduce you to her more formally, that is, with pictures. maybe tomorrow . . . today, though, i would like to introduce you to another sweet baby – […]

senior pictures    . . . my husband has my senior picture in his wallet.  i have this cutsie hat on, and my hand is posed by my chin so that you can see the promise ring he gave me.  he also has one of he and i at prom – i am in this skimpy […]

This is my worst fear –  – when it comes to photography, that is.  To have a child, or an adult for that matter, who hates having their pictures taken so much – that they just throw their head back, roll their eyes a bit, and vocalize out loud that they will not look at […]

Oh, how I would love beautiful hair!  Soft hair, bouncy hair, fall-out-of-a-pony-tail-perfect hair!  Hair you want to run your hands through.  Hair you want to brush.  Hair that bounces when you walk.  So sad that I am now sharing such intimate details about myself – I want beautiful hair. Hair like Karson Suttons. I met […]

Birthdays make time real to me.  Birthdays make me pause and look – they force me to see change.  As a mother, I know that I recognize this mostly in my children.  When I watch as they take a deep breath to blow out their candles, there is a moment, a split-second, when I remember.  As […]

I am so excited!  SO EXCITED!  So, last fall, I took the plunge and invested in a new camera, and oh how I love it.  I made the choice based on the fact that this camera (Canon 5D Mark II) could create videos!  Well, it has taken me quite a while to learn and become used to […]